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A biopic of Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, the doctor who gave up his medicine practice to buy a camper and hit the road with his wife and nine children. The family would go on to start up the first U.S. surfer camp.

During her "double quinceañera" at age 30 because she missed having her first quinceñera at age 15, a career-driven Latina American invites her parents, best friends, and brazen married cousin to a work trip disguised as a double quince, inviting trouble that could jeopardize her job and her relationships.

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.

Described as a Man on Fire-type story of a father and son, with a science fiction element.

A married man who spends as many as 20 hours a day on a computer, existing through an avatar who is a thriving, musclebound entrepreneur. In reality, he is a diabetic, chain-smoking 53-year-old.

Josh Hamilton’s rise from the depths of an addiction to crack to become the American League’s most feared slugger.

Inspired by Lucy Alibar's play, "Christmas and Jubilee Behold the Meteor Shower."

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.

Set in Colombia's lawless mining region and centers on the mystery of the world's largest emerald.

A demonic woman pops up during children’s programming and games or on social networking apps and goads children into violent acts or even suicide.

An American anthropologist travels back to the Sahara to come to the assistance of one of his former research subjects -- a young man who has been accused of a terrorist attack. Set amongst the Taureg tribes of the Sahara West Africa, a nomadic people whose uranium rich land has become a focal point for both energy companies and terrorist states.

The story centers on the former Black Sabbath singer/reality TV star and head of the Osbourne family.

A character-driven story is set in America and features two strong male leads in the vein of Heat and The Departed.

Raggedy Ann and Andy become lost in a modern-day city and have to save a stolen friend from the clutches of a scheming enemy.

Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí achieves international renown for his unique twists on visual reality, and for a flamboyantly high-profile social life. He also has a tumultuous marriage to his equally vivid wife, Gala.

The story centers on an elite deep cover operative whose attempts to take down a global organization costs him everything. He resurfaces as a beat cop in Brooklyn, only to discover that the bad guys he was fighting are also operating in his new backyard.

In the 1970s, Ted Patrick becomes known as the "father of deprogramming" and is seen as savior to many parents who had seemingly lost their children to cults. The Special Assistant for Community Relations for then Governor Ronald Reagan, the civil rights activist’s life is upended when his 14 year-old son is nearly converted by the Children of God cult. Subsequently, Patrick reaches out to those families with relatives who had joined the group. Patrick even pretends to join Children of God to learn how they operate. Despite professional training, he is hired by parents and family members to help deprogram their loved ones. Patrick's methods find him standing trial several times on kidnapping charges – a part of his technique he ceases though he continues trying to deprogram cult members like those who have joined Scientology. He is convicted on a number of felony charges over the years due to his methods.

Follows a wounded Vietnam veteran who returns home to San Francisco at the height of unrest of 1969. Amid clashing cultures of the Haight-Ashbury district, he emerges to become the leader of California's most violent outlaw biker club.