A Billion Lives (2016)
Documentary | History | News
A true story of the vaping revolution and tragic corruption leading to a billion deaths around the world.
Starring: David Goerlitz
Director: Aaron Biebert
Wolyn / Hatred (2016)
Drama | History | War
Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
Starring: Michalina Labacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba, Izabela Kuna, Jacek Braciak
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski
Hidden Figures (2016)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of a team of African-American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the US space program.
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons
Director: Theodore Melfi
The Founder (2016)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, Nick Offerman, Laura Dern, B.J. Novak
Director: John Lee Hancock
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The Sunshine Makers (2015)
Documentary | History
The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture.
Starring: Nick Sand, Tim Scully
Director: Cosmo Feilding-Mellen
Patriots Day (2016)
Drama | History | Thriller
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Alex Wolff
Director: Peter Berg
Patriots Day (2016)
Drama | History | Thriller
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Alex Wolff
Director: Peter Berg
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Jesus (1979)
Biography | Drama | Family | History
Jesus of Nazareth,the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of his disciples, public miracles and ministry, ending with his death by crucifixion at the hands of the Roman empire and resurrection on the third day.
Starring: Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Alexander Scourby, Niko Nitai, Joseph Shiloach, Ori Levy
Director: John Krish, Peter Sykes
Oklahoma City (2017)
Documentary | History
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history; this documentary explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement – including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco – led to it.
Director: Barak Goodman
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Drama | History | War
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Luke Bracey, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn
Director: Mel Gibson
Salvador (1986)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller | War
An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Starring: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb
Director: Oliver Stone
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Drama | History | War
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Luke Bracey, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn
Director: Mel Gibson
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Camille Claudel (1988)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
The story of the troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel's career, helping her overcome prejudices against female artists. However, their romance soon sours due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Panfilov's 28 Men / Dvadtsat vosem panfilovtsev (2016)
Action | Drama | History | War
USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red Army's 316th Rifle Division, under the command of General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though armed only with standard issue Mosin-Nagant infantry rifles and DP and PM-M1910 machine guns, all useless against tanks, and with wholly inadequate RPG-40 anti-tank grenades and PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles, they fought tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.
Starring: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Maksim Belborodov, Andrey Bodrenkov, Oleg Fyodorov, Dmitriy Girev
Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa
The Story of Adele H / L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
Biography | Drama | History
Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis
Director: François Truffaut
Frantz (2016)
Drama | History | War
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, Cyrielle Clair, Alice De Lencquesaing, Ernst Stötzner
Director: François Ozon
Weeds on Fire / Dim ng bo (2016)
Action | Biography | Drama | History | Sport
The 1st FFFI Winning Film Projects Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau first launched the First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI) in March 2013 to identify new talents through a competition on screenplay and production proposals. In the year of 1984, Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed and the future of Hong Kong became unclear. In the stream of history, this story of a baseball team beneath the Lion Rock had gradually been forgotten: In that year, 'Shatin Martins', the first Hong Kong youth baseball team, was formed. The 10 young players were living an uneasy and restless life as Hong Kong. Being humiliated by one defeat after another, the faith of 'Shatin Mart their strong rival, the Japanese Buffalo ins' hanged in the balance. However, the hardship only brought out their bravery to surmount themselves and overcome the struggles. Living in the golden age, these players ignited their glory with every game as they grew together with their city. Eventually, it all comes to the final game facing.
Starring: Kai Chi Liu, Ka-Ki Sham, Yiu-Sing Lam, Tony Wu, Sin-San Tam
Director: Chi Fat Chan
Operation Chromite / In-cheon sang-ryuk jak-jeon (2016)
Action | Drama | History | War
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
Starring: Jung-jae Lee, Liam Neeson, Beom-su Lee
Director: John H. Lee
Gandhi (1982)
Biography | Drama | History
Ben Kingsley stars as Mahatma Gandhi, who rose from small-time lawyer to India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule in India.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills
Director: Richard Attenborough
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Biography | Drama | History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Jackie Earle Haley, Aja Naomi King, Mark Boone Junior, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Nate Parker
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