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Coach: Lessons on the G...

Set in the late 1970s, Coach Fitz teaches kids to fight "the natural instinct to run away from adversity" and to battle their way through all the easy excuses life offers for giving up.

Code Name: Johnny Walker

The account of a Navy SEAL translator in Iraq. The translator took part in more than 1,000 missions over a six-year period.

Dear Abby-Ann Landers B...

A biopic about the identical twin sisters who wrote advice columns as Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers.

Drugs, Lies, and the Te...

A PTA President named Kelli Peters is framed from drug possession by a set of parents. Peters is arrested and investigated but the truth eventually comes out and, after a five-year ordeal, she wins a $5.7 million-dollar civil judgment against the couple.

Endurance: My Year in S...

Scoff Kelly struggles as a C- student but then later trains as a Navy test pilot. His highly competitive nature drives both he and his identical twin brother, Mark, as they both become astronauts. Scott becomes a pioneering NASA astronaut by spending 340 days in space aboard the International Space Station. He retires in April 2016 with the record for the most days spent in space for an American with 382 days, which includes previous missions.

Houses of Deceit

American FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) executive Chuck Blazer earns the nickname "Mr. Ten Percent" in FIFA circles because of his rumored cut from the organization's lucrative TV and sponsorship deals. He admits to accepting bribes and begins working as an informant for the FBI after the government accuses him of tax evasion.

Little Pink House

Story of a Connecticut nurse who found herself at the center of a political firestorm when the city of New London, Connecticut used the power of eminent domain to claim ownership of the working class Fort Trumbull neighborhood.

Rawhide Down

In real time, Secret Service agents try to protect President Ronald Regan (code name "Rawhide") from assassination, police officers investigate the shooter John Hinckley, and Cabinet members engage in a power struggle as they await Reagan's fate.

Room 107

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of the reawakening of "Room 107," a mysterious room hidden within the depths of Yankee Stadium where some of baseball's greatest heroes would find solace. When the ghost of Lou Gehrig refuses to join the rest of the ghosts at the new stadium, it's up to 14-year old Henry to talk the Iron Horse into making the move.

Skirvin Hotel

Story of the haunted Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. The hotel is often frequented by traveling NBA teams.

Spy's Kid

A 20-year CIA vet is convicted of spying and is sentenced to 23 years in prison, becoming the highest-ranking officer convicted of espionage. After leaving behind a failed Army career and while in a state of depression, his youngest son begins to seek solace and advice from his father who is in an Oregon federal prison. The father raises his son's spirits but also coaches him in spycraft, in effect launching a second act of espionage from behind bars by using his son as a courier. In the ensuing year and a half, the son travels the world selling secrets to the Russians, all the while getting deeper and deeper over his head.

Straight to Hell

John LeFevre shoots to prominence — anonymously — as the creator of the @GSElevator Twitter account, an inside look at the real world of international finance.

The King of Oil

Marc Rich, a child of the Holocaust, becomes the wealthiest and most powerful oil and commodities trader of the century until his 1983 indictments on 65 criminal counts including tax evasion.

The Last of the Tribe

The search for the last surviving member of an Amazon tribe from the perspective of the government agents charged with both verifying his existence and preserving his way of life.

The Legend of Fillmore ...

Fillmore Slim (né Clarence Sims) begins pursuing a music career in the 1950s, but is lured away by the pimp game during the 1960s and 1970s. He eventually returns to music in the 1980s and continues to tour today at age 77.