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On the Brinks

Samuel Millar is a member of the Irish Republican Army and spends eight years in tough Irish prisons during the late 1970s and 1980s, where he takes part in the blanket protest in which political prisoners refuse to wear prison garb and are severely punished for it. He then comes to America under a different identity, reinvents himself as a family man and comic book shop owner. But then he helps pull off an armored truck heist, stealing more than $7 million from a Brink's truck and thus executing one of the most successful heists in U.S. history. Millar is eventually pardoned by President Bill Clinton and sent back to Ireland, where he reinvents himself once again, this time as a best-selling author of crime books.

Rising From Ashes

Fallen American cyclist Jack "Jock" Boyer struggles to build a competitive national cycling team from survivors from both sides of the Rwandan genocide.

See No Evil

Alfred Anaya, a car stereo installer in California, becomes in demand because of ability to design traps, or secret compartments that often are used to conceal everything from drugs to cash and weapons. Once Anaya’s skill is discovered by the DEA, the feds try to turn him as an informant. Terrified that informing on his clientele will put his family in danger, Anaya refuses. He is arrested and charged as a conspirator in a drug ring that spans from California to Kansas.

Snow Dragon

Story of how a Chinese ice-breaker on a scientific expedition rescued a group of 74 Australian, British, and Russian nationals on a chartered Russian vessel, which had become trapped in Antarctic ice.

Speed Girl

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.

Superman vs. the KKK

Chronicles the creation of a real-life 1946 radio drama in which Superman took on a thinly-veiled version of the actual Klan.

That Others May Live

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant and pararescueman August O’Niell is injured in the line of duty and makes the decision to amputate his left leg above the knee so he has a better chance of returning to service.

The Big Game

Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel quickly amass hundreds of millions of dollars before prosecutors from several states begin coming down on them.

The Cold War

What begins as a simple turf war escalates into an all-out ice cream offensive with price slashing, tailgating and even arson when ice cream vendors Dennis Roeper, considered an all-American family man, and Efrain Escobar, a Mexican immigrant and aspiring entrepreneur, find themselves on the verge of destroying the thing they love the most: the joy of ice cream.

The Day Donny Herbert W...

Donny Herbert, a 34-year-old Buffalo, NY, firefighter, is trapped for six minutes without oxygen before he is rescued. Herbert survives but only in a non-responsive state. When doctors try a drug that normally is for attention deficit or Parkinson’s disease, he wakes up and he spends the day reuniting with his family. After 15 hours though, Herbert becomes unresponsive again, and dies a year later.

The Giver of Stars

Set in Depression-era Kentucky and rooted in true events, the story of a group of young women who defy the odds to bring knowledge to a remote mountain community.

The Homeless World Cup

The Irish members of five-a-side soccer team travel to the "The Homeless World Cup Foundation" tournament in Paris. The Foundation helps itinerant people worldwide change their lives through soccer.

The Kidnapping of Edgar...

In 1858, an Italian Jew beomes the center of an international controversy when he is removed from his parents at the age of seven by authorities of the Papal States and is raised as a Catholic. He goes on to become a priest in the Augustinian order.

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.

The Possibly-True Story...

After being arrested for several bank robberies in Los Angeles, a bank robber is recruited by the U.S. government to plan bank heists against Al Qaeda post-9/11.