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- DirectorFrancis AnnanStarsDaniel RadcliffeDaniel WebberIan HartBased on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
- DirectorLisa RobinsonStarsAndrea RothJasper PolishSara FletcherA mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse inflicted on her daughter.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsKatie DouglasLeo PetrusJamie RobinsonOn the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoKathy BakerKenneth MaharajPenn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.
- CreatorDrew DowdleJohn Erick DowdleStarsMichael ShannonTaylor KitschAndrea RiseboroughThe FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.
- DirectorGuillermo NavarroStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesJenny PellicerAlejandro EddaThe real life of Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, who reportedly masterminded more than 200 murders. This film presents her life story from the time she was a young girl to the end of her life.
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsLou Diamond PhillipsBellamy YoungAnnalisa CochraneAn account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
- StarsDrew GregoryBlythe DannerRichard DreyfussThe rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history.
- DirectorSeth JarrettStarsKatrina BowdenOlivia CrocicchiaMadeline MillarA friendship between two young mothers results in murder when one develops an attraction to the other's boyfriend.
- DirectorAlex KalymniosStarsTaryn ManningRaymond CruzKatie SarifeA single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
- DirectorPeter SullivanStarsJessica AmleeScott PattersonBrian McNamaraFollows the abduction of 16 year old girl in California in 2013.
- DirectorJason WinnStarsGary WeeksKhandi AlexanderErin ColeSam Gleason lives in a town where high school football is the backbone of the community. When she accuses a member of the team of committing heinous acts against her on a night she can't even remember, will anyone believe her?
- DirectorTerry IngramStarsLarisa OleynikLaura MennellSebastian SpenceA psychotic stalker gives a pregnant woman a labor-inducing drug, then kidnaps her newborn.
- StarsJoe KendaBill RatnerGary NohealiiInvestigation Discoveries resident homicide hunter Lt. Joe Kenda, re-visits some of his most popular cases featured on the hit series Homicide Hunter, and he offers his expertise into each investigation. The investigation is then considered as being 'Kenda-fied'.
- DirectorDoug CampbellStarsBarbara Alyn WoodsTina IvlevLexi AinsworthA jealous rivalry between three high school girls leads to a shocking crime.
- StarsEmile HirschHolliday GraingerSarah HylandBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, an American robbery team, were responsible for a 21-month crime spree from 1932. They robbed gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks, chiefly operating in Texas, Oklahoma, as well as other states.
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsDrea de MatteoJodi Lyn O'KeefeMena SuvariRevolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsMatt BarrEric McCormackLolita DavidovichA charming but devious college student is accused of killing his wealthy father and attempting to murder his mother in their home while they slept.
- DirectorGrant HarveyStarsJenna DewanSarah Jo PenderRichard HullThe true story of convicted felon Sarah Pender, who has been found guilty of masterminding a double murder.
- DirectorBradley WalshStarsTess AtkinsTom CavanaghBoris KodjoeAfter the shocking murder of her mother, a girl helps a police detective by searching her home for clues that they hope will lead to the perpetrator.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsGary ColeLaura HarrisRossif SutherlandThe riveting film is based on the true story of a powerful and respected military officer who committed numerous brutal crimes and was eventually brought down by a tenacious small town police detective.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsSara PaxtonJustin BrueningW. Earl BrownBLUE-EYED BUTCHER is the shocking true story of a wife and mother driven to kill by her abusive husband, starring Justin Bruening (TV’s “Ringer”), Sara Paxton (The Innkeepers) and Lisa Edelstein (TV’s “The Good Wife”).
- DirectorEric BrossStarsTeri PoloEsai MoralesNicholas GonzalezAmerican-born Jayne, her husband Eduardo the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsRose McGowanMartin CumminsMichael ShanksThe story is based on the real-life 2006 media sensation where Mary Winkler murdered her small-town preacher husband.
- DirectorStephen GyllenhaalStarsAnne HecheJames TupperJodelle FerlandA video of an assault on a teenager surfaces on the Internet.