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Jimmy Quinn, an alcoholic comedian, travels the country by bus, as the world of standup comedy slowly dies. One day at a motel, his long-lost son David, who has dropped out of med school to be a comedian, appears. They grow closer during their road trip, but tensions rise due to Jimmy's destructive behavior. David learns about Jimmy's failed relationship with Laura and his past as a comedian. Jimmy confronts his unresponsive father in a nursing home...

A man's search for his biological mother takes him on an intense physical and emotional journey through the deepest Brazil. Little by little, her past is revealed to him, challenging him to break taboos, and changing their lives forever.

While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a special assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists. Based on a true story.

In war-torn Iraq, an orphaned boy is taken in by a soldier and his grandmother, who recounts the heart-wrenching story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, in 7th century Arabia. Lady Fatima's commitment to her father's message of hope and justice was unwavering. Through her story of love, sacrifice, and suffering, the young boy learns the importance and power of patience.

Once hardworking family man Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and the destructive lifestyle addiction leads to. It's in that dark place that he decides to face his demons and find a path to redemption that threatens to destroy his fragile family.

South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood2s ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis on the Story...

Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone...

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

In this ticking-clock thriller of redemption and revenge, Matt Turner begins a high-speed chase across Berlin to complete a specific series of tasks after a mysterious caller puts a bomb under his car seat. With Matt's kids trapped in the back seat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the car, a normal commute becomes a twisted game of life or death as Matt follows the stranger's increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time...

A young dancer is forced to flee the Mexican desert when her mother is murdered. She joins up with a soldier recovering from PTSD and the two begin a passionate love affair in this evocative drama.