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Napoleon: History vs. Hollywood
War  |  Does this Ridley Scott film accurately depict Napoleon?
Nyad: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Does this story of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) drown in too much fiction?
Killers of the Flower Moon: History vs. Hollywood
Crime  |  Meet the real Mollie and Ernest Burkhart and the man who orchestrated the Osage Nation murders.
Dumb Money: History vs. Hollywood
Comedy  |  An ordinary guy flips the script on Wall Street by helping to drive up GameStop's stock price.
The Hill: History vs. Hollywood
Baseball  |  Rickey Hill dreams of playing in the big leagues despite a seemingly insurmountable disability.
The Beanie Bubble: History vs. Hollywood
Comedy  |  The movie tells a significantly fictionalized story of Beanie Babies inventor Ty Warner and the women who played key roles in his company's success.
Sound of Freedom: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  A Special Agent with Homeland Security quits his job to try and complete his mission of rescuing children from human traffickers.
The Crowded Room: History vs. Hollywood
Crime  |  Tom Holland portrays alleged rapist Danny Sullivan, a character inspired by Billy Milligan.
Next Goal Wins: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Does this Taika Waititi movie accurately portray Thomas Rongen, who accepted a job coaching the infamously bad American Samoa soccer team?
Pain Hustlers: History vs. Hollywood
Crime  |  High-school dropout Liza Drake becomes wildly successful at a corrupt pharmaceutical start-up, but is her story true?
The Burial: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Flashy attorney Willie E. Gary fights to save the business of funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones).
A Million Miles Away: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  A former migrant farmworker strives to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut.
Gran Turismo: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Meet the expert Gran Turismo player who was given a shot at becoming a real-life race car driver.
Oppenheimer: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  The Christopher Nolan film tells the story of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
Maggie Moore(s): History vs. Hollywood
Comedy  |  Is this dark comedy about two women with the same name murdered days apart grounded in reality?
Flamin' Hot: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Did Richard Montañez create Flamin' Hot Cheetos, or is the movie perpetuating a lie?


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Napoleon
Does Joaquin Phoenix accurately depict French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte?
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen becomes the head coach of the infamously bad American Samoa soccer team.
Nyad
Annette Bening portrays long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Pain Hustlers
Single mom Liza Drake finds success at a corrupt pharmaceutical start-up with a new opioid medication.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this story of the Osage Tribe Murders.
The Burial
Larger-than-life attorney Willie E. Gary fights to save the business of a funeral home owner.
Dumb Money
A computer nerd flips the script on Wall Street by driving up GameStop's stock value.
A Million Miles Away
Actor Michael Peña portrays José Hernández, a migrant farmworker who dreams of becoming an astronaut.
The Hill
Rickey Hill dreams of playing big league baseball despite a seemingly insurmountable medical condition.
Gran Turismo
Meet the real Gran Turismo player who became an actual race car driver.
The Beanie Bubble
The Apple TV+ movie tells the story of toy salesman Ty Warner and the rise and fall of Beanie Babies.
Oppenheimer
The Christopher Nolan film explores the story of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
Sound of Freedom
An agent with Homeland Security quits his job in order to rescue children from human traffickers.
Maggie Moore(s)
When two women with the same name are murdered a week apart, a police chief looks for a connection.
The Crowded Room
Tom Holland portrays Danny Sullivan, a character inspired by The Campus Rapist, Billy Milligan.
Flamin' Hot
Did Richard Montañez create Flamin' Hot Cheetos, or is the film perpetuating a lie?
Reality
NSA translator Reality Winner leaks a classified intelligence report to The Intercept.
BlackBerry
The movie chronicles the rise and fall of the world's first smartphone, dubbed "CrackBerry" by its users.
A Small Light
The Nat Geo miniseries tells the story of Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family.
The Pope's Exorcist
The Vatican's chief exorcist battles an evil that is unlike anything he's encountered.
On a Wing and a Prayer
When their pilot dies suddenly mid-flight, a father tries to land the plane.
Air
Nike's Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) wants to create a shoe around rookie Michael Jordan.
Tetris
Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) travels behind the Iron Curtain to secure the rights to the video game Tetris.
Boston Strangler
Reporter Loretta McLaughlin connects the murders and breaks the story of the Boston Strangler.
White House Plumbers
Meet the Watergate masterminds who unintentionally toppled a presidency.
Jesus Revolution
A community of teenage hippies in Southern California inspire a spiritual awakening in the early 1970s.
Dear Edward
A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that kills 191 people, including his family.

UPCOMING MOVIES
August 2023
Golda (8/25)
The Hill (8/25)
September 2023
Dumb Money (9/15)
I Can (9/22)
October 2023
The Burial (10/6)
November 2023
Nyad (11/3)
Priscilla (11/3)
Rustin (11/17)
Napoleon (11/22)
December 2023
Maestro (12/20)
Ferrari (12/26)
Unknown 2023
January 2024
One Life (1/1)
Griselda (1/25)
February 2024
March 2024

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