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Not documentaries.
As with most of my lists, this is a work-in-progress. Suggestions are welcome.

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1
Iron Jawed Angels (2003,  Unrated)
2
Braveheart (1995,  R)
3
Erin Brockovich (2000,  R)
4
RKO 281: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1999,  R)
5
Citizen X (1995,  R)
6
The Miracle Worker (1962,  Unrated)
7
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993,  R)
8
Pride (2007,  PG)
9
The Pentagon Wars (1998,  R)
10
Miss Evers' Boys (1997,  PG)
11
Born on the Fourth of July (1989,  R)
12
The Untouchables (1987,  R)
13
Midnight Express (1978,  R)
14
All the President's Men (1976,  R)
15
Silkwood (1983,  R)
16
North Country (2005,  R)
17
Norma Rae (1979,  PG)
18
Lean on Me (1989,  PG-13)
19
Something the Lord Made (2004,  Unrated)
20
Sybil (1976,  Unrated)
21
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005,  PG)
22
Quiz Show (1994,  PG-13)
23
Amadeus (1984,  R)
24
Selena (1997,  PG)
25
Walk the Line (2005,  PG-13)
26
What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993,  R)
27
Ray (2004,  PG-13)
28
Coach Carter (2005,  PG-13)
29
Remember the Titans (2000,  PG)
30
Gridiron Gang (2006,  PG-13)
31
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali (1977,  Unrated)
32
The Hurricane (1999,  R)
33
The Onion Field (1979,  R)
34
Antwone Fisher (2002,  PG-13)
35
Malcolm X (1992,  PG-13)
36
The Killing Fields (1984,  R)
37
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980,  PG)
38
The Doors (1991,  R)
39
La Bamba (1987,  PG-13)
40
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998,  R)
41
Beyond the Sea (2004,  PG-13)
42
Scott Joplin (1977,  PG)
43
Lady Sings the Blues (1972,  R)
44
My Brilliant Career (,  G)
45
The Vagina Monologues (1998,  R)
46
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980,  R)
47
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998,  R)
48
Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (,  R)
49
Glory (1989,  R)
50
Melvin and Howard (1980,  R)
51
Heaven's Gate (1980,  R)
52
The Long Riders (1980,  R)
53
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling (1986,  R)
54
Cradle Will Rock (1999,  R)
55
Wyatt Earp (1994,  PG-13)
56
JFK (1991,  R)
57
Thirteen Days (2000,  PG-13)
58
Path to War (2002,  Unrated)
59
Cry Freedom (1987,  PG)
60
Hotel Rwanda (2004,  PG-13)
61
Catch a Fire (2006,  PG-13)
62
Awakenings (1990,  PG-13)
63
Cobb (1994,  R)
64
Heaven & Earth (1994,  R)
65
The Executioner's Song (1982,  Unrated)
66
Mandela and De Klerk (1997,  PG-13)
67
Reds (1981,  PG)
68
Rudy (1993,  PG)
69
Invincible (2006,  PG)
70
We Are Marshall (2006,  PG)
71
Bonnie and Clyde (1967,  R)
72
Bugsy (1991,  R)
73
Chattahoochee (1989,  R)
74
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (The Mad Messiah) (1980,  Unrated)
75
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972,  PG)
76
Stand and Deliver (1988,  PG)
77
Walkout (2006,  Unrated)
78
Triumph of the Spirit (1989,  R)
79
In the Time of the Butterflies (2003,  PG-13)
80
Tombstone (1993,  R)
81
10th and Wolf (2006,  R)
82
Wonderland (2003,  R)
83
Pollock (2000,  R)
84
Gia (1997,  R)
85
Gandhi (1982,  PG)
86
Chaplin (1992,  PG-13)
87
Mommie Dearest (1981,  PG)
88
Serpico (1973,  R)
89
Papillon (1973,  R)
90
Dog Day Afternoon (1975,  R)
91
Nixon (1995,  R)
92
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004,  R)
93
Frost/Nixon (2008,  R)
94
Warm Springs (2005,  Unrated)
95
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988,  Unrated)
96
Great Balls of Fire! (1989,  PG-13)
97
The Bear (1984,  PG)
98
The Buddy Holly Story (1978,  PG)
99
The Late Shift (1996,  R)
100
Alive (1993,  R)
101
Michael Collins (1996,  R)
102
In the Name of the Father (1993,  R)
103
Catch Me If You Can (2002,  PG-13)
104
Total Eclipse (1995,  R)
105
The Basketball Diaries (1995,  R)
106
Ali (2001,  R)
107
Die Welle (The Wave) (2008,  Unrated)
108
Norma Jean and Marilyn (1996,  R)
109
Patch Adams (1998,  PG-13)
110
Citizen Cohn (1992,  R)
111
The Pianist (2002,  R)
112
Running Brave (1983,  PG)
113
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1997,  R)
114
Dempsey (1983,  Unrated)
115
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003,  Unrated)
116
Wild Bill (1996,  R)
117
The Inner Circle (The Projectionist) (1992,  PG-13)
118
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007,  Unrated)
119
A Mighty Heart (2007,  R)
120
John Adams (,  Unrated)
121
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999,  R)
122
Sid & Nancy (1986,  R)
123
And the Band Played On (,  Unrated)
124
And the Band Played On (1993,  PG-13)
125
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004,  Unrated)
126
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000,  Unrated)
127
The Aviator (2004,  PG-13)
128
United 93 (2006,  R)
129
World Trade Center (2006,  PG-13)
130
Apollo 13 (1995,  PG)
131
The Right Stuff (1983,  PG)
132
Talk to Me (2007,  R)
133
Gideon's Trumpet (1980,  Unrated)
134
Lenny (1974,  R)
135
Paradise Road (1997,  R)
136
The Cat's Meow (2001,  PG-13)
137
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967,  Unrated)
138
Cross Creek (1983,  PG)
139
Mandela (1987,  Unrated)
140
Recount (2008,  Unrated)
141
The Laramie Project (2002,  R)
142
Steal This Movie (2000,  R)
143
Miss Potter (2007,  PG)
144
Without Limits (1998,  PG-13)
145
Seabiscuit (2003,  PG-13)
146
Enemy at the Gates (2001,  R)
147
Men of Honor (2000,  R)
148
Monster (2003,  R)
149
American Gangster (2007,  R)
150
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005,  PG-13)
151
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993,  Unrated)
152
Music of the Heart (1999,  PG)
153
Choices of the Heart (1995,  Unrated)
154
Escape from Alcatraz (1979,  PG)
155
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962,  Unrated)
156
Greenfingers (2000,  R)
157
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (2001,  Unrated)
158
Molly (1999,  PG-13)
159
Frida (2002,  R)
160
Prick Up Your Ears (1987,  R)
161
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007,  PG-13)

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