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Onmyoji
6.3
2001

Onmyoji

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep...

The Flaming Mountain
1962

The Flaming Mountain

Red Kid abducts Monk Tripitaka to turn his flesh into a feast to treat his mother Princess Iron Fan. Monkey King is subd...

Xingu
7.4
2012

Xingu

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a...

The Emperor and the Assassin
6.9
1998

The Emperor and the Assassin

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot...

The Capital City: Washington, D.C.
8.0
1940

The Capital City: Washington, D.C.

A Traveltalk look at the exteriors of Washington, D.C.'s famous buildings and monuments.

Kalashnikov AK-47
7.4
2020

Kalashnikov AK-47

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The acciden...

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
1951

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
6.7
2005

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish co...

6 Days
6.0
2017

6 Days

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiati...

March of Happiness
5.8
2000

March of Happiness

1945-1947, Taiwan. A teenage couple were deeply in love despite objections from the girl’s family. Their tragic story is...

John Wesley
1.0
1954

John Wesley

Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand f...

Záveje
1972

Záveje

The Untouchable
1940

The Untouchable

Laxmi, an "untouchable" woman fights for her community's rights against societal discrimination. She faces personal hard...

Panther
6.2
1995

Panther

In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle ...

Six Minutes to Midnight
6.2
2020

Six Minutes to Midnight

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside ...

The Broken Commandment
7.2
2022

The Broken Commandment

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouch...

Rasputin
4.5
2010

Rasputin

Grigorij Efimovic Rasputin (1869-1916) the mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. The saint-demon and the simple peasant. ...

Boycott
6.6
2001

Boycott

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Mart...

Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli
10.0
2014

Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli

In the 1920s, the rivalry between fashion icon Gabrielle Chanel and her stylistic rival Elsa Schiaparelli gave rise to i...

Lost Illusions
7.4
2021

Lost Illusions

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark si...