History
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
HDBased on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guangzhong. It ranks as one of China's four most important pieces of literature.
The Last Emperor
HDThe story of the final Emperor of China.
Enter the Forbidden City
HDDuring the celebrations of the Emperor's 80th birthday, an opera troupe from southern China is invited to come to Beijing to perform for the Emperor. Afterwards, the opera troupe is allowed to stay in Beijing, and they become what...
Cry Freedom
HDSouth African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Walker
HDAn unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.
Empire of the Sun
HDA young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
To Kill a Priest
HDA young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
The In Crowd
HDIn the mid-60s, a teenage 4.0 high-school student is drawn out of his element on a dare by his peers, to become a dancer on popular TV music show.
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
HDA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
Eight Men Out
HDA dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
Renoir
HDSet on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenate...
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
HDA lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.
Camille Claudel
HDCamille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his sha...
Mississippi Burning
HDTwo F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Young Einstein
HDAlbert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
HDAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
No
HDAn advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
The Best of Men
HDIn 1943, a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany uses new methods to rehabilitate those with spinal injuries in Great Britain. Based on actual events.
Scandal
Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
Compliance
HDA normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.
War Flowers
HDNorth Carolina 1863, the Civil War is raging. In this inspired story of tragedy and love we follow the lives of Melody, a precocious seven-year old, and her young mother Sarabeth as they struggle on their farm to survive the war.
Reunion
HDTwo young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German...
Comic Book Confidential
HDA survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.
Henry V
HDIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Old Gringo
HDWhen school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bi...
Fat Man and Little Boy
HDThis film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
For All Mankind
HDAn in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Forced March
HDBen Kline is a successful television actor looking for a meaningful role to make him a movie star. When he sets out to play a hero who died in the Holocaust, he is forced to face the reality of those victimized by the war. In assu...
Emperor
HDAs the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years ...
Triumph of the Spirit
HDIn Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, meets regularly with girlfriend Allegra until they and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the Nazis learn of his boxing, they force him to participate in weekly boxing m...
Glory
HDRobert 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.
Mountains of the Moon
HDThe legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.