
Victoria & Abdul(2017)
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.


“Power changes everything”
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

Benedict Cumberbatch
Thomas Edison

Michael Shannon
George Westinghouse

Nicholas Hoult
Nikola Tesla

Katherine Waterston
Marguerite Westinghouse

Tom Holland
Samuel Insull

Matthew Macfadyen
J.P. Morgan

Tuppence Middleton
Mary Edison

Stanley Townsend
Franklin Pope

Damien Molony
Bourke Cockran

Conor MacNeill
William Kemmler
The Current War is a drama, history film released in 2018 exploring themes of biography, 19th century. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult. Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.

A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

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In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.