12 Mighty Orphans
A drama starring Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw and Wayne Knight
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
The Burial (2023)
A drama starring Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones and Jurnee Smollett
Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story.
Valkyrie (2008)
A drama starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
Woodstock (1970)
A documentary starring Richie Havens, Joan Baez and Roger Daltrey
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of ... (more)
Black Hawk Down (2002)
A war movie starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
A drama starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.