Hva skjer når en av Wall Streets finansfyrster får å gjøre med en småsvindler fra gata? En velstående investor bytter tilværelse med en mislykket småkjeltring. To søkkrike gamlinger inngår et sykt veddemål…
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
I denne spillefilmversjonen av den animerte klassikeren møter vi Ånden, som har makten til å innvilge tre ønsker til den som har den magiske lampen. Aladdin er den gatesmarte lille tyven som forelsker seg i sultanens vakre datter Jasmin. Jasmine ønsker å kunne påvirke livet hennes, men faren ønsker å finne en ekte mann for henne. I mellomtiden legger den onde trollmannen Jafar planer om å sette sultanen til side for å styre Agrabah selv.
I 1987 tok fem unge menn mot til seg, og ga uttrykk for frustrasjonen over livene sine i USAs farligste nabolag. De brukte det kraftigste våpenet de hadde: Brutalt ærlige låttekster og harde beats. Filmen "Straight Outta Compton" forteller den sanne historien om hvordan det hele begynte, og hvordan N.W.A. utviklet seg til å bli verdens farligste gruppe. Medlemmene slo tilbake mot autoritetene som undertrykte dem, og ga verden innblikk i hva som egentlig foregikk i miljøet de hadde vokst opp i. Det startet en sosial revolusjon man fortsatt ser ringvirkningene av i dag.
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out.
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Eddie Adams lever livets glade dager i Hollywood på 70-tallet. Hele byen syder av kokain og løssluppen sex. Hverdagen er som en sammenhengende origie som aldri vil ta slutt. Dirk er naiv og godtroende. Han er hellig overbevist om at alle mennesker har minst ett talent. Selv har han et massivt talent mellom bena - sannsynligvis filmbyens største. Hans spesielle talent blir oppdaget av den snodige og idealistiske pornoregissøren Jack Horner. Han ser på seg selv som en seriøs kunstner og har en visjon som går ut på å spre glede ved å kombinere porno med kvalitet. Eddie slår til. Dette er hans mulighet til å oppleve Den Amerikanske Drømmen. Som Dirk Diggler blir han pornobransjens største stjerne. Men med suksess følger alkohol og narkotika. Snart får han problemer med sitt talent - som for alvor er på vei nedover.
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.
Pushpa Raj is a coolie who rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling. Along the way, he doesn’t shy from making an enemy or two.
The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor.
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Fashion icon Coco Chanel, steeped in wealth and fame, still issues game-changing designs and collections. The audience is taken backwards in time to the woman's upbringing in an orphanage, and traces her path to ubiquity as it winds through poverty, wars, doomed romances, and rather glamorous betrayals.
An inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him. It also shows how Jelly Roll balances life on tour with philanthropic work, including a visit to a juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share his story in the hopes of inspiring positive change in others.
A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.
For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.