The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Views: 494
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Director: Scott Kalvert
Writers: Jim Carroll (novel), Bryan Goluboff (screenplay)
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol
Storyline: A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Molly's Game (2017)

Views: 510
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Director: Aaron Sorkin
Writers: Aaron Sorkin (written for the screen by), Molly Bloom (book)
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner
Storyline: The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
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The 5th Quarter (2010)

Views: 459
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Director: Rick Bieber
Writers: Rick Bieber
Stars: Andie MacDowell, Aidan Quinn, Ryan Merriman
Storyline: Driven by the tragic and fatal car crash that took the life of his fifteen year old brother Luke, and wearing Luke's number 5 jersey, Jon Abbate
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12 Years a Slave (2013)

Views: 212
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Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: John Ridley (screenplay by), Solomon Northup (based on "Twelve Years a Slave" by)
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
Storyline: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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Rudy (1993)

Views: 215
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Director: David Anspaugh
Writers: Angelo Pizzo
Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty
Storyline: Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing f
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Remember the Titans (2000)

Views: 197
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Director: Boaz Yakin
Writers: Gregory Allen Howard
Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris
Storyline: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.
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Invictus (2009)

Views: 229
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Anthony Peckham (screenplay), John Carlin (book)
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge
Storyline: Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rug
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Invincible (2006)

Views: 187
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Director: Ericson Core
Writers: Brad Gann
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks
Storyline: Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia
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The Greatest Showman (2017)

Views: 199
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Director: Michael Gracey
Writers: Jenny Bicks (screenplay by), Bill Condon (screenplay by)
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron
Storyline: Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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Glory Road (2006)

Views: 206
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Director: James Gartner
Writers: Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois
Stars: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols
Storyline: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)

Views: 209
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Director: John Borowski
Writers: John Borowski
Stars: Oto Brezina, Joe Coleman, Bob Dunsworth
Storyline: Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New Y
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Coach Carter (2005)

Views: 215
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Director: Thomas Carter
Writers: Mark Schwahn, John Gatins
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez, Robert Ri'chard
Storyline: Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
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Cinderella Man (2005)

Views: 189
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Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Cliff Hollingsworth (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)
Stars: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Craig Bierko
Storyline: The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
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8 Seconds (1994)

Views: 212
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Director: John G. Avildsen
Writers: Monte Merrick
Stars: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn
Storyline: This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time Worl
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The Disaster Artist (2017)

Views: 204
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Director: James Franco
Writers: Scott Neustadter (screenplay by), Michael H. Weber (screenplay by)
Stars: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor
Storyline: When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to
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I, Tonya (2017)

Views: 194
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Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Steven Rogers
Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney
Storyline: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into d
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)

Views: 202
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Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Mark Felt (based on the books by)
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas
Storyline: The story of Mark Felt, who under the name Deep Throat helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.
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Evita (1996)

Views: 195
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Director: Alan Parker
Writers: Tim Rice (book), Alan Parker (screenplay)
Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas
Storyline: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón,
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The Pirates of Somalia (2017)

Views: 194
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Director: Bryan Buckley
Writers: Jay Bahadur (Book "The Pirates of Somalia"), Bryan Buckley (Screenplay)
Stars: Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith
Storyline: In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the
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Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)

Views: 175
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Director: Lee Daniels
Writers: Danny Strong, Wil Haygood (article)
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack
Storyline: As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events a
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