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Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia 2006 China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace The Emperor Chow Yun Fat returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai Jay Chou His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family,

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and

The Spy (2017 ) Based on the life of the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen.

Great Expectations 2023 Follows orphan Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmiths apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that allows him to travel to London and enter high society

Tut (2015) "Tut" reveals, for the first time on television, the story of the Egyptian Pharaoh, one of the most renowned leaders in human history. This ambitious special-event series tells the story of Tut's rise to power and his struggle to lead Egypt to glory, while his closest advisors,

Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020) After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find.

Gaslit 2022 A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time

Disaster strikes on Aug. 5, 2010, as a copper and gold mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 men underground. With more than 2,000 feet of rock in their way, members of a rescue team work tirelessly for 69 days to save the seemingly doomed crew. Beneath the rubble, the miners begin an epic quest to s

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Hostile Territory 2022 Former P O W Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing old enemy lines Calgrove

The Countess (2009) A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Max e Hélène (2015) "Max and Helene", a television film, loosely based on the novel by Simon Wiesenthal, which tells the true story of an absolute love for what tortured between Max, a promising student Jew and Hélène, the young daughter of a staunch anti-Semitic. But it is also the st

The Last Emperor (1987) This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he

The Looming Tower (2018) "The Looming Tower" traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in the late '90s and how a rivalry between the FBI and CIA during the time period may have inadvertently set the path for the attacks of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad

Reaching for the Moon (2013) A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

Black Venus (2010) The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does nothing but exhibit her as a fre

The Last Battle of the Vikings (2012) Documentary on viking life and conquest.

Chernobyl (2021) Chernobyl: The Abyss is the first major Russian feature film about the aftermath of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, when hundreds of people sacrificed their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe, and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that

The Captain (2017) In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he is trying to escape from.

Academy Award (R) Nominee Clive Owen (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Closer, 2004) delivers an electrifying performance as a fallen warrior who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master, Academy Award (R) Winner Morgan Freeman (Best Performance by

6 Days (2017) In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

In 13th-century England, a small group of Knights Templar fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.

The Young Victoria (2009) Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle, William IV's rule. Her German cousin Albert is encouraged to court her for solely

Gods and Generals (2003) The rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863.

Set during the PhilippineAmerican war, Heneral Luna follows the life of one of Philippine Historys most brilliant military men, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters new and old, and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Phi

Wild River (1960) A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolv

The Message (1976) In the 7th century, Mohammed, Peace Be Upon Him, is visited by Angel Gabriel who urges him to lead the people of Mecca and worship God. But they're exiled in Medina before returning to Mecca to take up arms against their oppressors and liberate their city in the name of God (Allah

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Titanic (1953) Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America. Her husband Richard also arranges passage on the doomed luxury liner in order to let him have custody of their two children. Their prob

Pan Am (20112012) Period drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.

In the cold war, A lawyer, James B. Donovan recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U2 spyplane pilot, Francis G. Powers that was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission with a KGB intelligence office

Catherine the Great (2019 ) Story of the greatest Czarina, Catherine the Great (Dame Helen Mirren) and the Hermitage.

The Vikings (1958) Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. When the throne of Northumbria in Britain becomes free for the taking, the two brothers compete against one another for the

Mata Hari (2016 ) A sex icon becomes a spy during one of the most important wars of the 20th century. The life of Mata Hari, the infamous dancer and courtesan turned World War I spy.

Wuthering Heights (1992) Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.

Quo Vadis (1951) Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her, though as a Christian she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome

Mary Queen of Scots (2018) Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Solomon and Sheba (1959) Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah is unhappy and vows to attain the throne. Meanwhile the Egyptian Pharoah agrees to cede a Red Sea port to t

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.

A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

The Shadow in My Eye 2021 On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapos headquarters in Copenhagen The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children

Saints & Strangers (2015 ) Story of the Voyage of the Mayflower and the first year of The Pilgrims in America.

Escape from Sobibor (1987) During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they

Kundun (1997) The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation of Tibet. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been livi

From the Earth to the Moon (1998) The twelve episodes follow the Apollo space program from a variety of viewpoints: (1) "Can We Do This?" maps the origins of Apollo and its Mercury and Gemini roots; (2) "Apollo 1" tells of the tragic fire and the subsequent finger-pointing; (3) &

Paradise in Service (2014) Follows the adventures of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972 in preparation for a war that could erupt at anytime.

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss.