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An English journalist and war correspondent's account of the Bosnian War, and alternates between his experiences in Bosnia and personal reflections of his time in the British army, his parents’ divorce, his estrangement from his father, and his heroin addiction.

Betty Robinson sets an unofficial world record in the 100-meter at the age of 16. At the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, running in just her fourth official 100-meter race, Robinson wins gold — the first gold medal awarded to a woman in track and field at the Olympics. In 1931, tragedy strikes when Robinson is involved in a terrible plane crash. It takes her two years to learn to walk again, and, incredibly, she is able to make the U.S. team for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Set in the 1970s, Janet Guthrie, a pilot turned racecar driver, makes a bid for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 despite relentless opposition from the racing establishment and the men she hopes to race against. Janet qualifies for the race in 1978 where she finishes in the top ten, destroying many widely-held stereotypes about female drivers.

Neel Kashkari, a top US Treasury official, helped develop the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, which bailed out banks following the economic collapse in 2008. Kashkari subsequently left Washington D.C. and moved to an isolated cabin in Northern California.

Based on a true story about the controversial love affair between an oil baron and his adopted daughter destroys the empire they built together.

Based on the autobiography of London-based music promoter Roy Tempest, who organized UK tours in the 1960s for some of America’s biggest soul acts – even though the acts were fakes.

Colonel Tom Parker discovers Elvis Presley when he is just an unknown and quickly moves in as his lone representation. Parker is responsible for various milestones, including Presley's record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.

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

This Peggy Lee biopic will explore the professional and personal life of one of America's most iconic recording artists and performers. A singer, songwriter, composer and actress, Lee's career spanned nearly seven decades.

A 19th-century woman finds fulfillment in the rough realities of San Francisco's Chinatown.

A biopic about Flora Sandes, the only British woman to enlist as a soldier and fight on the frontline in the First World War.

A biopic of Harland Sanders and how he builds Kentucky Fried Chicken into one of the world's largest restaurant chains.

Elizabeth Taylor takes on a crusading role in the fight against AIDS, which stems from her hiring of assistant Roger Wall, a gay man who grew up in poverty in the homophobic Deep South, in the mid-1980s.

Starting in the 1960s, Angela Davis becomes a prominent activist and radical as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American player to be selected to the U.S. Davis Cup team and to win three Grand Slam titles.

A biopic of a young activist Rosa Parks seeking justice for 24-year-old wife and mother Recy Taylor, who was brutally gang-raped by six white men in Alabama in 1944.

In the 1920's, Bill Tilden dominates tennis and wins six straight US Open singles titles, including becoming the first American to win Wimbledon. As much as he is celebrated, he is also extremely self destructive, goes to jail twice for sexual misbehavior with teenage boys and ultimately dies penniless.