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The Libertine is a movie starring Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, and John Malkovich. The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn...

In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.

Alexander is a movie starring Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, and Rosario Dawson. Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

Why We Fight is a movie starring Gore Vidal, John McCain, and Ken Adelman. Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and...

Ike: Countdown to D-Day is a TV movie starring Tom Selleck, James Remar, and Timothy Bottoms. A dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower,...

Geuddae geusaramdeul is a movie starring Suk-kyu Han, Yun-shik Baek, and Jae-ho Song. A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.

An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.

When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 pe

The Game of Their Lives is a movie starring Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, and Gavin Rossdale. Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo...

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a movie starring John Beard, Tim Belden, and Barbara Boxer. A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

American Soldiers is a movie starring Curtis Morgan, Zan Calabretta, and Jordan Brown. A group of U.S. soldiers defy their country when they release mistreated prisoners.

Strike the Tent is a movie starring Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, and Eric Holloway. The true love story of the conflict between Captain Robert Adams' dedication to the south, and his love for Eveline McCord, his beloved from the...

Good Night, and Good Luck. is a movie starring David Strathairn, George Clooney, and Patricia Clarkson. Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians.

The White Countess is a movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave. Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and...

The city of Leningrad and the blockade during the Second World War. No words. No music. Only sounds and black and white images of a dying city.

Joyeux Noël is a movie starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, and Guillaume Canet. In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into...

The Last Hangman is a movie starring Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, and Eddie Marsan. The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.

The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII.

Wang-ui namja is a movie starring Woo-seong Kam, Jin-young Jung, and Seong-Yeon Kang. Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened...

Flight 93 is a TV movie starring Jeffrey Nordling, Brennan Elliott, and Kendall Cross. Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.

Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a TV movie starring Jason Agnello, Joe Brady, and Phillip Courtney. Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia Summary: The Winter War was an epic life and death...

The story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980's and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Hollywoodland is a movie starring Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, and Diane Lane. A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).

Alatriste is a movie starring Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, and Unax Ugalde. Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.

Bobby is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, and Sharon Stone. The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los...

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

The Conclave is a movie starring Manu Fullola, Brian Blessed, and James Faulkner. In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal,...

One Night with the King is a movie starring Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, and John Noble. In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

The Hoax is a movie starring Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, and David Aaron Baker. In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early...

Catch a Fire is a movie starring Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, and Bonnie Mbuli. A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.

The Nativity Story is a movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Oscar Isaac. A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Sakuran is a movie starring Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, and Yoshino Kimura. A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).

In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nasareth.

Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia is a movie starring Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, and Jay Chou. During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his...

A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.

Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.

Chapter 27 is a movie starring Chuck Cooper, Victor Verhaeghe, and Robert Gerard Larkin. A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

A Life Interrupted is a TV movie starring Lea Thompson, Anthony Lemke, and Cindy Busby. After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law.

Taxi to the Dark Side is a movie starring Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, and Moazzam Begg. Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.