This acclaimed biopic tells the cautionary tale of Broadway star Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward), who by the age of 20 has risen to fame due to the efforts of her pushy mother. Though a success on stage, Lillian has her hopes of happiness dashed when her fiancé dies tragically, and responds to her loss by drinking. Alcoholism and a string of failed marriages destroy Lillian's career and ultimately leave her destitute. After a brush with death, however, Lillian resolves to return to the spotlight.

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Writer William Bast (Michael Brandon) rooms with James Dean (Stephen McHattie) in acting school and follows his career to its tragic end in 1955.

James Dean

The story of Andy Warhol, a distinguished and controversial American artist whose works encapsulated glamour and pop culture in a way that it left an everlasting mark on history.

Andy Warhol: A Life in Art

Kenny Sailors popularizes the jump shot in professional basketball and revolutionizes the sport for women.

Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story

As a teenager, African-American Joe Louis (Coley Wallace) gives up on the violin to try his hand at boxing. A few years later, he' s the 1934 Golden Gloves champion. He goes pro, trains with Chappie Blackburn (James Edwards), and enjoys an unprecedented string of victories. But Louis faces more than just tough opponents in the ring. Prejudice follows him throughout his career, and his bouts with Germany's Max Schmeling are fraught with racial tension on an international level.

The Joe Louis Story

The inspirational true story of Brian Banks, an all-American high school football star who finds his life upended when he's wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite the lack of evidence, Banks gets railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing in the NFL.

Brian Banks

Singer Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta).

Whitney

Spanish missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino (Richard Egan) serves the circa-1700 Southwest on horseback.

Mission to Glory: A True Story

A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen. Filmmaker Nick Broomfield chronicles their relationship, from the early days in Greece to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician.

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love

Famed labor organizer and civil-rights activist Cesar Chavez (Michael Peña) is torn between his duty to his family and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers.

Cesar Chavez

From stand-up routines to acting, writing and directing, Albert Brooks becomes a major force in American comedy. Includes testimonials from Larry David, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Steven Spielberg, James L. Brooks and more.

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Boxer Mike Tyson's (Michael Jai White) life story shows his rise to heavyweight champion and his plunge to felon.

Tyson

After polio threatens his political career in the early 1920s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) desperately searches for a cure to his newly acquired disease, hoping to regain the use of his legs. He learns of a promising spa in Warm Springs, Ga., and travels there, only to find it dilapidated. Determined to overcome polio, Roosevelt invests in the spa's revitalization and sets about recovering, aided by the support of his wife (Cynthia Nixon) and physical therapist (Kathy Bates).

Warm Springs

Una historia sobre el popular cantautor mexicano Juan Gabriel, su tiempo en prisión y el efecto que causó en su música.

Es mi vida

Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.

Invictus

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams), is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

Big Eyes

The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss, which attempts to prove there is always hope.

I Still Believe

Fact-based account of the famous stuntman, from his early days to the near-fatal motorcycle jump at Caesars Palace.

Evel Knievel

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham (Edward James Olmos), realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez (Jon Seda), who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.

Selena

The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family - until one Thanksgiving while they are gathered at home preparing for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush into the house searching every corner and seizing boxes of the family's possessions. Arnold and his 18-year old son Jesse are both arrested. As the police pursue the investigation, and the community reacts, the fabric of the family begins to disintegrate, revealing disturbing questions.

Capturing the Friedmans

Under guidance from manager Vicente Feola (Vincent D'Onofrio), young PelÃ© (Kevin de Paula) utilizes his street soccer skills to lead Brazil to the World Cup in 1958.

Pelé

With guidance from their mother, five siblings overcome humble beginnings to form the renowned gospel group the Clark Sisters.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy.

Tesla

During a bank robbery by the legendary James-Younger Gang, Ed Miller (Dennis Quaid) impulsively kills a man, much to the displeasure of leader Jesse James (James Keach), who insists that the gang scatter until the heat is off. The groups of brothers go their separate ways, with Cole Younger (David Carradine) considering settling down with his feisty girlfriend, Belle Starr (Pamela Reed). But they soon regroup for an ill-fated bank job in Northfield, Minn., that results in an epic chase.

The Long Riders

Jake LaMotta (William Forsythe) becomes a world-class boxing champion but lives a troubled life outside of the ring.

The Bronx Bull

In this fact-based film, John Holmes (Val Kilmer) is one of the most successful porn stars of all time. But, when his rampant drug abuse forces him into prostitution, both his disapproving wife, Sharon (Lisa Kudrow), and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Dawn (Kate Bosworth), are on the verge of leaving him. As John sinks lower and lower into Hollywood, Calif.'s criminal underworld, he meets a seedy drug lord (Eric Bogosian) and finds himself caught up in a tragic chain of events.

Wonderland

Inspired by his mother (Kimberly Elise) to never give up, Detroit native Ben Carson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) overcomes poverty and prejudice to become a neurosurgeon.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Brad Cohen (Jimmy Wolk) overcomes the challenges of Tourette's syndrome to become a gifted teacher.

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