History
Bent
HDIn 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.
Ill Gotten Gains
HDWEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.
Amistad
HDIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal...
Friends from France
HDIn 1979, Carole and Jerome are 20 and go on tour in Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. They are cousins and pretend engaged. The day as tourists, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening, they part company and the group meet...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
HDA chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Soekarno
HDThis movie follows the life of Soekarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia, from his childhood until he managed to proclaimed Indonesian freedom with M. Hatta in 1945.
Kundun
HDFrom childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
Shakespeare in Love
HDThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
The Physician
HDIn 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
The Invisible Woman
HDAt the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
The Thin Red Line
HDAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Les Misérables
HDValjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
The Better Angels
HDThe story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
The Monuments Men
HDAn unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
Elizabeth
HDThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Beloved
HDBased on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman
Katherine of Alexandria
HDConstantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West.
Son of God
HDThe life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.
Diplomatie
HDA historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Esther
HDThe Bible story of Esther starring Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham and Jurgen Prochnow.
Pirates of Silicon Valley
HDHistory of Apple and Microsoft.
Jesus
HDA movie about the life, work and death of Jesus as we know it from the Bible.
Rogue Trader
HDThe story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
One Man's Hero
HDJohn Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.
The 13th Warrior
HDA man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly em...
Sunshine
HDThe fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
The Trench
HDA story about a group of soldiers' last days before the battle of the Somme in 1916.
Monarch
HDShortly before his death in 1547, the injured King Henry VIII is forced to take refuge a manor house closed for the season. While there, he must confront both his mortality and the ghosts of his past.
Anna and the King
HDThe story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
Titus
HDTitus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
The Concubine
HDA tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon.
Walking with the Enemy
HDA young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.