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Roanoak
1986

Roanoak

The story chronicles the first recorded meeting in the late 16th Century between British explorers-settlers and Native A...

Resistance
7.0
2020

Resistance

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the liv...

Rosogolla
8.1
2018

Rosogolla

Based in the backdrop of 19th century Bengal, Rosogolla is a story of a young man with a romantic heart and brilliant mi...

Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison
2026

Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison

As each group pursues their mission, a fierce battle unfolds over the tattooed prisoners. Who is friend, and who is foe?...

Waterloo
7.1
1970

Waterloo

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon h...

Night and Fog
8.2
1956

Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

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...

The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith
8.5
2009

The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith

The Book of Ruth, is a triumphant love story in the face of adversity. This selfless journey of love and devotion is see...

Palm Trees in the Snow
7.4
2015

Palm Trees in the Snow

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, t...

Purple Butterfly
6.6
2003

Purple Butterfly

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encou...

Dr. Hope
7.0
2009

Dr. Hope

Historical Bio-Pic, based on the life of Hope Bridges Adams-Lehmann, being the first female physician and member of wome...

Radium Girls
6.6
2020

Radium Girls

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

Henry V
7.1
1989

Henry V

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Empire of Silver
5.5
2009

Empire of Silver

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumst...

Operation Autumn
6.8
2012

Operation Autumn

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

Housewife, 49
6.0
2006

Housewife, 49

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary S...

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.

Reign: The Conqueror Movie
7.4
2000

Reign: The Conqueror Movie

Prince Alexander, son of King Philip, and heir to the Macedonian empire, must fend off political saboteurs, assassins, a...

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
7.2
2011

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-i...

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
7.4
2012

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created...