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The Message (1976) In the 7th century, Mohammed, Peace Be Upon Him, is visited by Angel Gabriel who urges him to lead the people of Mecca and worship God. But they're exiled in Medina before returning to Mecca to take up arms against their oppressors and liberate their city in the name of God (Allah

Kingdom (2019) In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.

Wolf Hall (2015) England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas

Thirteen Days (2000) In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Ke

The Emperor of Paris (2018) Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after his last ...

The Looming Tower (2018) "The Looming Tower" traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in the late '90s and how a rivalry between the FBI and CIA during the time period may have inadvertently set the path for the attacks of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad

McMillions (2020) A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents involved.

Mrs. America (2020 ) Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.

Twentyfour male students out of seventyfive were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

The Shadow in My Eye 2021 On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapos headquarters in Copenhagen The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) A documentary about Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - two movie-obsessed cousins whose passion for cinema changed the way movies were made and marketed - and the tale of how this passion ultimately led to the demise of the company they

Ekaterina (2014 ) The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian empire.

Nixon (1995) Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat. The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign ag

Hostile Territory 2022 Former P O W Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing old enemy lines Calgrove

Deep Water (2006) A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Evita (1996) High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influenc

Barry Lyndon (1975) In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin but is robbed on the r

The Assault (2010) Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a high-jacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Ao: The Last Hunter (2010) When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Néa, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neandertal man, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the South where he was born. His aim is to join his twin brother, from whom he was separated when he was nin

Stealing Heaven (1988) Abelard, a respected philosopher and teacher in 12th-century Paris, is hired to tutor the intelligent and beautiful Heloise. They soon fall in love, but must hide their affection because Abelard is sworn to celibacy.

Empire 2005 The story is set in Rome around 44 B C , just after the assassination of Julius Caesar Octavius, aged 17, who was named heir by Caesar, is challenged by Marc Anthony A civil war ensues, ending in a showdown between Octavius and Marc Anthony

Shakedown 2018 SHAKEDOWN chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles The story functions as a legend where money is both myth and material Cumulatively, questions arise about how to diagram the before and after of a utopic moment Directed by Leilah Weinraub

The Wild Child (1970) 1798. In a forest, some countrymen catch a wild child who can not walk, speak, read nor write. Doctor Itard is interested by the child, and starts to educate him. Everybody thinks he will fail, but with a lot of love and patience, he manages to obtain results and the child cont

Hatfields & McCoys (2012) The story of the feud that nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy were close friends until near the end of the Civil War, when they return to their homes -- Hatfield in West Virginia and McCoy in Kentucky -- to in

World War 1 in Colour (2003 ) Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.

Kundun (1997) The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation of Tibet. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been livi

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

The Battle of the Sexes (2013) It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; he was the charismatic, fast talking, hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely 'courtship', in the midst of a social revolution, cap

Its a Sin (2021 ) A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

Torpedo (2019) a team of Belgian resistance fighters kidnap a German submarine during WWII to bring Uranium, needed for the Manhattan Project, from Belgian Kongo to New York.

Misbehaviour (2020) A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

Sunshine (1999) The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecu

An Officer and a Spy (2019) In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.

Shakespeare in Love (1998) Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard Burbidge but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing. He is in search of his muse

Operation Finale (2018) A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.

Gunpowder (2017–) British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century.

The widow of murdered civil rights leader Medger Evers and a district attorney struggle to finally bring the murderer to justice.

A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

The American West (2016 ) This series will provide unprecedented access to the wilderness, frontier lawlessness, and bloodshed of the 40 years between the end of the American Civil War and after the turn of the 20th Century, when the west was won. From Jesse James and Crazy Horse, to Wyatt Earp and

Sakuran (2006) A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).

Helen of Troy (1956) Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the e

A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.

NWA Eazy E Kings of Compton 2016 This inclusive documentary takes a unique look at the most influential West Coast rap group in history and inventors of gangster rap NWA The life and death of controversial rapper Eazy E and the birth of the career of highly successful actor, movie producer and rappe

My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved

The Last Battle of the Vikings (2012) Documentary on viking life and conquest.

Les Miserables (2018 ) Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more. An adaptation of Victor Hugo's cla

3 Days in Malay 2023 A small group must defend an airfield for three days against the Japanese assault during the fight for Malay in World War 2