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Race
(2016)
Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Dir: Stephen Hopkins
With: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree
Biography | Drama | Sport
134 mins.
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The Big Short
(2015)
Four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.
Dir: Adam McKay
With: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
130 mins.
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Eddie the Eagle
(2016)
The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Dir: Dexter Fletcher
With: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
106 mins.
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Free State of Jones
(2016)
As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.
Dir: Gary Ross
With: Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
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Joy
(2015)
Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
Dir: David O. Russell
With: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
Biography | Comedy | Drama
124 mins.
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The Infiltrator
(2016)
A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Dir: Brad Furman
With: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2015)
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Dir: Matt Brown
With: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair
Biography | Drama
108 mins.
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Spotlight
(2015)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Dir: Tom McCarthy
With: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams
Biography | Drama | History
128 mins.
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The Danish Girl
(2015)
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Dir: Tom Hooper
With: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard
Biography | Drama | Romance
119 mins.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
(2013)
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Dir: Martin Scorsese
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama
180 mins.
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Legend
(2015)
The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
Dir: Brian Helgeland
With: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton
Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
132 mins.
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Black Mass
(2015)
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Dir: Scott Cooper
With: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson
Biography | Crime | Drama
123 mins.
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In the Heart of the Sea
(2015)
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Dir: Ron Howard
With: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
122 mins.
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Lone Survivor
(2013)
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
Dir: Peter Berg
With: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch
Action | Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
121 mins.
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Concussion
(2015)
In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
Dir: Peter Landesman
With: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks
Biography | Drama | Sport
123 mins.
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Everest
(2015)
A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.
Dir: Baltasar Kormákur
With: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Sport | Thriller
121 mins.
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Schindler's List
(1993)
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Dir: Steven Spielberg
With: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Biography | Drama | History
195 mins.
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
(2015)
Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
Dir: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
With: Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Billy Crudup
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
122 mins.
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Straight Outta Compton
(2015)
The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Dir: F. Gary Gray
With: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Music
147 mins.
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The Imitation Game
(2014)
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Dir: Morten Tyldum
With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
114 mins.
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Goodfellas
(1990)
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
Dir: Martin Scorsese
With: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Biography | Crime | Drama
146 mins.
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Braveheart
(1995)
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
Dir: Mel Gibson
With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Biography | Drama | History | War
178 mins.
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American Sniper
(2014)
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Dir: Clint Eastwood
With: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Action | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller | War
133 mins.
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Into the Wild
(2007)
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Dir: Sean Penn
With: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener
Adventure | Biography | Drama
148 mins.
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Sully
(2016)
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of his 155 passengers.
Dir: Clint Eastwood
With: Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn
Biography | Drama
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