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- DirectorSam PollardStarsMartin Luther KingJ. Edgar HooverDavid GarrowBased on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- DirectorBill Ross IVTurner RossStarsPeter ElwellMichael MartinShay WalkerA look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called 'The Roaring 20s'.
- DirectorDawn PorterStarsPete SouzaBarack ObamaBen RhodesFormer Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
- DirectorApril MullenStarsAaron EckhartTommy Lee JonesKatheryn WinnickAfter getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.
- DirectorEbs BurnoughStarsTruman CapoteKate HarringtonDotson RaderThe rise and fall of Truman Capote, the iconic writer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, as told by his friends and enemies.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsYuliya VysotskayaVladislav KomarovAndrey GusevWhen the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
- DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsJasna DjuricicIzudin BajrovicBoris LerAida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
- DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartLars EidingerJonas NayA young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.
- DirectorRyan WhiteStarsSiti AisyahHadi AzmiAnna FifieldAn account of the two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam. The film follows the women's trials in an attempt to understand whether they are trained killers or simply pawns.
- DirectorCurtis VowellStarsRose MatafeoMatthew LewisEmily BarclayWannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams.
- DirectorSimon StoneStarsCarey MulliganRalph FiennesLily JamesAn archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
- DirectorFisher StevensStarsJustin TimberlakeJuno TempleAlisha WainwrightAn ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.
- DirectorKornél MundruczóStarsVanessa KirbyShia LaBeoufEllen BurstynWhen a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsAdarsh GouravRajkummar RaoPriyanka Chopra JonasAn ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
- DirectorRoderick MacKayStarsAhmed MalekBaykali GanambarrKaushik DasTo escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.
- DirectorWon-Chan HongStarsHwang Jung-minLee Jung-jaePark Jeong-minAn assassin goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed.
- 2020– 1h 14mTV-MA6.8 (7K)TV EpisodeDirectorSamantha StarkStarsBritney SpearsLiz DayFelicia CulottaHer rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.
- DirectorBenjamin HirschStarsFrank BrunoPaul DempseyDon KingAn exploration of the rivalry and relationship between Frank Bruno and Mike Tyson, two heavyweight icons from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
- DirectorMichael CummingStarsStewart LeeFrank SkinnerRobert LloydDocumentary about Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales.
- DirectorJohn HayStarsHugh BonnevilleBobby O'NeillEve PrenelleThe story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned writer Roald Dahl.
- StarsMia FarrowFletcher PrevinDylan O'Sullivan FarrowA look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow.
- DirectorNick BiltonStarsChristopher BaileyOsiris BashirJustine BatemanDocumentary follows an actress, fashion designer and real estate assistant who attempt to become social media influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to boost their popularity.
- DirectorTim Travers HawkinsStarsKyle BehmRoland BehmLydia X.Z. BrownExploring the unexpected origins of America's obsession with personality testing, this documentary takes a look at the profound ways that ideas about personality have formed the world around us.
- DirectorSam PollardStarsKerry James MarshallKehinde WileyCarrie Mae WeemsAn in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
- DirectorAnthony Baxter"Eye of the Storm" follows James Morrison, widely recognized as one of Britain's finest landscape artists, as he faces his greatest ever challenge. As his eyesight fails him, Morrison must create one final painting.
- DirectorMatt YokaStarsMarika GerrardJamie TurKaty TurSoaring above the chaotic spectacle of '80s and '90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting.
- DirectorBarry Alexander BrownStarsLucas TillJim KlockMichael SirowThe true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.
- DirectorDebra EisenstadtStarsWendi McLendon-CoveyKate AlbertsAmy AndersonThe sexual, psychological, and moral unraveling of an obsessive-compulsive suburban mom.
- DirectorWilliam OlssonStarsAlexandra DaddarioTakehiro HiraCarice van HoutenDisillusioned with the world she knows, a woman searches for meaning and affirmations of life with a dashing Yakuza gangster in Tokyo.
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsAndra DayTrevante RhodesGarrett HedlundFollows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.
- DirectorBen HozieStarsPeter VackJulia FoxKeith PoulsonJack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.
- DirectorCharlène FavierStarsNoée AbitaJérémie RenierMarie DenarnaudUnder the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star.Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?
- DirectorAlex WinterStarsFrank ZappaLonnie LardnerPatrice ZappaAn in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldHoward HongDanica JensenStarsDespina MirouOlivia CastanhoShaira Yasmin BergLife In A Day 2020 will call on millions of people around the world to film their lives on July 25.
- DirectorRodney AscherStarsNick BostromJoshua CookeErik DavisDocumentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles the question "are we living in a simulation?" with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his quest for the answer.
