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An Incredibly selfless man in pursuit of peace. 2. Mother Teresa. 2003 1h 50m. 7.0 (786) Rate. TV Movie. Mother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the dying and orphaned, and providing some comfort and food.
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Oct 19, 2024 · 27. The 47 Ronin (1941) Many samurai and Chanbara films are at least loosely based on true events. The 47 Ronin tells the story of the Akō incident, where a pack of swordsmen avenged the death of ...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Anna Marsh, CEO Studiocanal Francois Roelants for Canal+. European production and distribution group StudioCanal has launched a new label, StudioCanal Stories, focused on book-to-screen ...
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- 12 King Richard
- 11 Woman in Gold
- 10 Lone Survivor
- 9 Erin Brockovich
- 8 Cinderella Man
- 7 My Left Foot
- 6 Remember The Titans
- 5 Seabiscuit
- 4 Freedom Writers
The 2005 biographical sports drama Coach Carter tells the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter, who sparked controversy in 1999 for suspending his undefeated high school basketball team due to poor academic results. The bold and always captivating Samuel L. Jacksonportrays Carter, who at first garnered intense community ou...
The 2021 biopic King Richard focuses on the early career of American tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams(played by Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney, respectively). It is an homage to the unwavering determination, dedication, and forward entrepreneurial skills of their father and mentor, Richard Williams (Will Smith). Since the sisters were ...
Written by Greek-British playwright and actor Alexi Kaye Campbell, Woman in Goldwas released in 2013 and grossed $61.6 million worldwide. It centers around the relentless personal and legal efforts of Jewish refugee Maria Altmann (Dame Helen Mirren) and righteous lawyer Randol Schoenberg (a non-goofy Ryan Reynolds, for a change) to retrieve a famil...
Peter Berg’s gripping 2013 biographical war film Lone Survivor stars Mark Wahlberg as hospital corpsman First Class Marcus Luttrell, who sets out with his team to either capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah in June 2005. The real-life Luttrell collaborated with the adaptation, under the directorial eye of Peter Berg, and of the star’...
Julia Roberts nabbed an Academy Award for her commanding performance as the titular character in Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 legal drama Erin Brockovich. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Brockovich, a single mother who became a legal assistant and nearly single-handedly fought against a California power company accused of polluting a c...
Famed director Ron Howard and acting chameleon Russell Crowe teamed up once again after A Beautiful Mind to bring another real-life story to the screen, the 2005 sports drama Cinderella Man.The film depicts the inspiring journey of world heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock. The picture follows the notorious athlete as he stages an epic co...
One of cinema’s greatest performers and method actors of all time, Daniel Day-Lewis stars in the 1989 biographical dramedy My Left Foot portraying Irish artist Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and could only control his left foot. The film was adapted from Brown’s 1954 memoir of the same name and focuses on his life growing up in a p...
In the 2000 sports biopic Remember the Titans, fan-favorite Denzel Washington portrays T.C. Williams High School football coach Herman Boone, as he attempts to racially integrate the team in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The uplifting drama is based on true events and depicts Boone’s efforts to bring together his players while serving as head coach...
Loosely based on the life and racing career of the eponymous champion thoroughbred racehorse, the 2003 sports drama Seabiscuit centers on the undersized and often overlooked horse whose unexpected success made him a widely popular media sensation during the Great Depression. Related: The Best All-Time Movies about Horses, Ranked Spider-Man's Tobey ...
2007’s refreshing drama Freedom Writers follows the efforts of a young inner-city teacher, as she inspires her class of at-risk students to learn the importance of tolerance and to aspire for an education beyond high school. The Richard LaGravenese film is based on the book by Erin Gruwell and her students, who compiled the publication out of actua...
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- I, Tonya (2017) "I, Tonya" follows the real life of figure skater Tonya Harding and her connection to the 1994 attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. The award-winning film is a dark comedic tale portraying Harding’s rise to fame, and her ex-husband’s grotesque plan to attack Kerrigan.
- Roxanne Roxanne (2017) At the age of 14, Roxanne was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.
- Hidden Figures (2016) "Hidden Figures" follows the stories of three female African-American mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental in many of the program's accomplishments in the early 60s: Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, played by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, respectively.
- Captain Phillips (2013) This film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.- flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years.
Sep 27, 2022 · The Favourite. Watch Now. In 18th-century England, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is on the throne. Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and her cousin Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) both vie to be Anne's favorite ...
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Jun 14, 2024 · The Sound of Music (1965) Based on a memoir by Maria von Trapp (née Kutschera), Robert Wise’s version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical absolutely holds up six decades later. The songs are ...
