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The Weeping Meadow
7.8

The Weeping Meadow

Feb. 20, 2004

The Weeping Meadow

The first part of an incomplete trilogy telling the story of the greek people. The film begins in 1919, with Greek immigrants from Odessa ...
The Other Boleyn Girl
6.1

The Other Boleyn Girl

Mar. 28, 2003

The Other Boleyn Girl

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, “The Other Boleyn Girl” is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary ...
LOC: Kargil
5.4

LOC: Kargil

Dec. 12, 2003

LOC: Kargil

This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 ...
Song for a Raggy Boy
7.5

Song for a Raggy Boy

Jan. 19, 2003

Song for a Raggy Boy

William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views ...
Names in Marble
7

Names in Marble

Nov. 01, 2002

Names in Marble

Despite peaceful speeches, the army of the Soviet Russian is attacking Estonia, and the country’s government is declaring a mobilization ...
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
7.1

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead a U.S. expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Beauty of Beauties
6.7

Beauty of Beauties

Oct. 22, 1965

Beauty of Beauties

Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw ...
The Cuckoo
7.7

The Cuckoo

Jan. 01, 2002

The Cuckoo

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set ...
The Path of the Dragon
6.5

The Path of the Dragon

Produced and directed by Walt Missingham who, in 1983, became the first non-Chinese to practice Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple, this authoritative ...
Salem Witch Trials
6.1

Salem Witch Trials

Dec. 24, 2002

Salem Witch Trials

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters ...
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
7.3

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Jun. 15, 2001

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is ...
Quo Vadis
5.7

Quo Vadis

Sep. 14, 2001

Quo Vadis

Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian ...
The Congress
7.1

The Congress

Mar. 19, 1989

The Congress

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, ...
The Endurance
7.8

The Endurance

Sep. 02, 2000

The Endurance

Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in and the ...
Aśoka
6.4

Aśoka

Sep. 13, 2001

Aśoka

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, ...
Lumumba
7.2

Lumumba

May. 13, 2000

Lumumba

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice ...
Children of Shatila
7.8

Children of Shatila

Jan. 02, 1998

Children of Shatila

Many people first became aware of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon after the shocking and horrific Sabra-Shatila massacre that took place ...
Shadow Magic
7.1

Shadow Magic

Sep. 08, 2000

Shadow Magic

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman ...
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
7.5

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made ...
Hey Ram
8

Hey Ram

Feb. 18, 2000

Hey Ram

Saketh Ram’s wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for ...
Newton : A Tale of Two Isaacs
7

Newton : A Tale of Two Isaacs

As Newton devotes himself to the difficult and solitary path of challenging the existing view of the universe and proving his own theories on ...
Murder in the Cathedral
6.4

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior ...
Fidel
7.3

Fidel

Jun. 25, 1971

Fidel

This film provides a unique view of Cuba’s leader, containing fascinating archive footage of the Bay of Pigs invasion and scenes of Che ...
The Bloody Lady
6.3

The Bloody Lady

Feb. 12, 1981

The Bloody Lady

The folktale about Bloody Lady Bathory, doomed to bathe in the blood of young girls in order to be forever youthful herself
The Source
7.2

The Source

Jan. 23, 1999

The Source

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac’s meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. ...
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
6.9

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. ...
The Decisive Power of Aikido
6.9

The Decisive Power of Aikido

It is about the life of Ueshiba – the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he ...
The Hunley
6.6

The Hunley

Jul. 11, 1999

The Hunley

CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It ...
The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland
5.9

The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland

Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, ...
Excellent Cadavers
6.5

Excellent Cadavers

Oct. 16, 1999

Excellent Cadavers

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ...
Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula
7.5

Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula

Vlad Țepeş, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.
Ruby Bridges
7.1

Ruby Bridges

Jan. 18, 1998

Ruby Bridges

When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ...
Nero and Poppea – An Orgy of Power
3.7

Nero and Poppea – An Orgy of Power

As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.
The Return of King Lapusneanu
6.9

The Return of King Lapusneanu

Alexandru Lapusneanu is one of important Moldavian rulers. A Macbeth figure, who obtains his throne in fight, who reeves any possible danger out ...
Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector
7.6

Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he’s torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and ...
Iancu Jianu, Outlaw
7.6

Iancu Jianu, Outlaw

Sep. 02, 1981

Iancu Jianu, Outlaw

Together with Mereanu, Jianu plots to overthrow the Phanariot regime. Saved by Tincuta, who takes him as her husband, and forgiven, as the custom ...
Artemisia
6.7

Artemisia

Sep. 10, 1997

Artemisia

The story of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), one of the first well-known female painters, including her youth, when she was guided and ...
The Barber of Siberia
7.6

The Barber of Siberia

Nov. 11, 1998

The Barber of Siberia

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the ...
The Magic of Flight
7.1

The Magic of Flight

Jan. 01, 1996

The Magic of Flight

Take a technological thrill ride The Magic of Flight takes you on a technological thrill ride faster, higher and wider than modern science or ...
Character
7.7

Character

Apr. 17, 1997

Character

In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to ...
Mandela
7

Mandela

Oct. 11, 1996

Mandela

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, ...
Ulysses’ Gaze
7.6

Ulysses’ Gaze

Oct. 12, 1995

Ulysses’ Gaze

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Les Miserables
7.4

Les Miserables

Mar. 22, 1995

Les Miserables

In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Misérables and ...