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An American singer, actor and filmmaker has his 15-year career in East Germany halted by his mysterious death in 1986.

Derek Boogaard, a shy over-sized man, learns to use his fists to make it to the National Hockey League and becomes a renowned hockey enforcer. The hulking 6'7" and 270 pounds Boogaard becomes known as the Boogeyman, and rarely loses a fight while playing for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers. He gets addicted to painkillers from years of damage, and is found dead at age 28 after mixing prescription drugs with booze.

Robert Craig Knievel becomes a household name in the 1970s for his nationally televised motorcycle jumps. Ever the showman, daredevil Evel Knievel is recognized for his use of a Stars-and-Stripes getup and known for his 433 broken bones. At the height of his celebrity, he gains endorsements from Harley-Davidson and a toy line by the Ideal Toy Company. Knievel dies in 2007 at the age of 69.

An innocent man must go on the run when he becomes a target for the powers-that-be.

Set in present day, a young boy, upon hearing the news of his lineage, embarks on a journey to unravel the secrets of Houdini's past, uncovering a legacy the famed magician was trying to protect.

Based on an article in Wired magazine, the movie centers around the true story of a $100 million diamond heist in Antwerp.

A family goes on safari in Africa, gets lost and has to battle wild animals and bad guys to get back home.

After a standout college career at Syracuse, Jim Brown is drafted by the Cleveland Browns and sets every record for a pro running back, including career rushing yards, touchdowns and single season rushing yards. Even though Brown had a lot of football left in him, he retires at age 29 to become Hollywood’s first African American action star.

John Martorano murders 20 people during his ten-year reign as chief enforcer for Boston's Winter Hill Gang, run by James "Whitey" Bulger. After he learns that his main comrades have deceived him and have been top government informants all along, he turns government's main witness to expose a web of corruption and collusion involving the mob and the Boston office of the FBI.

An American visiting China becomes entangled in a clash between the communist government and the underworld that is fueling the underground economy.

A woman makes documentaries around the globe with her husband. After their divorce, she returns to Kenya where she devotes herself to saving Lake Naivasha from the ecologically damaging flower farm industry. In early 2007, she is murdered in her Kenyan home.

Linda Trest, 51-year-old Trest reporter for the Gasconade County Republican in Gerald, Mo., begins hearing stories about a federal agent nicknamed “Sergeant Bill” who is rousting people from their homes. Since Gerald had been ravaged by methamphetamine abuse, local law enforcement is happy to assist the fed’s efforts to clean up the town with arrests, home searches and investigations. The only hitch: Bill A. Jakob turns out to be just an unemployed cop and former trucking company owner from a different town with no actual law enforcement credentials. Trest eventually exposes Jakob’s bizarre con.

True story of Marla Ruzicka, a 28-year-old American relief worker who was tragically killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber.

During the Civil War, Union Army surgeon Dr. Mary Edwards Walker struggles to be accepted and compensated in the same manner as her male counterparts in the medical field and ultimately becomes the first and only female recipient to receive the Congressional Medal Of Honor. Even after receiving her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College, Walker is considered unfit for the Union Army Examining Board and initially is only allowed to serve voluntarily as a surgeon. While serving in the war, Dr. Walker is captured by Confederate soldiers after boldly crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and is arrested as a spy – eventually being released in a prisoner exchange.

At an impasse, one of two lifelong pals on a remote Irish isle abruptly ends the friendship, resulting in alarming consequences for both.

In the 1960s, Mississippi State University comes under intense fire for not allowing its athletic teams to play schools that have integrated teams. Rules prevent the MSU basketball team from reaching the championships. The university's president Dean Colvard initially supports the rule. He then abolishes it, only to come under attack from state politicians and other parties.

The film will center on the life of rap star Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. The singer got her break in the music business with girl group Sista, before moving on to a producing career. Finally, she made it on her own as a solo artist more than 10 years ago.

A down on his luck mixed martial arts fighter gets drawn further into the sport than he would have liked.