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An action, spy film set in the backdrop of the Japanese colonial era

In a story drawn from Chinas legendary Warring States Period, the King of Yue, Goujian, is defeated and imprisoned by the King of Wu, Fucha

This history of the co op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell that first emerged in the 1960s The Ubu gro

Based on the Bling Ring robberies that took place in LA rich suburbs between 2008 2009 Three part documentary with access to the gang that perpetuated the heist

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge

Follows King Arthur and his people race home to prevent Mordred from taking over Camelot

The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth

Admiral Yi Sun sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang

An all star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II

In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, meets regularly with girlfriend Allegra until they and their families are sent to Auschwitz When the Nazis learn of his boxing, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matc

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexua

The story of the final Emperor of China

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Forces 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany

The history of nuclear weapons between 1945 until 1963

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism

Following the assassination of President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husbands historic legacy

The story of Amos Ozs youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel The film details the young mans relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a

In the early 1960s, Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari went to war on the battlefield of Le MansTM This epic battle saw drivers lose their lives, family dynasties nearly collapse and the development of a new race car that changed raci

A musical retelling of the American Revolutions political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer

The death of Americas oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans Big Charity

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America Set in 1

Pasolinis artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucers most erotic tales

The story of Washington D C radio personality Ralph Petey Greene, an ex con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s

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 each others way of life

Mrs Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth century Russian iconographer St Andrei Rublev

A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole

In 1667, 28 year old all powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world Versailles But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but weve had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now

This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media and its effect on Independent and cult films Ranging from the origin of home movies through the video store era, its sure to entertain With icons like Joe Bob Br