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Big George Foreman
7.5
2023

Big George Foreman

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World...

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
6.2
2019

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, encourages her me...

King Arthur
6.3
2004

King Arthur

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical n...

Captain Blood
7.2
1935

Captain Blood

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

Maharaj
6.8
2024

Maharaj

Based on a real-life historic court case, a bold journalist questions a revered leader's immoral behavior.

Roger & Me
7.1
1989

Roger & Me

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. ...

God Loves Caviar
5.4
2012

God Loves Caviar

The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose ...

Ennio
8.3
2022

Ennio

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by th...

The Color Purple
7.7
1985

The Color Purple

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incre...

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
7.0
2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles...

Sight
6.2
2024

Sight

Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. Wh...

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
6.2
1973

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law ...

Newsies
6.7
1992

Newsies

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Jose...

Harem
4.3
1985

Harem

Diane is a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange who is suddenly kidnapped and held captive in a North Af...

The Peasants
7.5
2023

The Peasants

Peasant girl Jagna is forced to marry the much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With ti...

Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing
6.7
1985

Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing

Part one of this two-part epic follows the life and deeds of Boris I – a strong historic personality, which completes hi...

Bad Education
6.7
2019

Bad Education

A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is...

How Should We Then Live?
5.5
1977

How Should We Then Live?

Dr. Francis Schaeffer's spectacular series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective.

Slaves and Kings
2.0
2021

Slaves and Kings

The compelling story of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, a Spanish Roman Catholic Archbishop, writer and publisher, missionary...

Kesari
7.0
2019

Kesari

In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.