The Basketball Diaries (1995)
A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-1et438BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfX9UHyxgY
Glory (1989)
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVrYRqeT5M
La Bamba (1987)
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-JpzvCT71g
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3DWpuISBas
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFGPKShiOX4
Hoffa (1992)
The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in...
Braveheart (1995)
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NJO0jxBtMo
Wyatt Earp (1994)
The story of Wyatt Earp as he interacts and battles other famous figures of the Wild West era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5n_Ql1v2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deAQVbaqlY
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt...