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Harley 2020 Harley, a successful criminal attorney, who represents the most despised people in society in Paterson, NJ, embarks on a quest to win the woman of his dreams and defeat the bully who antagonized him as a child

Gorky 3 My Universities 1940 The last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoys Maxim Gorky trilogy Having endured a painful youth in Detstvo Gorkogo 1938 and a torturous sojourn as a serf in My Apprenticeship, future writer Maxim Gorky reaches maturity with an insatiable desire for personal and

The Dreamer of Oz 1990 The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the childrens book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz

FantastiCozzi 2016 A feature length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy

Adi Shankaracharya 1983 The first Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit The movie follows the life and times of Adi Shankaracharya the founder of the non duality Advaita school of Indian philosophy The Jiv Atman or Individual Self is a mere reflectio

John Laurens War 2017 John Laurens War is the fight for freedom by John Laurens from South Carolina, for every slave in America along with every colonist During the War for American freedom, John told his slave owning father, We have sunk the Africans below the Standard of Humanity Along with his fr

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James 1986 This movie looks at the last years not days, as implied in the title of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery Frank is shown to be a book loving and family oriented m

The Music Lovers 1971 The compelling and bizarre story of Tchaikovskys life and music In Ken Russells own words Its the story of the marriage between a homosexual and a nymphomaniac

Too Legit The MC Hammer Story 2001 This film is an unbiased look into the rise and fall of late 80s and early 90s rap superstar MC Hammer It begins showing Hammer as a ball boy for his hometown Oakland Athletics, and ends with his departure from Death Row Records It delves deep into the ruthless dir

Words and Music 1948 Encomium to Larry Hart 1895 1943, seen through the fictive eyes of his song writing partner, Richard Rodgers 1902 1979 from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers

Ganes 2007 In early days Remu Aaltonen was young musician and his band named Hurriganes were unknown This story is all about the Finnish rock band and how they became famous

Coming Back to the Hoop 2014 43 years ago Jane Pittman, a promising basketball star at her small town High School, ran off the court never to return until now When Jane stumbles across the Nova United Senior Womens Basketball League, old passions are reignited Vowing to get into the best shape of he

Sam Klemkes Time Machine 2015 In 1977, Sam Klemke started obsessively documenting his entire life on film Beginning decades before the modern obsession with selfies and status updates, we see Sam grow from an optimistic teen to a self important 20 year old, into an obese, self loathing thirty someth

Friedkin Uncut 2018 Oscar winning, Chicago born director William Friedkin achieved fame with his 1973 horror blockbuster The Exorcist But this illuminating documentary shows the directors unwavering commitment to rawness and realism across his career, from The French Connection 1972 to Killer Joe 20

Love, Antosha 2019 A portrait of the extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin

Gabby Giffords Wont Back Down 2022 Looking at the former congresswomans courage and perseverance in the aftermath of the 2011 assassination attempt that left her partially paralyzed and with a language impairment, aphasia

Blue Code of Silence 2020 Forty years ago, policeman Bob Leuci and a group of prosecutors brought down New Yorks most corrupt police unit a case that launched the careers of his prosecutors but gave Bob Leuci the legacy of NYPDs biggest rat

Gabo The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2015 Gabo, The Magic of Reality is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the interwoven threads of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs life and work Gabo to all of Latin America with the narrative tension of an investigation

Dr Dre Beat by Beat 2023 Renowned for being one of the founding fathers of gangsta rap, Dr Dre has been revered for bringing innovation and slick technique to the world of hip hop leaves fans thirsting for more

Salomes Last Dance 1988 Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play Salome, on Guy Fawkes Day 1892 A bordellos the theatre and the performers are prostitutes Wildes lover Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas is John the Baptist Wildes interactions with some of the cast soon ignite Bosie

Dangerous Company 1982 The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around

Anti Nowhere League We Are the League 2018 This is a feature length documentary about British Punk band Anti Nowhere League Anti Nowhere League have the infamous reputation of producing So What one of the rudest songs ever pressed to vinyl Their stage antics and demeanour are also the stuff of rock

Bonnie Prince Charlie 1948 In 1743, James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales, son of deposed King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland decides he is too old to return to England to reclaim the English, Scottish and Irish crowns Living in exile in continental Europe, he summons his son Pr

