The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Den sanne historien om hvordan to viljesterke mennesker utfordret verdens mektigste mann. I 1971 viser en lekkasje av CIA-dokumenter hvordan regjeringen lyver for offentligheten om Vietnam-krigen, og det er opp til den uerfarne aviseieren Katherine Graham å gjøre det umulige valget: å lyde presidentens eller å avsløre sannheten ved å risikere hele bedriftens fremtid.
Dramaet ’The Founder’ fortæller den sande historie om sælgeren Ray Kroc, der endte med at eje fastfood-kæden McDonald’s. Ray Kroc bruger sine dage på at køre fra diner til diner i håbet om at sælge nogle af sine industrimaskiner. Men salget går mildest talt dårligt, så da han får en stor ordre vil han undersøge stedet nærmere.
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Når amerikanske styrker forsøker å fange to underordnede av en somalisk krigsherre, skytes helikoptrene deres ned, og amerikanerne lider store tap.
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Dette storslåtte eposet forteller den sanne historien om T.E. Lawrence – den britiske offiseren som ledet 50 menn gjennom ørkenen for å angripe havnen i Aqaba.
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.