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Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
6.2

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story shows how the classic board game has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon and follows the colorful ...
Rebellion
6.9

Rebellion

Nov. 16, 2011

Rebellion

April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France ...
Barbarossa
4.4

Barbarossa

Oct. 09, 2009

Barbarossa

Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka “Barbarossa. His dream is to conquer also the lands in the ...
Ironclad
6.1

Ironclad

Mar. 03, 2011

Ironclad

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document ...
Outside the Law
6.6

Outside the Law

Sep. 21, 2010

Outside the Law

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French ...
Bert Stern – Original Madman
6.7

Bert Stern – Original Madman

The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick ...
Ip Man
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Ip Man

Dec. 12, 2008

Ip Man

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events ...
The Birth of New China
5.9

The Birth of New China

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People’s Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they ...
Kill the Messenger
6.9

Kill the Messenger

Oct. 09, 2014

Kill the Messenger

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA’s role in arming ...
First Man
7.3

First Man

Oct. 10, 2018

First Man

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on ...
The Lost City of Z
6.6

The Lost City of Z

Mar. 15, 2017

The Lost City of Z

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced ...
Agora
7.1

Agora

May. 17, 2009

Agora

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn ...
Black Death
6.4

Black Death

Jun. 07, 2010

Black Death

As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the ...
Me and Orson Welles
6.7

Me and Orson Welles

Sep. 05, 2008

Me and Orson Welles

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles’ production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
W.
6.3

W.

Oct. 17, 2008

W.

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days ...
The Bang Bang Club
6.9

The Bang Bang Club

Apr. 22, 2011

The Bang Bang Club

In the early to mid ’90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers – Greg Marinovich, ...
God on Trial
7.6

God on Trial

Sep. 03, 2008

God on Trial

In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Zeitgeist
8.1

Zeitgeist

Jun. 01, 2007

Zeitgeist

A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.
Who Killed Nancy?
6.3

Who Killed Nancy?

Apr. 11, 2009

Who Killed Nancy?

On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was ...
Vincere
6.9

Vincere

May. 20, 2009

Vincere

The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini’s secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to ...
The Hessen Affair
5.3

The Hessen Affair

Jan. 14, 2009

The Hessen Affair

In 1945 a group of victorious American officers discover a stash of German jewels and try to fence them in New York.
Public Enemies
6.9

Public Enemies

Jul. 01, 2009

Public Enemies

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger’s charm and audacity endear him to much of America’s downtrodden public, but he’s ...
You Don’t Know Jack
7.5

You Don’t Know Jack

Jun. 27, 2010

You Don’t Know Jack

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
Amelia
5.8

Amelia

Oct. 22, 2009

Amelia

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make ...
John Rabe
7.2

John Rabe

Apr. 02, 2009

John Rabe

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
City of Life and Death
7.7

City of Life and Death

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of ...
Free State of Jones
6.9

Free State of Jones

Jun. 24, 2016

Free State of Jones

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than ...
Sword of the Stranger
7.7

Sword of the Stranger

Sep. 29, 2007

Sword of the Stranger

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The ...