Battle of the Sexes (
2017) | IMDb:
6.7
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Starring:
Emma Stone
,
Steve Carell
,
Andrea Riseborough
,
Sarah Silverman
,
Bill Pullman
,
Elisabeth Shue
Sully (
2016) | IMDb:
7.4
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Spotlight (
2015) | IMDb:
8.1
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo
,
Michael Keaton
,
Rachel McAdams
,
Liev Schreiber
,
John Slattery
,
Stanley Tucci
Syriana (
2005) | IMDb:
6.9
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Cradle Will Rock (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Directed by:
Tim Robbins
Whispers in the Dark (
1992) | IMDb:
5.6
Psychiatrist Ann Hecker is ending one relationship and possibly starting an important new one, while finding that some of the sexual exploits her patients relate are weighing on her. Turning to a married friend from her research days for guidance, she finds his help increasingly important when a female patient is murdered and it turns out that her new boyfriend was also seeing the dead woman.
Starring:
Annabella Sciorra
,
Jamey Sheridan
,
Anthony LaPaglia
,
Jill Clayburgh
,
John Leguizamo
,
Deborah Kara Unger
Stanley & Iris (
1990) | IMDb:
6.3
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Starring:
Jane Fonda
,
Robert De Niro
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Martha Plimpton
,
Jamey Sheridan
,
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.