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Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese Robin Hood who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one mans life

In 1971, twenty four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire

Based on the real life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one

A documentary in which Freda Kelly looks back at her career as lifelong secretary for The Beatles

The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U S Governments subjugation of his people

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I

The 1680s bring a new king, Restoration and more tyranny In Massachusetts, a robbers son falls for an anti monarchist In England, young lady falls for an outlaw

Broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy

A musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899 When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire

A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraqs oil reserves

Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probi

On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husbands aristocratic position in 18th century England

Exploration of great archaeological discoveries, fascinating ancient civilizations, forgotten architectural marvels and tantalizing historical mysteries

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperors son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France

An eighteenth century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley

Oliver Stone s re examination of under reported events in American history

In early 1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian emigre and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelganger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one Will he get over the deep de

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro democracy rally in Manchester

True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine

The biographical story of Michelangelos troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War

The story of Gregorio Goyo del Pilar, one of the youngest Generals during the Philippine American War who fought in the historic Battle of Tirad Pass

Dramatization of the great discoveries of ancient Egypt, from the exploration of tombs in the early 1800s, to the unraveling of the Rosetta Stone to translate the ancient language on the tombs, to the discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero

Max and Helene, a television film, loosely based on the novel by Simon Wiesenthal, which tells the true story of an absolute love for what tortured between Max, a promising student Jew

This extraordinary documentary poses questions that still resonate today will the machines we build to save humanity end up replacing us or even destroying us Historian Simon Schaffer tells the stories behind some of the most sens

The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe

An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century