In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton fa...

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement....

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller w...

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...

Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. ...

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan va...

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

Young actor Miles Hottonian attempts to become the hard-living leader of the Beat Generation, Jack K...
The extraordinary life of a most extraordinary man.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...