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2023

Kidnapped

A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.


- #Drama
- #History
Kidnapped

2013

20 Feet from Stardom

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.


- #History
- #Documentary
20 Feet from Stardom

2023

Full River Red

A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.


- #Drama
- #Comedy
- #History
Full River Red

1973

Executive Action

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Crime
Executive Action

2010

Confucius

The life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius.


- #Drama
- #History
Confucius

2023

One Day We'll Tell Each Other Everything

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
One Day We'll Tell Each Other Everything

2014

Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo

Chronicles a complete season of the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) as the courageous cowboys and cowgirls brave challenges in and out of the arena on their quest to the World Finals.


- #History
- #Documentary
Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo

1964

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.


- #Drama
- #History
The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1977

Jesus of Nazareth

Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.


- #Drama
- #History
Jesus of Nazareth

2007

A Mighty Heart

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.


- #Drama
- #History
A Mighty Heart

2022

Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

When a young concert promoter launches a festival in 1969 to revive the Kings of Rock 'n' Roll, unimaginable events manifest the 11th hour arrival of John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band, triggering his decision to leave the Beatles.


- #History
- #Documentary
- #Music
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

2010

Aftershock

The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.


- #Drama
- #History
Aftershock

2007

Death Defying Acts

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
Death Defying Acts

1988

The in Crowd

In the mid-60s, a teenage 4.0 high-school student is drawn out of his element on a dare by his peers, to become a dancer on popular TV music show.


- #Drama
- #Comedy
- #History
The in Crowd

2022

Nayika Devi: The Warrior Queen

Nayika Devi, the Warrior Queen is a Historical drama set in the 12th century. The film is about India's first female warrior.


- #Drama
- #History
Nayika Devi: The Warrior Queen

2015

Straight Outta Compton

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.


- #Drama
- #History
Straight Outta Compton

2018

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.


- #History
- #Documentary
- #Music