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Downfall
8.2

Downfall

Sep. 16, 2004

Downfall

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force ...
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
7.4

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small ...
Onmyoji
6.2

Onmyoji

Oct. 06, 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 supernatural forces ...
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
4.5

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president’s whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary ...
Cinderella Man
8

Cinderella Man

Jun. 02, 2005

Cinderella Man

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Miracle
7.5

Miracle

Feb. 06, 2004

Miracle

When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. ...
King Arthur
6.3

King Arthur

Jul. 07, 2004

King Arthur

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the ‘Sarmatian hypothesis’ which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the ...
Mangal Pandey – The Rising
6.5

Mangal Pandey – The Rising

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the ...
The Best of Youth
8.5

The Best of Youth

Jun. 22, 2003

The Best of Youth

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some ...
The Lost City
6.5

The Lost City

Sep. 03, 2005

The Lost City

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950’s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition ...
The Good Shepherd
6.7

The Good Shepherd

Dec. 11, 2006

The Good Shepherd

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father’s suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally ...
Copenhagen
7.2

Copenhagen

Sep. 27, 2002

Copenhagen

No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen ...
Troy
7.3

Troy

May. 13, 2004

Troy

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to ...
Seabiscuit
7.3

Seabiscuit

Jul. 22, 2003

Seabiscuit

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
The Great Raid
6.6

The Great Raid

Aug. 12, 2005

The Great Raid

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate ...
Shattered Glass
7.1

Shattered Glass

Nov. 14, 2003

Shattered Glass

The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a ...
Kingdom of Heaven
7.3

Kingdom of Heaven

May. 03, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Twin Sisters
7.4

Twin Sisters

Dec. 12, 2002

Twin Sisters

1920s Germany. Two sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her ...
The Lion in Winter
6.9

The Lion in Winter

Dec. 26, 2003

The Lion in Winter

King Henry II keeps his wife Eleanor locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he ...
Freedom’s Fury
7.5

Freedom’s Fury

Sep. 07, 2006

Freedom’s Fury

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces ...
Russian Ark
7.2

Russian Ark

May. 22, 2002

Russian Ark

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
The Alamo
6.1

The Alamo

Apr. 07, 2004

The Alamo

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s ...
Cazuza: Time Doesn’t Stop
6.9

Cazuza: Time Doesn’t Stop

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza’s mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of ...
The Magdalene Sisters
7.7

The Magdalene Sisters

Aug. 30, 2002

The Magdalene Sisters

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
The Fog of War
8

The Fog of War

Oct. 26, 2003

The Fog of War

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, ...
The Forgotten Faces
6.6

The Forgotten Faces

Jan. 01, 1961

The Forgotten Faces

“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the ...
The Gathering Storm
7.4

The Gathering Storm

Apr. 22, 2002

The Gathering Storm

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though ...
Stealing Sinatra
5.6

Stealing Sinatra

Jan. 24, 2003

Stealing Sinatra

In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It’s a true story
Pan Tadeusz
5.9

Pan Tadeusz

Nov. 10, 1928

Pan Tadeusz

Pan Tadeusz (film 1928) is a Polish historical film directed by Ryszard Ordynski based on the national epic of Poland, an 1834 poem by Adam Mickiewicz.
Luther
6.6

Luther

Oct. 29, 2003

Luther

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will ...
Mona Lisa Smile
6.6

Mona Lisa Smile

Dec. 19, 2003

Mona Lisa Smile

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to ...
The Visual Bible: Matthew
7.9

The Visual Bible: Matthew

The only dramatization using the actual scriptures…word for word from the New International Version (NIV). In Israel, then known as Judea ...
Hero
7.9

Hero

Jul. 22, 2002

Hero

During China’s Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three ...
Price for Peace
7.4

Price for Peace

May. 27, 2002

Price for Peace

This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in ...
The Rosa Parks Story
7.1

The Rosa Parks Story

Feb. 24, 2002

The Rosa Parks Story

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Lost Battalion
7

The Lost Battalion

Dec. 02, 2001

The Lost Battalion

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 ...
The Warrior’s Brother
6

The Warrior’s Brother

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the ...
Bang Rajan
6.6

Bang Rajan

Dec. 29, 2000

Bang Rajan

Set right before the fall of Thailand’s old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended ...
No Man’s Land
7.9

No Man’s Land

May. 12, 2001

No Man’s Land

Two soldiers from opposite sides get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ...
Amen.
7.2

Amen.

Feb. 27, 2002

Amen.

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn ...
Bloody Sunday
7.6

Bloody Sunday

Jan. 16, 2002

Bloody Sunday

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Gods and Generals
6.2

Gods and Generals

Feb. 21, 2003

Gods and Generals

The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate ...