Inspired by True Stories
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Born to Win
Greg Kriek
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Vindication Swim
Kirsten Callaghan
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Radium Girls
Joey King
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The Queen
Helen Mirren
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Catch Me If You Can
Leonardo Dicaprio
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Gold Run
Jon Øigarden
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Wild Nights With Emily
Molly Shannon
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Rise of the Footsoldier
Ricci Harnett
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Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story
Paul Wuthrich
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Riva Krymalowski
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Green and Gold
Craig T. Nelson
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Queen of Manhattan
Esai Morales
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Hilma
Lena Olin
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The Mountain
Jeff Goldblum
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Tommaso
Willem Dafoe
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Fighting With My Family
Julia Davis
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Michael Shannon
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Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway
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Snap Decision
Mare Winningham
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Ezra
Bobby Cannavale
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Girl in the Cellar
Kyla Pratt
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Alex & Emma
Kate Hudson
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A Bag of Marbles
Dorian Le Clech
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Fisherman's Friends
James Purefoy
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Fisherman's Friends: One and All
James Purefoy
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Dance First
Gabriel Byrne
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Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story
Chrissy Metz
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Ebony & Ivory
Sky Elobar
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Tove
Alma Pöysti
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My Eyes
Adam Garcia
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Stand and Deliver
Edward James Olmos
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Hard Miles
Matthew Modine
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Sisi & I
Sandra Huller
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Haunting in Connecticut
Virgina Madsen
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Silkwood
Meryl Streep
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Terri Blackstock's If I Run
Kat Graham
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Kinsey
Liam Neeson
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Hitchcock
Anthony Hopkins
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Amistad
Morgan Freeman
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The Boy in Blue
Nicolas Cage
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The Princess Warrior
Tsedoo Munkhbat
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Janie Jones
Abigail Breslin
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One Life
Anthony Hopkins
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Her Body
Natalia Germani
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Next Sohee
Choi Hee-jin
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Summer in February
Dominic Cooper
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Mrs Lowry and Son
Vanessa Redgrave
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Lovelace
Amanda Seyfreid