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The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

Mommie Dearest is a movie starring Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, and Steve Forrest. The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

My Dinner with Andre is a movie starring Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, and Jean Lenauer. Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Missing is a movie starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, and Melanie Mayron. When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Le retour de Martin Guerre is a movie starring Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, and Maurice Barrier. In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.

In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.

Horrific true tale set in late 1970s Australia and later West Germany about an abused wife who learns in horror that her sadistic German-born husband is actually a fanatical neo-Nazi.

A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Phar Lap is a movie starring Tom Burlinson, Judy Morris, and Martin Vaughan. The true story of an Australian racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stableboy.

The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.

Leuchtturm des Chaos is a movie starring Sterling Hayden, Charles Brauer, and Burkhard Driest. Documentary profile of actor Sterling Hayden .

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Amadeus is a movie starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge. The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of...

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Guided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving metropolis. Appearing to be both adaptable

Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as Willi

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

Out of Africa is a movie starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer. In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.

Arriving in Chicago, Henry 'Michael Rooker, in what is undoubtedly the finest performance of his patchy career', moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Caravaggio is a movie starring Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, and Nigel Terry. A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Sid and Nancy is a movie starring Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, and David Hayman. The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.

True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.

The Last Emperor is a movie starring John Lone, Joan Chen, and Peter O'Toole. The story of the final Emperor of China.

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.

This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.

An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.

The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker).

Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a movie starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, and Martin Landau. The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car...

Let's Get Lost is a movie starring Chet Baker, Carol Baker, and Vera Baker. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers,...

Patty Hearst is a movie starring Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, and Ving Rhames. In the 1970s, Patricia Hearst is abducted by American revolutionaries, but eventually joins their cause instead.

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Imagine: John Lennon is a movie starring John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Paul McCartney. A biography of the rock music star.