The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
The Stranger Beside Me (2003) While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.
Fortress of War (2010)
Fortress of War (2010) The film shows the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which had taken upon the first strike of German fascist invaders on June 22 1941. Story describes the events of the first days of the defense. The film tells about three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment comm
Sissi: The Young Empress (1956)
Sissi: The Young Empress (1956) Through her Hungarian teacher the young Empress Sissi is enchanted by Hungary, a country she has never visited, but feels an affinity with. The Council of Ministers wants to punish some Hungarian rebels, but Emperor Franz Joseph gives all the rebels amnesty, including
Stalin (1992)
Stalin (1992) Josef Stalin rises from his rejection as being physically unfit in the Czar's army during world War I to undisputed head of the huge Soviet empire of the 1950s. After the success of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 he vies with arch-rival Leon Trotsky for power under the acknowledged l
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadi
January 6th (2022)
January 6th 2022 Follows the events of the attack on the U S Capitol on January 6th of 2021, told by those who witnessed the chaos firsthand
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Hearts and Minds (1974) This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody confli
Sharpes Enemy (1994)
Sharpes Enemy 1994 Portugal 1813 A band of deserters, including Sharpes old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue
The Long Ships (1964)
The Long Ships (1964) There is a legend about a great bell, called "The Mother of Voices," made of pure gold, three times the size of a man, made by monks many years ago... This is the story told in the marketplace by a Viking called Rolfe. This information finds its way to the Islamic rul
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Viva Zapata! (1952) In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the Preside
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (1999)
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (1999) In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one district, is undermined by two families, feuding since the head
Teenage (2013)
Teenage (2013) Teenagers did not always exist. In this living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits, and voices lifted from early 20th Century diary entries, a struggle erupts between adults and adolescents to define a new idea of youth.
The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold (2017)
The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold 2017 The mysterious appearance of massive golden bracelets in intl antiquarian circles uncovers an inside story of the looting of a 2000 yr old Transylvanian golden hoard Police investigations of 50 million in golden loot unfold as an epic and dramatic look into the i
Maksym Osa (2022)
Maksym Osa 2022 Ukraine 1636 Someone has attacked a battalion of cossacks that were transporting the gold of the Polish king A cossack Maksym Osa tries to find the missing gold, but soon becomes one of the main suspects
Shikara (2020)
Shikara (2020) Shikara is the story of resilience in the face of insurmountable odds. It's also the story of a love that remains unextinguished through 30 years of exile. A timeless love story in the worst of times.
Coming for the King (2021)
Coming for the King (2021) Coming for the King is a fictional account of the events and the people that surrounded Martin Luther King Jr. from early 1963 until his untimely demise in the Spring of 1968.
The Province: An Intelligence Officer in Vietnam (2016)
Vietnam, 1967 Military intelligence has collapsed, Viet Cong have infiltrated the clandestine American spy network, and the U S cant rely on the South Vietnamese John Murphy, then an elite adviser, analyst, and operative for the Army, CIA, and South Vietnamese intelligence services, reveals the gray
Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018)
Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018) NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell'arte and collectin
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at Hiroshima
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng, heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying's strategy is to seem invincible. Ying sends his concubine Zhao to the Han Kingdom as a spy, to enlist an assassin he can conquer. Zhao persua
The Shadows of Men (2017)
The Shadows of Men (2017) For eight years during the Vietnam War, the Razorback gunship platoon had only one mission... combat.
Monterey Pop (1968)
Monterey Pop (1968) Legendary California music festival (pre-Woodstock) that launched the state-side careers of several performers, most notably Jimi Hendrix. Check out Mama Cass being absolutely blown away while watching Joplin sing. Here there be REAL acid rock.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016) Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008) Zeitgeist Addendum, attempts to locate the root causes of this pervasive social corruption, while offering a solution. This solution is not based on politics, morality, laws, or any other "establishment" notions of human affairs, but rather on a modern, non-super
Dreamtimes Over (2009)
Dreamtimes Over (2009) The story is inspired by the disappearance in the late 80's of a North American couple who disappeared in the West Australian desert on a 4WD holiday. They were never seen alive again. Their abandoned vehicles and totally unused supplies were found in sand dunes near an Aborig
Haven (2001)
Haven (2001) This is the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to love and feel sorry for them all, and fights for their rights to live in America.
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.
Lines of Wellington (2012)
Lines of Wellington (2012) On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in ord
Ballon (2018)
Ballon (2018) Balloon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade hot-air balloon.
The Oratorio (2020)
The Oratorio 2020 Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a single performance in 1826 that forever changed Americas cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City an event Mozarts great librettist helped organize Taking place in Scorseses childhood church, this watershed ev
The Grey Zone (2001)
The Grey Zone (2001) The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to extermin
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016)
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016) The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou.
The Kidnapping of the Maidens (1968)
The Kidnapping of the Maidens 1968 During the 19th century war bands of Ottoman Turks operating from Vidin across the Danube river come into Wallachia to pillage,enslave,murder and destroy with impunity Wallachias Phanariote rulers dont oppose the raids and some even collude with the Turks for their
Mankind Decoded (2013)
Mankind Decoded 2013 Through 12 surprising influences, H2 holds the key to unlock our secret history As every tool, innovation and thought unfolds from the wheel to the Internet, the Vikings to Amelia Earhart and Stonehenge to soaring skyscrapers, Mankind Decoded deconstructs the Mankind series, exp
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years (1988)
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years (1988) The American architect most responsible for the new image of the architect as artist is documented in this film at a point in his career when he advances from experimental, private houses to complex institutions and large-scale collaborative urban projects. Th
City of War: The Story of John Rabe (2009)
City of War: The Story of John Rabe (2009) After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down. Before he can pack, the Japanese army, lead unofficially by a bloodthirsty imperial uncle, lays siege to the city. Rabe accep
Churchills Secret Agents The New Recruits (2018)
Churchills Secret Agents The New Recruits 2018 Fourteen modern day recruits see if they could have become unofficial spies and secret agents in occupied 1940s Europe Following real training exercises from the British Archives, these men and women learn combat, surveillance and survival skills and te
Danger Close (2017)
Danger Close (2017) Freelance female war reporter Alex Quade covers U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) on highly classified combat missions. Since 2001, she has embedded with elite SOF, including the U.S. Army Special Forces or Green Berets, Army Rangers, Navy Seals, and CIA clandestine operatives
Newsies (1992)
Newsies (1992) July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Christian Bale) o
Hwang Jin yi (2007)
Hwang Jin yi 2007 HWANG Jin yi was one of the most legendary women in the 500 year reign of the Joseon Dynasty Born into nobility, she made the startling choice to become a gisaeng at age 15 By 18, she was the object of desire of all men and the envy of all women As both a poet and a courtesan, HWAN
Big Charity: The Death of Americas Oldest Hospital (2014)
Big Charity: The Death of Americas Oldest Hospital (2014) The death of America's oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans' Big Charity.
Esther (1999)
Esther (1999) Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor. When he summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show o
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Last Days in Vietnam (2014) During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront the same moral quandary: whether to obey White H
Marvels Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (2016)
Marvels Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (2016) Marvel celebrates the history of Captain America, both in the comics and on TV and film, and examines the character as a reflection of American culture throughout the years.
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019)
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019) A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives will never be the same.
Night Will Fall (2014)
Night Will Fall (2014) During the April of 1945, in Germany, the World War II was drawing to a close, with the Allied Forces moving towards Berlin. Among their ranks were also soldiers that were newly trained as combat cameramen with the sole duty to document the gruesome scenes behind the recently
Labyrinth of Peace (2020)
Labyrinth of Peace 2020 1945 War is over Switzerland, the neutral small country at the heart of Europe, was all but spared Klara, her fiance Johann and his brother Egon are looking bright eyed into the future While Klara tries to mend the wounds of the war by caring for young, displaced holocaust su