I Am Here 2021 A life affirming documentary that celebrates the remarkable life of Ella Blumenthal At her 98th birthday celebrations she opens up to close friends and family about her story of survival during the Holocaust, in a way she has never done before Her recollections, depicted through dynam

Abraham Lincoln 1930 Brief vignettes about Lincolns early life include his birth, early jobs, unsubstantiated affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln Douglas debates his presidency and the Civil War are followed in somewhat more detail, though without actual battle scenes f

A Journey with Paul Cox 1996 I found this film as an extra on Paul Coxs Vincent CD I have now seen 2 of his films Innocence the other and couldnt recommend them highly enough They are both great, I look forward to seeing as many of his films as I can find available This film is a biography of Paul C

American Arab 2013 Usama Alshaibi, an Iraqi American filmmaker, confronts the issues on identity and perception toward Arab Americans in todays society Alshaibi conveys to the audience that Arab Americans should not be put into one, big, identical group rather the culture consists of a diverse group

Call Me Anna 1990 Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long time struggle with mental illness

Nazi Hunter The Beate Klarsfeld Story 1986 Farrah Fawcett plays real life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the help of her Jewish law student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, most of which is centered on

Gorky 2 My Apprenticeship 1939 For the family really no money, Alexei began to make a living Everything was limited to dirty chores, but while reading could end his depression After hard working experience, he was determined to Kazan in the passion of being a strongmen

Boylesque 2022 An openly gay man organized underground parties and after curfew salons of men inside private apartments He enthusiastically took up drag, despite a fiercely homophobic culture, to free himself from the stifling correctness of th

Walk Invisible The Bronte Sisters 2016 In 1845 at Haworth on the Yorkshire moors sisters Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte and their father, a retired parson with failing eye sight, are continually troubled by their drunken, irresponsible brother Branwell, who wastes every opportunity given him to be

The Real Anthony Fauci 2022 NA

Terrors Advocate 2007 An examination of the career of Jacques Verges, attorney for members of Algerias FLN, Palestines FPLP, the Khmer Rouge, Carlos and associates, Klaus Barbie, and other revolutionaries and outcasts Archival footage, news articles, and photographs mix with contemporary interviews

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 2010 During the summary trial that he and his wife were submitted to, Nicolae Ceausescu is reviewing his long reign in power 1965 1989 From a formal point of view, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu proves that it is possible to only use existing images to

John Yoko Above Us Only Sky 2018 Film telling the untold story of John Lennons 1971 album Imagine, exploring the creative collaboration between Lennon and Yoko Ono and featuring interviews and never seen before footage

If These Walls Could Sing 2022 The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all star interviews and intimate access to the premises

Salvador Allende 2004 From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende

How Did We Get Here 2022 It has been 11 years since Jacksepticeye has been here on YouTube, and in that time Jacksepticeye Sean Williams has decided to debut a documentary about his journey of how he became a YouTuber, what made him famous, and a tour of his setup A touching experience for any Jacks

The Sunnyboy 2013 Follows the journey of enigmatic Australian musician Jeremy Oxley, lead singer of Sunnyboys as he emerges from a 30 year battle with schizophrenia An inspiring story of hope, survival amp the healing power of unconditional love

Our Gods Brother 1997 Painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless

Eero Saarinen The Architect Who Saw the Future 2016 A renewed interest is emerging in mid 20th century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring modernist America Eero Saarinen The Architect Who Saw the Future examines the life of an ar

Confucius 2010 The life story of the highly influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius

Monsieur Mayonnaise 2016 Monsieur Mayonnaise is an artists epic adventure into his familys secret past Australian artist and film maker, Philippe Mora, investigates his fathers clandestine role in the French Resistance in WW2 and his mothers miraculous escape enroute to Auschwitz Philippe, a Hollywo

Evenings 1989 Frits van Egters life in the last ten days of the year 1946

Jeronimo 2019 Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jeronimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government official in the Castro regime, until he rediscovers his ethn

63 Up 2019 Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British born adults after a seven year wait The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years

Cinevangelist A Life in Revival Film 2018 In CINEVANGELIST A LIFE IN REVIVAL FILM, film historian and artist George Figgs tells the story of his lifes work in bringing revival cinema to Baltimore and beyond From his role in Baltimores underground film scene of the 1960s and his involvement with the