Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Runtime

3h 22m

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Runtime

3h 12m

Director

Oliver Stone

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, J.T. Walsh

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

John Huston

Cast

Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Joseph Pevney

Cast

James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer