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The story centers on the true story of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi, who was assasinated in 1984.

Ronda Rousey faces challenges in and outside the Octagon from the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old to the intensity of her judo training, battles with love, and her meteoric rise to fame to become the "toughest woman on Earth."

Growing up in the Bronx as a boy, Kwame Onwuachi is sent to rural Nigeria by his mother to "learn respect." However, the hard-won knowledge gained in Africa is not enough to keep him from the temptation and easy money of the streets when he returns home. But through food, he breaks out of a dangerous downward spiral, embarks on a new beginning at the bottom of the culinary food chain as a chef on board a cleanup ship, before going on to train in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country and appear as a contestant on "Top Chef."

In the 1950s, Reuben Sturman begins selling "girlie magazines" in Ohio, imports porn from Europe and brings peep shows to America. Despite legal challenges, he becomes a billionaire in the 1970s but gets into business with the Gotti mob in New York, ends up in jail and dies penniless.

The movie chronicles late Motown legend Marvin Gaye's self-imposed exile in Europe after years of battling drugs, domestic issues and label headaches. There, he was rescued by a promoter who helped Gaye record his biggest-selling album, "Midnight Love," which yielded the monster comeback hit, "Sexual Healing." Gaye's life was cut short the day before his 45th birthday in 1984, when his father killed him.

Story of the landmark Signal Hill police brutality case in 1981 with Anthony Mackie playing attorney Johnnie Cochran.

Sunny Jacobs, in her 20s, and her husband, Jesse Tafero, are convicted of the fatal shooting of two law enforcement officers based on the false testimony of the man who actually committed the murders.

A biopic of Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras and his wife, Audrey Mestre, two world record setters in the sport of "freediving"—diving as deep as possible on one breath and without any scuba equipment. Mestre died in 2002 while trying to break her record of 557.7 feet.

Traces Julian Assange’s childhood to his founding of Wikileaks, the whistleblower website that put Assange into the US government’s crosshairs when in November 2010 he published secret diplomatic cables. Right after, he was accused of sexual offences and is currently on bail.

A biopic based on the true story of South African-born British Olympian and former world champion athlete Precious McKenzie.

Jerzy Kosinski a Holocaust survivor and award-winning author, leads a turbulent life. He is plagued with allegations of plagiarism and sex-addiction. Ultimately, he commits suicide in 1991 leaving a note that reads, "I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."

The story of Malcolm Butler's journey — from running the fryolator at Popeyes to becoming New England Patriots's star cornerback.

The Survivor is based on the incredible true story of Harry Haft, who, after being sent to Auschwitz, survives not only the unspeakable horrors of the camp, but the gladiatorial boxing spectacle he is forced to perform with his fellow prisoners for the amusement of his captors. Unbeknownst to those who try to destroy him, Haft is driven by the most important reason any man has to survive, a quest to reunite with the woman he loves. After a daring escape, he makes his way to New York, where he succeeds in using his boxing skills to establish a name for himself in the hopes of finding his one true love. His indomitable spirit lands him in the ring with boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as he fights to make sense of his past and reclaim the life that was stolen from him.

Set in Mexico City in late 1980s, a 17-year-old boy distances himself from his mother and childhood friends whose interests no longer align with his own.

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.

Rell Sunn, a native of Oahu, is a pioneer in the big-wave world of the late 1960s as well as an expert diver, a black belt in karate and a hula dancer. She becomes known as "Queen of Makaha." Sunn establishes a surf contest for children to combat juvenile delinquency and fights breast cancer for 15 years. She dies in 1998.

Explores the personal and professional struggles that made Shel Silverstein, who died in 1999, a unique voice. Silverstein’s resume includes best-selling books such as “The Giving Tree,” poetry collections “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “A Light in the Attic,” chart-topping songs such as Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” and Dr. Hook’s “The Cover of Rolling Stone”; and memorable illustrations.

A fact-based crime drama about New York City District Attorney chief investigator Andy Rosenzweig's struggle to solve the 27-year-old murder of a friend … even though the case seems as cold and dead as a frozen corpse.