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2012

How to Survive a Plague

The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.


- #History
- #Documentary
- #News
How to Survive a Plague

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk

A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.


- #History
- #Documentary
The Times of Harvey Milk

1982

The Grey Fox

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Western
- #Romance
The Grey Fox

1957

Throne of Blood

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.


- #Drama
- #History
Throne of Blood

2017

American Moon

This documentary examines the authenticity of the photographic record of NASA's Apollo missions.


- #History
- #Documentary
American Moon

2019

Ip Man 4: The Finale

The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.


- #Drama
- #Action
- #History
Ip Man 4: The Finale

2018

The Emperor of Paris

Vidocq escapes captivity 1805. Years later, he's a fabric merchant in Paris with an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.


- #Adventure
- #History
- #Thriller
- #Crime
The Emperor of Paris

1965

The Heroes of Telemark

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.


- #Drama
- #Action
- #History
- #War
The Heroes of Telemark

2019

An Officer and a Spy

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
An Officer and a Spy

2019

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

The Apollo space program: 12 manned-missions, one impossible goal. With rare archival footage and audio, this remarkable documentary sheds new light on an incredible time in human history.


- #History
- #Documentary
Apollo: Missions to the Moon

1947
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The Beginning or the End

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

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- #Drama
- #History
- #War
The Beginning or the End

2003

Shattered Glass

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.


- #Drama
- #History
Shattered Glass

2008

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.


- #Drama
- #History
- #War
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

1981

Quest for Fire

This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
Quest for Fire

1979

The Motion Picture Camera

The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from 'The Malkames Collection'.


- #History
- #Documentary