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Robert Craig Knievel becomes a household name in the 1970s for his nationally televised motorcycle jumps. Ever the showman, daredevil Evel Knievel is recognized for his use of a Stars-and-Stripes getup and known for his 433 broken bones. At the height of his celebrity, he gains endorsements from Harley-Davidson and a toy line by the Ideal Toy Company. Knievel dies in 2007 at the age of 69.

An up-and-coming driver climbs his way into the circuit and develops a mentor/rival relationship with the driver he grew up idolizing. The dynamic is made more complex because the veteran racer's son drives for his father's team.

Set in present day, a young boy, upon hearing the news of his lineage, embarks on a journey to unravel the secrets of Houdini's past, uncovering a legacy the famed magician was trying to protect.

Hunter Scott, a young boy, causes a stir when the research he does for a school history project causes a re-examination of the case of U.S.S. Indianapolis Capt. Charles McVeigh, who had been court-martialed and blamed for the WWII sinking of the ship and the loss of the sailors.

Based on an article in Wired magazine, the movie centers around the true story of a $100 million diamond heist in Antwerp.

After a standout college career at Syracuse, Jim Brown is drafted by the Cleveland Browns and sets every record for a pro running back, including career rushing yards, touchdowns and single season rushing yards. Even though Brown had a lot of football left in him, he retires at age 29 to become Hollywood’s first African American action star.

Josh Hamilton’s rise from the depths of an addiction to crack to become the American League’s most feared slugger.

Jutta Kleinschmidt, who was born in Germany, buys her first motorcycle at age 18. After studying physics, she works at BMW for six years before quitting in 1992 to pursue her passion of motorsports. In 1997, she become the first woman ever to win a stage of The Dakar Rally – often called the most dangerous race on the planet. In 1999, she earns recognition – finishing third overall – as half of the first all-female team to stand on the winners' podium. In 2001, after 15 years of trying, Kleinschmidt wins the race.

Based on the true story of Laura Vikmanis, the oldest cheerleader in the NFL. At 39-years-old and surrounded by cheerleaders half her age, the single mom tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals squad, but didn't make the cut. For a year, she practiced and improved her moves. Despite the long odds, she returned to tryouts and made the squad.

Lenny Dykstra, a key part of the champion 1986 New York Mets, leads a checkered life after retiring from baseball in 1996. He is the subject of multiple investigations into his financial empire, which includes a jet charter company and a magazine marketed to professional athletes. He files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009 and auctions off his World Series ring. Dykstra pleads guilty in 2012 to bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets and money laundering and is sentenced to six months in prison, 500 hours of community service, and is ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution.

Inspired by Lucy Alibar's play, "Christmas and Jubilee Behold the Meteor Shower."

Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani rape victim, wages a legal battle against her attackers and the justice system that sanctioned the crime. When her young brother goes before a council of tribal elders after he is accused of being seen with a girl from a rival tribe, Mai pleads for his release. They spare him -- but order that she be gang-raped in public to shame her family. While most victims of this authorized crime commit suicide rather than exist as a pariah, Mai fights back.

During the Civil War, Union Army surgeon Dr. Mary Edwards Walker struggles to be accepted and compensated in the same manner as her male counterparts in the medical field and ultimately becomes the first and only female recipient to receive the Congressional Medal Of Honor. Even after receiving her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College, Walker is considered unfit for the Union Army Examining Board and initially is only allowed to serve voluntarily as a surgeon. While serving in the war, Dr. Walker is captured by Confederate soldiers after boldly crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and is arrested as a spy – eventually being released in a prisoner exchange.

Centers the life of Jacques “Jock” Boyer, the first American cyclist to race in the Tour de France.

A young woman follows her boyfriend to Miami after he gets drafted into the NBA. Thrust into the world of professional sports, she meets and learns from the sisterhood of players' wives and from their trials & tribulations.

Set in South Africa, Papwa Sewgolum, a caddie at a South African country club, is prevented from playing in his native country in the 1940s because of apartheid. He is "discovered" by a German Graham Wulff while playing a round with Sewgolum caddying. After an argument results in the young caddie playing a better shot than one of the golf party, Wulff takes Sewgolum overseas to play in the British Open. Sewgolum goes on to win the Dutch Open three times during the 1960s.

The story centers on Parkour, a free-jumping extreme sport where people run and jump from rooftops, and two jumpers who use these skills in their heists.

Photojournalist Robert Capa memorialized many conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He was one of the few photographers to land on the beach in Normandy.