The film is based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone, an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Mafia Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.
The Fighter centers on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund who helps train him before going pro in the mid 1980s as well as get him to the top.
The movie follows sportswriter Al Stump when he is assigned to set Ty Cobb’s story down. Stump must either candycoat his subject’s life or present an accurate picture of a disgusting man who happened to become an American sports hero.
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men in the late 1980s and early 1990s only to take their money and car.
Based on the true story of Carl Brashear, who was the first African-American to serve as a diver in the United States Navy, the movie revolves around two ‘men of honor’; Carl and the man who trains him, their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs.
In 1974, a misguided 19 year old named Michael Peterson attempted to rob a post office in order to make a name for himself. Peterson then becomes one of the United Kingdom’s most dangerous criminals, and is known for having spent almost his entire adult life in solitary confinement.
The movie revolves around Louanne Johnson, an ex-marine, hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city, where most of her students were African-American and Latino teenagers from East Palo Alto, a poverty-stricken, racially segregated, economically deprived city at the opposite end of the school district.
Seymour: An Introduction introduces Seymour Bernstein, a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. While Ethan Hawke’s gentle, meditative study is a warm and lucid portrait of Bernstein and his exceptional life and work, it’s also a love letter to the study of music itself, and […]
Grace of Monaco is focused on the personal story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly during a dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, and France’s Charles De Gaulle over tax laws in the early 1960s, her crisis of marriage and identity as well as her considering a return to Hollywood to film Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie.
The movie traces the rise and fall of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon and three women Zola Taylor; Elizabeth Waters, and Emira Eagle who each claim to be the widow of Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
The Frozen Ground is inspired by the incredible true story that follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe as he sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen, a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for 13 years and bring him to justice.
Supposedly based partially on a true story, The Entity tells the story of single mother Carla Moran who begins to doubt her sanity when she is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon.
The Duchess tells the story of Duchess of Devonshire, aristocrat Georgiana, an extraordinary woman who rises to fame by staying true to her passions in a world of protocol, gossip and social rules, and pays the price.
The Intouchables is based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire and his street smart ex-con caretaker. The movie is an irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility.
After a number of personal crises, stand-up comic Lawrence returns to the stage telling about his stinging social commentary and very personal reflections about his life.