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Toast
6.6

Toast

Dec. 30, 2010

Toast

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater’s bestselling memoir, ‘Toast’ is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything ...
12 Years a Slave
8.1

12 Years a Slave

Oct. 18, 2013

12 Years a Slave

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as ...
I Am Zlatan
6.3

I Am Zlatan

Nov. 11, 2021

I Am Zlatan

Son of Balkan immigrants Zlatan Ibrahimovic, born in Sweden, becomes, after a rough childhood, a Swedish football champion of several decades. ...
Beautiful Boy
7.3

Beautiful Boy

Oct. 12, 2018

Beautiful Boy

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son Nic, who goes from experimenting with drugs to ...
Papillon
8.0

Papillon

Dec. 13, 1973

Papillon

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his ...
Breakthrough
6.2

Breakthrough

Apr. 10, 2019

Breakthrough

Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce’s son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After ...
Europa Europa
7.6

Europa Europa

Nov. 14, 1990

Europa Europa

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a ...
Somebody Up There Likes Me
7.5

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he’s finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into ...
Born Free
7.2

Born Free

Jun. 22, 1966

Born Free

Born Free (1966) is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, ...
Born on the Fourth of July
7.2

Born on the Fourth of July

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed ...
Life Itself
7.8

Life Itself

Jul. 04, 2014

Life Itself

Life Itself recounts the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details his early ...
Behind the Candelabra
7.0

Behind the Candelabra

May. 26, 2013

Behind the Candelabra

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is ...
An Angel at My Table
7.5

An Angel at My Table

Sep. 20, 1990

An Angel at My Table

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted ...
The Truce
6.6

The Truce

Feb. 10, 1997

The Truce

Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a ...
A Walk in the Woods
6.3

A Walk in the Woods

Sep. 02, 2015

A Walk in the Woods

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the ...
The Book of Everything
7.9

The Book of Everything

Oct. 10, 2024

The Book of Everything

The 1960s, Netherlands. Thomas doesn’t realise it yet, but he has special powers. The nine-year-old sees things others cannot. He lives in ...
A Nice Girl Like You
5.2

A Nice Girl Like You

Jul. 18, 2020

A Nice Girl Like You

Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a ...
Sully
7.4

Sully

Sep. 07, 2016

Sully

On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his ...
Same Kind of Different as Me
6.6

Same Kind of Different as Me

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose ...