In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

The incredible true story of Ernst Cahn, a beloved Jewish ice cream parlor owner who in 1941 was targeted, arrested, and tortured by the infamous "Butcher of Lyon" Klaus Barbie. The choices Cahn made sparked a series of events that led to over 300,000 Dutch citizens going on strike and shutting down Amsterdam for three days, in what became the largest anti-Nazi protest in history.