History

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find ...

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she ...

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place ...

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but ...

An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the ...

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an ...

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. ...

A faithful retelling of the 1942 “Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup” and the events surrounding it.

Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden’s Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the ...

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini’s republican ...

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family’s Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that ...

The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian ...

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became ...

The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The ...

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII’s life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to ...

Created as a companion documentary to the film “Valkyrie,” this documentary details the true story behind the plot to assassinate ...

The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA.

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao’s massive forces on their doorstep, ...

What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very ...

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the ...

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged ...

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once ...

The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite ...

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi ...

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black ...