The Banquet
2006
Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.
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Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra
2025
Set in 1960s Java, a young Javanese woman betrays her teacher, falls in love and must face dire consequences.
Köroğlu
1968
The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu (literally "son of the blind man") as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers, defending his clan or tribe.
Smoke & Mirrors
2016
A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
Peterloo
2018
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
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Rikard Nordraak
1945
A film biography of Rikard Nordraak, composer of the Norwegian national anthem.
The Attorney
2013
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.
A Nation Awakens
1966
Ertem Egilmez's period drama about National Forces in the Turkish War of Independence.
The Krays
1990
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two become notorious crime lords who rule over the East End club scene. But at the height of their power, the brothers veer into different lives, giving the older crime bosses a chance to reclaim what the Krays took from them.
Panther
1995
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power
1982
As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
The Auschwitz Report
2021
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, they manage to escape. While the inmates they had left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi officers, the two men are driven on by the hope that their evidence could save lives.
Kaloyan
1963
1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria. The country is still recovering from a century of Byzantine subjugation. He is forced to carry out a very flexible foreign policy in order to strength his positions. Pope Innocent III recognizes him as Emperor (Tsar), but a little later the fourth Crusade crosses the country under Emperor Baldwin. A new conflict is coming. Tsar Kaloyan wages the decisive battle at Adrianople and wins.
Reign of Terror
1949
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
The Princess of Montpensier
2010
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Maharaj
2024
Based on a real-life historic court case, a bold journalist questions a revered leader's immoral behavior.
Beyond Utopia
2023
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
Gold of the Empire
2021
Five young men set out in search of Kolchak's legendary gold, following a map accidentally discovered in the museum's storerooms. Each treasure hunter pursues their own goals, but a tragic accident changes all their plans and forces them to act according to the brutal rules of the "gold rush." Unexpectedly, the expedition's search is overtaken by the centuries-old past of these places—those very same fractures in time prophetically spoken of by one of the gold bar hunters. The Reds and Whites, exhausted by the civil war, also have their own plans for the gold of the Supreme Ruler of Russia...
Couraça
2025
After the massacre of Lampião's band, two cangaceiro lovers journey across Brazil's backlands to return a pregnant female outlaw to her family's home, while confronting desires and choices that no longer have a place in the world around them.
