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Jeanne du Barry
6.9
2023

Jeanne du Barry

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to ...

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.

Shogun's Shadow
6.8
1989

Shogun's Shadow

A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid...

Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
6.2
2022

Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies author...

Sandakan No. 8
7.7
1974

Sandakan No. 8

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandak...

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
7.1
2016

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.

Hidden Blade
6.3
2023

Hidden Blade

Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set afte...

Spitfire
7.1
2018

Spitfire

A feature documentary about the people and the planes that helped win World War War II. Through people personally connec...

Mark of Cain
1989

Mark of Cain

In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is c...

Deserter's Gold
6.0
1998

Deserter's Gold

"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the ...

The Nest
5.9
1974

The Nest

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revere...

Black Death
6.1
2010

Black Death

As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necro...

Prayers for Bobby
8.1
2009

Prayers for Bobby

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences ...

Franz
6.1
2025

Franz

Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-c...

The Barber of Siberia
7.0
1998

The Barber of Siberia

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-drive...

Last Eunuch In China
7.8
1987

Last Eunuch In China

The Wizard of Lies
6.6
2017

The Wizard of Lies

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of ...

Scandal
6.0
1989

Scandal

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as f...

Kolberg
6.0
1945

Kolberg

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces....

Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
5.6
2021

Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea

‘Marakkar Lion of the Arabian Sea’ portrays the courageous life-events of a rebellious naval chief, Kunjali Marakkar the...