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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
6.3
1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema
6.7
2014

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin...

Zulu
7.4
1964

Zulu

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the i...

Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
5.2
1996

Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman

Gina, a modern business woman in her late forties, has a lover named Adrian, a journalist, who she sees once in a while ...

Urumi
6.9
2011

Urumi

A young man who discovers his ancestral connection to a 16th century warrior who sought revenge against Portuguese explo...

Patriots Day
7.1
2016

Patriots Day

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first respo...

Sword of God
4.0
2020

Sword of God

In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. ...

Sunshine
6.5
1999

Sunshine

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

Kaantha
6.6
2025

Kaantha

Set in the backdrop of a film set, in the 1950’s in post colonial Madras, the film is centred around the professional ri...

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
7.2
2019

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders

Actor Jeremy Irons embarks on an epic journey through the halls of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, two hundred years ...

Woman Walks Ahead
6.7
2018

Woman Walks Ahead

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chie...

Hail, Caesar!
5.9
2016

Hail, Caesar!

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno
2.7
1973

...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
1997

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

The future of preservation is at stake in the digital age. Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital inf...

The Fortress
6.8
2017

The Fortress

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain Ch...

Center Stage
7.2
1991

Center Stage

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to f...

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.

Rangoon
6.1
2017

Rangoon

Julia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during the World War II, on the insistence of Billimori...

Bloody Sunday
7.3
2002

Bloody Sunday

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British tro...

Clavijo
1982

Clavijo