Making the Boys (2011)

LBJ (2016)

Summary: Lyndon B. Johnson aligns himself with John F. Kennedy, rises to the Presidency, and deals with the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.

Release Date: November 03, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Rob Reiner

Writer: Joey Hartstone

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Acacia Filmed Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, Parkside Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 26,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,470,979

International: $ 39,172

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)

Summary: The life of Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists.

Release Date: March 24, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Tommy O'Haver

Writers: Tommy O'Haver

, Irene Turner

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Brownstone Productions (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Respect (2021)

Summary: Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Release Date: August 13, 2021

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Liesl Tommy

Writers: Tracey Scott Wilson

, Callie Khouri

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Glickmania

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists Releasing, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,278,399

International: $ 8,604,424

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Summary: Four black veterans battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

Release Date: June 12, 2020

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War

Director: Spike Lee

Writers: Danny Bilson

, Paul De Meo

, Kevin Willmott

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Rahway Road Productions

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

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The Good Shepherd (2006)

Summary: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

Release Date: December 22, 2006

Genres: Drama, Thriller, History

Director: Robert De Niro

Writer: Eric Roth

Runtime: 2 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Tribeca Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 110,000,000

Domestic: $ 59,952,835

International: $ 40,314,030

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Ray (2004)

Summary: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Release Date: October 29, 2004

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Taylor Hackford

Writers: Taylor Hackford

, James L. White

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Bristol Bay Productions, Anvil Films

Distributor: HBO Max, ION Television, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 75,331,600

International: $ 48,639,776

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Capote (2005)

Summary: In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on ...

Release Date: February 03, 2006

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Bennett Miller

Writers: Dan Futterman

, Gerald Clarke

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: United Artists, Sony Pictures Classics, A-Line Pictures, Eagle Vision, Capote Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, United Artists, The CW Network (The CW)

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 28,750,530

International: $ 20,576,875

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The Wife (2017)

Summary: A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Release Date: September 27, 2018

Genre: Drama

Director: Björn Runge

Writers: Jane Anderson

, Meg Wolitzer

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Silver Reel, Meta Film, Anonymous Content, Creative Scotland, Spark Film & TV, Film i Väst, Chimney, Sir-Reel Productions, Tempo Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Sweden, United States, Switzerland, Denmark

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,601,092

International: $ 10,377,097

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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Summary: Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

Release Date: June 22, 1979

Genres: Action, Crime, Biography

Director: Don Siegel

Writers: J. Campbell Bruce

, Richard Tuggle

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures, The Malpaso Company, The Malpaso Company

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), American Movie Classics (AMC), Paramount Television, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 43,000,000

International: $ 5,351

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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

Summary: Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Biography

Director: David Lowery

Writers: David Lowery

, David Grann

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Condé Nast Publications, Endgame Entertainment, Identity Films, Rocket Science, Sailor Bear, TSG Entertainment, Wildwood Enterprises

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 11,277,120

International: $ 6,583,277

A Bronx Tale (1993)

Summary: Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri give captivating performances in this intense drama about a boy torn between his tough, hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.

Release Date: October 01, 1993

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Robert De Niro

Writer: Chazz Palminteri

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Price Entertainment, Penta Entertainment, Tribeca Productions

Distributor: USA Network, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,287,898

The German Doctor (2013)

Summary: The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.

Release Date: April 25, 2014

Genres: Drama, Thriller, History

Director: Lucía Puenzo

Writer: Lucía Puenzo

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Historias Cinematograficas, Cine.Ar, P&P Endemol Argentina, Televisión Federal (Telefe), Distribution Company, P&P Endemol Argentina, The Stan Jakubowicz Co., Hummelfilm, Wanda Visión S.A., Pyramide Productions, Moviecity

Distributor: Pyramide International, Samuel Goldwyn Films, First Run Features

Countries: Argentina, Spain, Norway, France

Language: Spanish

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 418,392

International: $ 3,217,326

78/52 (2017)

Summary: An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the "man behind the curtain", and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.

Release Date: October 13, 2017

Genre: Documentary

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

Writer: Alexandre O. Philippe

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Exhibit A Pictures, ARTE, Milkhaus, Screen Division, Sensorshot Productions

Distributor: IFC Midnight, Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 37,664

International: $ 9,174

Operation Finale (2018)

Summary: A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.

Release Date: August 29, 2018

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Chris Weitz

Writer: Matthew Orton

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Automatik Entertainment

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,612,099

Breathe (2017)

Summary: The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

Release Date: October 27, 2017

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Andy Serkis

Writer: William Nicholson

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: BBC Films, British Film Institute (BFI), Embankment Films, Imaginarium Productions, Silver Reel

Distributor: Bleecker Street Media, Participant

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 490,131

International: $ 4,536,023

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Summary: In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Release Date: September 20, 1967

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Writers: Franco Solinas

, Gillo Pontecorvo

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Igor Film, Casbah Film

Distributor: Rizzoli, Allied Artists Pictures, Encore Entertainment, Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, Image Entertainment

Countries: Italy, Algeria

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 800,000

Domestic: $ 879,794

International: $ 82,208

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Summary: Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Release Date: October 10, 1986

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Jerry Leichtling

, Arlene Sarner

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: TriStar Pictures, Rastar Pictures, Zoetrope Studios, Delphi V Productions

Distributor: TriStar Pictures, CBS/Fox, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Image Entertainment, TeleVentures, USA Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 41,382,841