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Nixon
7.1

Nixon

Dec. 22, 1995

Nixon

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from ...
Jefferson in Paris
5.7

Jefferson in Paris

Mar. 31, 1995

Jefferson in Paris

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it ...
Lover of the Last Empress
5.6

Lover of the Last Empress

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the ...
The Celluloid Closet
7.8

The Celluloid Closet

Jan. 30, 1996

The Celluloid Closet

This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and ...
Carrington
6.8

Carrington

May. 25, 1995

Carrington

Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is ...
Braveheart
8.3

Braveheart

May. 24, 1995

Braveheart

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English ...
Apollo 13
7.7

Apollo 13

Jun. 30, 1995

Apollo 13

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, ...
Catherine the Great
6.1

Catherine the Great

Apr. 28, 1996

Catherine the Great

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to ...
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale
6.1

Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale

Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a ...
Sharpe’s Honour
7.6

Sharpe’s Honour

Jun. 08, 1994

Sharpe’s Honour

1813. Major Sharpe’s old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls ...
Sharpe’s Enemy
7.8

Sharpe’s Enemy

Jun. 01, 1994

Sharpe’s Enemy

Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe’s old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a ...
Sharpe’s Company
7.8

Sharpe’s Company

May. 25, 1994

Sharpe’s Company

Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe’s past uses a beautiful woman revenge ...
Queen Margot
7.4

Queen Margot

May. 13, 1994

Queen Margot

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the ...
Quiz Show
7.5

Quiz Show

Aug. 25, 1994

Quiz Show

Herbert Stempel’s transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game ...
Princess Caraboo
6

Princess Caraboo

Sep. 16, 1994

Princess Caraboo

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man ...
The Madness of King George
7.2

The Madness of King George

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of ...
Farinelli
6.8

Farinelli

Dec. 01, 1994

Farinelli

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Ed Wood
7.8

Ed Wood

Sep. 27, 1994

Ed Wood

The mostly true story of the legendary “worst director of all time”, who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless ...
Crest of Betrayal
6.4

Crest of Betrayal

Oct. 22, 1994

Crest of Betrayal

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a ...
Bandit Queen
7.5

Bandit Queen

Feb. 17, 1995

Bandit Queen

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India’s patriarchal society, “married” at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi ...
Against the Wall
6.7

Against the Wall

Mar. 26, 1994

Against the Wall

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.
The Kung Fu Cult Master
6.4

The Kung Fu Cult Master

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder, ...
Last Hero in China
6.6

Last Hero in China

Apr. 01, 1993

Last Hero in China

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese “Robin Hood” who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a ...
Wittgenstein
6.9

Wittgenstein

Mar. 26, 1993

Wittgenstein

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, ...
What’s Love Got to Do with It
7.3

What’s Love Got to Do with It

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
The War Room
7.4

The War Room

Nov. 03, 1993

The War Room

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George ...
Stalingrad
7.5

Stalingrad

Jan. 20, 1993

Stalingrad

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they’re ...