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Quiz Show

Quiz Show

This acclaimed drama, directed by Robert Redford, tells the true story behind the quiz show scandal of 1959. Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), a ...
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Latest review by trailhound Jul 7, 2008
"Herbie Stempel finally found something he was good at. As reining champion of the 1950s TV quiz show..." Read full review

$3 - $9

from 5 stores
Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

Christine Lahti stars in this harrowing made-for-cable film based on the real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the ...
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Latest review by wychic Oct 1, 2009
"Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), the daughter of a well-to-do Jewish family, realized her childhood d..." Read full review

$7 - $25

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Code Breakers

Code Breakers

Based on the Bill McWilliams book A RETURN TO GLORY, ESPN's made-for-TV movie CODE BREAKERS dramatizes the real-life scandal that nearly destroyed ...
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Latest review by philpott6 Oct 13, 2006
"I was having one of those boring days; it got so bad I did a McDonald&#146s Red Box run. I was flipp..." Read full review

$5

from 1 store
Exonerated

Exonerated

Court TV's THE EXONERATED is a conscience-pricking docudrama about six real-life death-row inmates who faced last minute reprieves on the eves of ...
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Latest review by susidee34 Jan 30, 2011
"With a title like The Exonerated, it isn't too difficult to figure out what this documentary entails..." Read full review
Jacksons, The: An American Dream

Jacksons, The: An American Dream

They lived an American dream unlike any other black American family, they were the Jacksons. Follow the controversial four decades of the family's ...
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Latest review by milyjohnson May 12, 2010
"Plot Summary The Jacksons: An American Dream is a biography about the life of The Jacksons. We..." Read full review

$21 - $132

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Conspiracy

Conspiracy

World War II was beginning to look impossible to win for the Nazi forces in 1942. The entry of the United States into the war coupled with a depleted ...
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Latest review by bigtruckseries Dec 3, 2010
"Though many unscrupulous people in the world would love to deny that the Holocaust actually happened..." Read full review

$6

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Rated X

Rated X

Real-life brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez star in this biopic about the Mitchell brothers, two of the pioneers in the porn industry. ...
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Latest review by mgscmwa Dec 22, 2003
"Charlie Sheen (Artie Mitchell)and Emilio Estevez (Jim Mitchell)portray the fascinating San Francisco..." Read full review

$3 - $10

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And Then There Was One

And Then There Was One

Part of The True Stories Collection, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE is the harrowing account of a family unknowingly infected with AIDS while trying to have ...
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Latest review by susidee34 Sep 25, 2007
"When I hear something is based on true events it always leaves me wondering just exactly how much di..." Read full review

$20

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Hostile Waters

Hostile Waters

When a Soviet nuclear submarine collides with an American sub off the coast of Bermuda, the captains of both vessels (Rutger Hauer as the Russian ...
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Latest review by skbreese Jan 24, 2005
"An event allegedly occurred in the waning years of the Cold War, that you will not find in any histo..." Read full review

$2 - $18

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Fatal Vision

Fatal Vision

Based on fact from the book by Joe McGinniss, this made-for-TV drama is about an ex-military doctor who is re-tried for the cold-blooded murder of ...
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Latest review by leighnc Aug 16, 2000
"That's what you'll be asking yourself by the end of this well acted TV adaptation of Joe McGinniss'..." Read full review
Late Shift

Late Shift

A frenetic, true-life comedy charting the post-Carson late night TV wars between David Letterman and Jay Leno. Based on the book by Bill Carter. ...
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Latest review by JackFoley Dec 11, 2000
"The dealings behind the "Late Night Wars" truly make for a great read. Bill carter's book..." Read full review

$3 - $7

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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

This is the first feature-length film about St. Patrick and all of his efforts towards liberating Ireland. Growing up as the son of a wealthy and ...
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Latest review by twoturn Oct 22, 2000
"Another Saturday night and I aint got no movie..... While nearly drifting off to sleep i..." Read full review

$9 - $15

from 4 stores
Woman Called Moses

Woman Called Moses

This television mini series stars Cicely Tyson, in one of her best performances, as Harriet Ross Tubman, the founder of the Underground Railroad, ...
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Latest review by jankp Apr 17, 2005
"&#147Dramatics! That&#146s what slaves do when they don&#146t know what to do,&#148 sneers a Souther..." Read full review

$8 - $23

from 3 stores
Shackleton

Shackleton

One of the most amazing and compelling adventure stories of all time, Ernest Shackleton's 1915 expedition to the forbidding, previously unexplored ...
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Latest review by millinocket Jan 28, 2004
"Some men don&#146t have traditional, clichéd ambitions. They don&#146t yearn for fortune, fame, sex..." Read full review

$10 - $74

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Color of Friendship

Color of Friendship

Originally made for the Disney Channel, THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP is a heartwarming drama based on the true story of a young African girl who learns to ...
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Latest review by rockmusicchick Dec 31, 2008
"This movie is a very powerful and moving film. Not the typical made for TV Disney movie. It's not on..." Read full review

$47

from 1 store