American Gangster (2007)
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Hollywood
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, Roger Guenveur Smith, Russell Crowe, Ted Levine
Final Portrait (2017)
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit…
Anna Nicole (2013)
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband’s death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
The Bobby DeBarge Story (2019)
The movie explores the tumultuous life of Bobby DeBarge, the former lead singer of 70’s R&B/Funk Band Switch, also the eldest sibling of the world-famous pop group DeBarge. Despite his…
The Best of Enemies (2019)
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over…
Hustlers (2024) Season 1 (Amazon Prime)
Amid familial rivalry, “Manoj’s chota bhai” rises above, securing a spot at the Indian Institute of Engineering through intellect. Emerging as a national sensation, he disrupts the startup scene, embodying…
Bronson (2008)
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality…
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
The feel-good story of Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help…
He Named Me Malala (2015)
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education and the aftermath, including her…