Under sandet / Land of Mine (2015)
Drama | History | War
A young group of German POWs are made the enemy of a nation, where they are now forced to dig up 2 million land-mines with their bare hands.
Starring: Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Aferim! (2015)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | History | Western
Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Garfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, beginning a journey full of adventures. Gypsy slavery lasted from the 14th century up until the middle of the 19th century, a situation which is very little known and almost nonexistent in the public debate today, although its impact continues to influence Romania's social life.
Starring: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija, Luminita Gheorghiu
Director: Radu Jude
Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Drama | History
For many Israelis, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 marked a grim turning point for their country. In the words of the commission set up to investigate the murder, "Israeli society [would] never be the same again. As a democracy, political assassination was not part of our culture." In the eyes of even more people, the murder ended all hope for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through the Oslo Accords and altered the course of history. But, as Amos Gitai sets out to prove in his brave and provocative new film, Rabin's assassination was not just the act of one fanatic; it was the culmination of a hate campaign that emanated from the rabbis and public figures of Israel's far right.
Starring: Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak, Einat Weitzman, Yogev Yefet, Tomer Sisley
Director: Amos Gitai
Dear Eleanor (2016)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | History
Best friends Max and Ellie decide to leave their rural hometown on an adventurous, cross-country road trip to meet former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Sneaking away in a bright blue convertible belonging to Ellie's dad, they set out with the wind in their hair and the radio turned up. While trying to stay a step ahead of Ellie's father and the police, the girls cross paths with an eclectic mix of people which truly make this an entertaining, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Liana Liberato, Jessica Alba, Josh Lucas, Luke Wilson, Ione Skye, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Ione Skye, Joel Courtney
Director: Kevin Connolly
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Crime | Drama | History
Chicago, February 14th, 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organized crime. In a north-side garage, his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident and the lives affected, and in some cases ended by it.
Starring: Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Clint Ritchie, Frank Silvera
Director: Roger Corman
Caligula / Caligola (1979)
Drama | History
The decadent side of high definition! Before Rome… Before Gladiator… The most controversial film of all time as you've never experienced it before! Combining lavish spectacle and award-winning stars, this landmark production was shrouded in secrecy since its first day of filming. Now, this unprecedented edition presents a more revealing Caligula than ever before, with a high-definition transfer from negative elements and hours of never-before-seen bonus material!
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, John Steiner
Director: Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui
United 93 (2006)
Drama | History | Thriller
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11, that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Starring: Patrick St. Esprit, Polly Adams, Christian Clemenson, Denny Dillon, Kate Jennings Grant, Peter Hermann
Director: Paul Greengrass
125 Years Memory / Kainan 1890 (2015)
Drama | History
Ertugrul, launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, subsequently drifted into a reef and sank. The maritime accident resulted in the loss of 533 sailors, including Admiral Ali Osman Pasha. Only sixty-nine sailors and officers survived and returned home later aboard two Japanese corvettes. The event is still commemorated as a foundation stone of Japanese-Turkish friendship.
Starring: Seiyô Uchino, Kenan Ece, Shiori Kutsuna, Alican Yücesoy, Mehmet Özgür, Ugur Polat
Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Alice: The Darker Side of the Mirror / The Other Side of the Mirror (2016)
Drama | Fantasy | History
In 1905, amidst the largest drug epidemic in American history, a teenage Alice has just moved to the Pacific Northwest. She follows a mysterious man down a rabbit hole, leading her into Wonderland; a dark and curious world inhabited by characters from turn-of-the-century America and the Pacific Northwest.
Starring: Nathan Hamer, Trey Hatch, Selena Tibert
Director: Zach Hamer
Persona Non Grata / Sugihara Chiune (2015)
Adventure | Biography | History | War
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
Starring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Fumiyo Kohinata, Takashi Tsukamoto
Director: Cellin Gluck
Flukt / Escape (2012)
Action | History | Thriller
It's been ten years since the Black Plague ravaged the lands. A poor family sets out on a journey to find a better place to live. On a desolate mountain pass, the family is attacked by a pack of merciless killers. The only one to be spared is 19 year old Signe, who is taken hostage and brought back to camp. There she learns she is to face a fate far worse than death, and she realizes the only thing to do is to run away. But her escape does not go unnoticed, and now the chase is on.
Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Isabel Christine Andreasen
Director: Roar Uthaug
Utu (1984)
Adventure | Drama | History | War
In 1870s New Zealand, Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), a Maori scout for the colonial troops, finds his tribe massacred by the army he is working for. Anguished and betrayed, he vows to exact retribution – Utu – on the Pakeha.
Starring: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tania Bristowe
Director: Geoff Murphy
The Finest Hours (2016)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz
Director: Craig Gillespie
Vikings (TV Series 2013- )
Action | Drama | History | War
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, Maude Hirst, Alyssa Sutherland, George Blagden, Alexander Ludwig
Creator: Michael Hirst
Colonia / The Colony (2015)
Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Lena and Daniel, a young couple become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. Daniel is abducted by Pinochet's secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad. The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel. Based on true events.
Starring: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps
Director: Florian Gallenberger
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Anastasia (1956)
Biography | Drama | History
An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer
Director: Anatole Litvak
War & Peace (TV Mini-Series 2016)
Drama | History | Romance | War
Set during the reign of Alexander I, the story revolves around five aristocratic families and the love triangle between Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov, and Andrei Bolkonsky.
Starring: Lily James, James Norton, Paul Dano, Tuppence Middleton, Callum Turner, Greta Scacchi
Creator: Andrew Davies, Leo Tolstoy
I am a Monk / Boku wa bousan (2015)
Comedy | Drama | History
After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.
Starring: Atsushi Itô, Mizuki Yamamoto, Junpei Mizobata, Gaku Hamada, Miyuki Matsuda, Issei Ogata
Director: Yukinori Makabe
Răpirea fecioarelor / Rapirea fecioarelor / The Abduction of the Maidens / The Kidnapping of the Maidens (1968)
Action | Adventure | History
During the 19th century war-bands of Ottoman Turks operating from Vidin across the Danube river come into Wallachia to pillage,enslave,murder and destroy with impunity.Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose the raids and some even collude with the Turks for their own personal benefit.A local band of patriotic Wallachian highwaymen decide to take action.They seek, attack and destroy the Turkish raiders at every opportunity.Lady Haricleea Hangerli,wife of current Wallachian ruler Hangerli Voda,colludes with Turkish Pasha Pazvanoglu to raid Wallachia in order to bring about her husband's downfall and replace him with her son.Pazvanoglu agrees with her plan,in exchange for the spoils from his raids in Wallachia.However,the brave band of local highwaymen led by Captain Amza does not intend to sit idle while the Turks are raiding their lands.
Starring: Toma Caragiu, Emanoil Petrut, Ernest Maftei, Marin Moraru
Director: Dinu Cocea
The Old Garden / Orae-doen jeongwon (2007)
Drama | History | Romance
Blending politics with romance, noted director of "The Housewife" weaves a story of two activists in hiding in a remote shack. The intimate setting proves to be fertile ground for hidden desires.
Starring: Jung-ah Yum, Jin-hee Ji, Eun-seong Lee, Hee-seok Yun, Hyo-jeong Ban
Director: Sang-soo Im
