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Contemporary of the Century
1960
About the fate of a communist, who has come a long and difficult life from a simple worker to the director of the largest automobile plant. The prototype of the main character was the image of I. A. Likhachov (1896-1956) - the director of the Moscow Automobile Plant (ZiL).
Bhai - Vyakti Ki Valli - Uttarardha
2019
Second part of the biopic of a Marathi comedian, India's first stand-up comedian P. L. Deshpande.
Mahkum
1972
It tells the story of a father and son who reunite after many years. Kemal lives a happy life with his family. When Kemal's wife Zeynep falls ill with a terminal disease, the family's life is turned upside down. A large amount of money is needed for treatment. Kemal accepts the offer of Lamia, who is in love with him, and divorces Zeynep. This allows him to secure the necessary funds for treatment. However, his forced marriage to Lamia leads him into alcohol and gambling. He frequently ends up in prison due to the crimes he commits. He secretly sends the money he earns to his son for his education. However, years later, his path will cross with his son, who now hates him.
I Still Believe
2020
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
Girl in the Basement
2021
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
The Life of David Gale
2003
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Midnight Express
1978
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
The Marva Collins Story
1981
Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "60 Minutes" segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style.
Argo
2012
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
I'm Not Ashamed
2016
Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.
The Report
2019
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Finding Ramlee
2025
To pay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.
Nothing But the Truth
2008
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Profile
2018
Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.
Not Without My Daughter
1991
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Closet Land
1991
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.
True Crime
1999
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
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