- DirectorCeleste BellPaul SngStarsCeleste BellPoly StyreneX-Ray SpexThe death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
- DirectorMike P. NelsonStarsCharlotte VegaAdain BradleyBill SageFriends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
- DirectorMichael FimognariStarsLana CondorNoah CentineoJanel ParrishLara Jean's senior year of high school takes center stage when she returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans--with and without Peter.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsGerard ButlerMorena BaccarinRoger Dale FloydA family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
- DirectorMagnus MartensStarsSam HeughanRuby RoseAndy SerkisA small army of well trained criminals led by Grace Lewis have hijacked a train deep beneath the English Channel.
- DirectorNick MoranStarsEwen BremnerLeo FlanaganRichard JobsonCreation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsHenry CavillBen AffleckGal GadotDetermined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
- DirectorDavid CharapKevin Macdonald
- DirectorDaniel LindsayT.J. MartinStarsTina TurnerCarl ArringtonIke TurnerExclusive access to the Grammy Award-winning artist to celebrate her career.
- DirectorLisa Immordino VreelandStarsJim ParsonsZachary QuintoCarroll BakerThe work, lives and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsMaurice BroomfieldNick BroomfieldAprilNick Broomfield takes a distinctly personal look at his relationships with his humanist-pacifist father, Maurice Broomfield, a factory worker turned photographer of vivid images of postwar England.
- DirectorAlex McAulayStarsJack Dylan GrazerFionn WhiteheadRainn WilsonTwo thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.
- DirectorRupert WyattStarsJohn GoodmanAshton SandersJonathan MajorsSet in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsCate BlanchettBilly CrudupEmma NelsonA loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
- DirectorTiller RussellStarsNick RobinsonJennifer YunJimmi SimpsonPhilosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
- DirectorPaolo PilladiStarsJeremy PivenTaryn ManningZach McGowanA real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.
- DirectorCaroline VignalStarsLaure CalamyBenjamin LavernheOlivia CôteA schoolteacher crashes her married lover's family vacation and befriends a donkey named Patrick.
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsJamal KhashoggiOmar AbdulazizIrfan FidanWhen Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.
- DirectorAnthony Scott BurnsStarsJulia Sarah StoneLandon LiboironCarlee RyskiA teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.
- DirectorDon HallCarlos López EstradaPaul BriggsStarsKelly Marie TranAwkwafinaGemma ChanIn a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
- DirectorShaka KingStarsLaKeith StanfieldDaniel KaluuyaJesse PlemonsOffered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
- DirectorAmy PoehlerStarsHadley RobinsonLauren TsaiAlycia Pascual-PenaInspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
- DirectorFrancis LeeStarsKate WinsletSaoirse RonanGemma Jones1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsTom HollandCiara BravoJack ReynorCherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
- DirectorMartin KrejcíStarsChloë SevignyEve HewsonJohn TurturroFollows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.
- DirectorSteven AscherJeanne JordanStarsDeborah FallowsJim FallowsFrom Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes Our Towns, a documentary that paints a remarkable picture of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on journalists James and Deborah Fallows' book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America, the film spotlights local initiatives and explores how a sense of community and common language of change can help people and towns find a different path to the future.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsCarey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieNothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
- DirectorAlex ParkinsonStarsLorna Nickson BrownMatthew BrenherJacinta MulcahyIn the 1960s chimpanzee Lucy was raised as a human in an experiment conducted by psychologists from the University of Oklahoma. When Lucy was taken to live on an island in The Gambia a young student, Janis, lived with her for 6 years.
- DirectorMatt PetersStarsCameron MonaghanSteve BlumAdam GiffordKamandi and his friends Prince Tuftan of the Tiger Kingdom and humanoid mutant Ben Boxer are kidnapped by a gorilla cult dedicated to finding the reincarnation of their god, The Mighty One.
- DirectorDanny MaddenStarsShirley ChenWill MaddenJose AngelesA look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.
- DirectorLisa RovnerStarsJean-Michel JarreKim GordonWendy CarlosFollows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsHiromi NagasakuArata IuraAju MakitaA woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
- DirectorJustin P. LangeStarsGuy PearceVadhir DerbezStephen LangA renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
- DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsSteven YeunHan YeriAlan KimA Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda MayA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- DirectorMichael MatthewsStarsDylan O'BrienJessica HenwickMichael RookerSeven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his high school sweetheart.
