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Screw Everyone: How I S...

Skeptical about long-term relationships, a woman approaches dating as a sort of research experiment from early on: she spends her twenties traveling from futon to futon and gathering data, figuring that one day she'll put it all together somehow and build her own perfect Frankenmate. When she meets a guy who doesn't fall for the emotionally cavalier facade she’d constructed (a guy who wants marriage and monogamy), she knows it is time to reevaluate. Her approach ultimately helps her overcome her phobia of commitment.

The Nazi and the Psychi...

Surrounded by the postwar ruins of the Third Reich, 22 top Nazi prisoners await trial at the 1945-46 International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, who studied the essence of evil and the anatomy of the Nazi personality, is among the few people allowed regular contact with the prisoners. There, he develops a complex and close relationship with Nazi war criminal and Hitler’s right hand man, Hermann Goering, a clever and manipulative prisoner who was the highest-ranking Nazi in Allied hands. As the psychiatrist tests and interviews Goering and the other prisoners, he reaches conclusions that shake his assumptions and sows the seeds of his own downfall.

The Reformatory

In the 1950s, three boys — one white, one Latino and one black — attend the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys — a reformatory in Florida opened in 1900. The "work farm" is known for allegations of torture, beatings, rapes and even murder at the hand of some of the staff. There is a place called the "white house" and the staff take the boys and beat the them in a contest to see who can draw blood first.

The Spy Princess

During World War II, Noor Inayat Khan, under the code name Madeleine, is trained by Britain’s Special Operations Executive and becomes the first female wireless operator to be flown into occupied France. She infiltrates the Paris area, where within days of her arrival almost her entire circuit is arrested by the Gestapo, making ‘poste-Madeleine’ the last radio link between France and England.

The True History of the...

Joseph Carey Merrick spends most of his life as a carnival freak due to physical deformities. He is hounded, persecuted and starved in a brutal Victorian world until his fortune changes when he is rescued and befriended by Dr. Frederick Treves.

Until I Say Goodbye

Susan Spencer-Wendel, a longtime court reporter is diagnosed with ALS, which destroys the nerves that power muscles including the lungs. She races against time to create a record of her life before her illness overcomes her. Spencer-Wendel and her 14-year-old daughter are fans of the reality show "Say Yes To The Dress," and so they head to Kleinfeld's so the teen can try on wedding dresses for her mom, which is always the plan before her mother took ill. Spencer-Wendel leaves behind money so her sister can eventually buy a dream dress there when her daughter is ready to get married.

An Honest Liar

James "The Amazing" Randi enlists two fake psychics, Steve Shaw (aka Banachek) and Michael Edwards, and fools researchers for two years, making them think the duo has legitimate psychic powers such as spoon bending and moving objects in a sealed transparent container.

Barbie and Ruth

Ruth Handler turns the toy industry upside down by creating a grown-up doll for girls after watching her daughter at play.

Batkid

The film chronicles the journey taken by the family of a young boy, Miles Scott, who captured the world’s attention when the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted his request to be his favorite superhero for a day. Scott was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia when he was 18 months old.

Captain of the Gate

Winston Churchill is U.K. prime minister from 1940-45 and again from 1951-55. He rises to power as he stands against parliament to defend Britain and the world from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

Emperor

Emperor is inspired by the legend of Shields “Emperor” Green, a descendant of African kings turned outlaw slave in the pre-Civil War South. Seeking freedom for his family, Emperor fights his way north, joining the daring raid on Harper’s Ferry and helping alter the course of American history.
Location: US - Georgia

Fairyland

Set against San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and 1980s, both before and after the AIDS epidemic, the crisis claims the life of Alysia Abbot's father, Steve Abbott, a widowed poet and gay activist.

Finding Winnie

Lieutenant Harry Colebourn buys an orphaned bear cub for $20 in Ontario as he is about to leave for duty in Europe during World War I. Colebourn nicknames the cub “Winnie” after his hometown of Winnipeg and takes her to Europe, where she becomes the unofficial mascot of a regiment in England. While Coleburn serves in France, he keeps Winnie at the London Zoo and eventually donates her to the zoo. The bear serves as inspiration for A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh character since his son, Christopher Robin Milne, has named his teddy bear after the bear who he often sees at the zoo.

Hattie McDaniel

A biopic about Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Academy Award.

Inquest

A London investigator is hired to discover whether Princess Diana's death was a tragic accident or something more. When he begins to uncover a conspiracy, the gumshoe’s own safety is compromised.

Running A Thousand Mile...

Married in 1846, William and Ellen Craft flee slavery in 1848 when Ellen, the daughter of her slave master who because of her light complexion could pass, disguises herself as a man and poses as William's white slave owner.

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson struggles against the chemical industry she fights, which leads to a campaign to discredit both her and her work. Carson dies of breast cancer soon after Houghton Mifflin publishes her book in 1962.

Smoke

Set in the 1980s in South Beach, Joey Ippolito is was one of the world’s top speedboat racers. No one in the South Beach socialite crowd knows, however, that he is also running one of the biggest cocaine smuggling operations out of the U.S.

Spitfire

Louise Smith, a fiery, handful-of-a-woman, leads a motley crew of barnstormers and former bootleggers as they criss-cross the country to raise interest in a fledgling professional racing tour – at the behest of Florida businessman and former driver Bill France Sr. Smith is the quintessential small-town girl with big dreams who smashes through the gender preconceptions of the time to ultimately race at the famed Daytona Beach road course and helps France secure the initial funding for what becomes the billion-dollar sports giant NASCAR.