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1992

Once Upon a Time in China II

Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.


- #Adventure
- #Action
- #History
- #Romance
Once Upon a Time in China II

1992

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1991

Tous les matins du monde

The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Music
- #Romance
Tous les matins du monde

1991

Raise the Red Lantern

A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
Raise the Red Lantern

1988

Mississippi Burning

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
- #Crime
- #Mystery
Mississippi Burning

1988

Eight Men Out

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.


- #Drama
- #History
Eight Men Out

1986

The Mission

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
The Mission

1984

A Passage to India

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
A Passage to India

1984

The Bounty

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
The Bounty

1983

The Right Stuff

The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
The Right Stuff

1983

Phar Lap

The true story of an Australian racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stableboy.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Family
Phar Lap

1979

Zulu Dawn

A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #War
Zulu Dawn

1979

Caligula

Details the graphic and shocking but undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula.


- #Drama
- #History
Caligula

1978

Gray Lady Down

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
Gray Lady Down

1977

MacArthur

Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.


- #Drama
- #History
- #War
MacArthur

2017

Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President

Documentary telling the remarkable story of Donald Trump's family history, an extraordinary immigration success story. What can we learn about the next President of the United States from his background?


- #History
- #Documentary