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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
It's the true American story of a legendary family feud, one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region where they lived.
43) Selma
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches.
44) D-Day 360
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It D-Day back to its raw data to reveal how the odds of victory, in the greatest gamble of World War II, swung on what happened over a five-hour period on a five mile stretch of French coastline. Data gathered though forensic laser scanning, 3D computer modeling, and eye-witness accounts bring the battlefield to life as never before.
45) J. Edgar
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
46) The blind
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that anyone can change and that there is always hope."
47) Braveheart
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Scotsman William Wallace leads his fellow countrymen to fight for liberation from England.
Series
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Buffalo girls: Calamity Jane searches the Wild West for her estranged daughter. While on this quest she meets Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Wild Bill Hickok. True women: Follow three women in the American wild west as they fight to survive and preserve their family in the tough times of war, hostile indians, and renegade soldiers.
49) The butler
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Follows the events in Cecil Gaines' life and in the country as he works as a White House butler under eight administrations.
50) Brian Banks
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim...
51) The pianist
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
2006, 2002.
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
52) United 93
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crew aboard San Francisco bound flight United 93, who sat down as strangers and found the courage to stand up as one. This hijacked flight was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay on takeoff, the passengers on the flight, are behind the carefully scheduled planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Once hijacked, the passengers and crew are able...
53) Hidden figures
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Follows three African American women working as human computers for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 1960s.
54) Sully
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger faces criticism during the investigation into the crash while being hailed as a hero by the media.
55) Chappaquiddick
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
56) Race
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The story of track and field legend Jesse Owens, and his record-breaking performance at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
Language
English
Description
An enthralling celebration of Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and convention to become one of history's most beloved entertainers. Following Queen's meteoric rise, their revolutionary sound and Freddie's solo career, the film also chronicles the band's reunion, and one of the greatest performances in rock history.
58) Robin Hood
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
59) Saving Mr. Banks
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her difficult...
60) Platoon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emotional look at the war in Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a young man who discovers that the Viet Cong are not the only enemies he has to fight.
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