- DirectorTravis StevensStarsBarbara CramptonLarry FessendenBonnie AaronsAnne, married to a small-town Minister, feels her life has been shrinking over the past 30 years. Encountering "The Master" brings her a new sense of power and an appetite to live bolder. However, the change comes with a heavy body count.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsTahar RahimNouhe Hamady BariSaadna HamoudMohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
- DirectorLawrence Michael LevineStarsAubrey PlazaChristopher AbbottSarah GadonA filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMillie Bobby BrownRebecca HallThe epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
- DirectorCorinna FaithStarsMark SmithMarley CheshamRose WilliamsIn 1974 a young nurse is forced to work the night shift in a crumbling hospital as striking miners switch off the power across Britain; inside the walls lurks a terrifying presence that threatens to consume her and everyone around her.
- DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.
- DirectorMichael RiandaJeff RoweStarsAbbi JacobsonDanny McBrideMaya RudolphA quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- DirectorMat HodgsonStarsEric CantonaKen RamsdenKen MerrettThe history of Manchester United, using unseen footage.
- DirectorJoel Ashton McCarthyStarsIngrid BergmanTere CarrubbaWilliam FriedkinA documentary showcasing the epic and at times controversial career of masterful director Alfred Hitchcock.
- DirectorSushrut JainStarsShamita ShettyRudhraksh JaiswalAtul SrivastavaBollywood drama following a woman's conflict with a traditional housing society. Shamita Shetty stars.
- StarsPatrick Radden KeefeEdward ByrneKadrolsha Ona CaroleA searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
- DirectorBenjamin BergmannJono BergmannStarsPav Gill'Evelyn' SokhbirJörn LeograndeIn 2020, Wirecard, a German start-up that became an online payment giant, collapsed following revelations of fraud on an unprecedented scale. A look back at the rise and fall of a black sheep of fintech.
- DirectorChristopher André MarksStarsTraianos DellasPanagiotis FyssasVassilis GagatsisIn the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. The architect behind this unprecedented triumph was legendary German football coach 'King' Otto Rehhagel. After accomplishing every major success in Germany, he made the bold decision to leave all he knew behind and work in a foreign country with the underachieving Greek National Team. This is the story of how these two contrasting cultures came together to speak the same language and write a new chapter of Greek mythology.
- DirectorEamonn ButlerDave RosenbaumStarsPierce BrosnanSam HardyHannah HermanAn Irish boy named Keegan and a Spanish girl named Moya journey into the mythical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life.
- CreatorEttore PaternòStarsPablo TrinciaValeria DonatiFederico ScottaAt the end of the 1990s, a small community is disrupted by a number of cases of pedophilia and satanism. Sixteen children are removed from their families. Twenty years later an investigation sheds doubt on the entire case.
- DirectorHaroula RoseStarsKenadi DelaCernaJohn AshtonTatanka MeansMargo Crane's odyssey on the Stark River introduces her to a world filled with wonders and dangers.
- DirectorBartlett SherStarsRuth WilsonJeff WilbuschAndrew ScottRecounts the true-life, previously secret, back-channel negotiations in the development of the pivotal 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- DirectorConor AllynStarsJake AllynFrank GrilloJorge A. JimenezWhen a vigilante border patrol turns fatal, a man flees on horseback to Mexico, seeking forgiveness from the victim's father.
- DirectorElfar AdalsteinsStarsJohn HawkesLogan LermanSarah BolgerAfter being widowed, Frank Fogle reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife's last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip. As Sean steps out of prison the last thing on his mind is a foreign road trip with his alienated father. What he needs is a fresh start in California. But when his travel plans collapse he reluctantly accepts his father's proposal in return for a ticket to the West Coast and a promise that they never have to see each other again. Between a disconcerting Irish wake, the surfacing of an old flame, the pick up of a pretty hitchhiker and plenty of unresolved issues, the journey becomes a little more than father and son had bargained for.
- DirectorAideen KaneLucy KennedyMaeve O'BoyleStarsWendy GraceAndrea HoranAilbhe SmythThe 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. After a 35-year struggle, the pro-choice side must radically shift tactics to try to bring this historically conservative electorate over the line.
- DirectorJason FergusonStarsEric CantonaAlex FergusonRyan GiggsA look at the life and legend of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
- DirectorDror MorehStarsGamal HelalMartin IndykDaniel KurtzerThe epic behind-the-scenes story of the United States' 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Recounted from the unique perspective of the American mediators on the frontlines.
- DirectorJeff WamesterStarsStana KaticMatt BomerOmid AbtahiThe Justice Society of America, a group of heroes aiding the allies in World War 2, acquire an ally from the future who sends them on an adventure that changes history.
- DirectorEvan SpiliotopoulosStarsJeffrey Dean MorganCricket BrownWilliam SadlerA hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her miracles, terrifying events unfold. Are they the work of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister?
- DirectorMichael ChavesStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRuairi O'ConnorArne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.
- DirectorSimon McQuoidStarsLewis TanJessica McNameeJosh LawsonMMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsAlia ShawkatJohn MagaroDylan SmithA skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.