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The Winding Stream

2014

The Winding Stream

2014
6.5
The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music.
Algeria, Special Weapons Sections

2025

Algeria, Special Weapons Sections

2025
9
This documentary by director Claire Billet and historian Christophe Lafaye details the massive and systematic use of chemical weapons during the Algerian War. Algerian fighters and civilians, sheltering in caves, were gassed by "special weapons sections" of the French army. The gas identified on military documents is CN2D, whose widespread use forced insurgents to flee "treated" sites, at the risk of dying there. The method is reminiscent of the "enfumades" used by the French expeditionary force during the conquest of Algeria in the 19th century. Between 8,000 and 10,000 such operations are believed to have taken place on Algerian soil between 1956 and 1962. This historical aspect is little known due to the difficulty of accessing archives, many of which are still classified, raising questions about memory, historical truth, and justice.
Good Ol' Freda

2013

Good Ol' Freda

2013
7.1
The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.
Kolberg

1945

Kolberg

1945
6.5
During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
Pride

1998

Pride

1998
5
Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.
Girlfriend in a Coma

2012

Girlfriend in a Coma

2012
6.9
Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary that exposes the dire situation of Italian politics and the process of economic and social decline the country has suffered during the last two decades, treating the decline as a warning of what might happen elsewhere in the West. The decline has occurred amid a collapse of moral values and the victory of “Mala Italia” over “Buona Italia”. It has been lauded as being ground-breaking in its creative combination of animation, interviews and hard facts, and has caused fierce controversy in Italy.
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

1990

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

1990
6.1
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Death as a Slice of Bread

1994

Death as a Slice of Bread

1994
7.2
Bride of Vengeance

1949

Bride of Vengeance

1949
4.5
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

1969

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

1969
7.5
The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.
Seven Angry Men

1955

Seven Angry Men

1955
5.2
Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
The Congress

1989

The Congress

1989
8.3
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis

2021

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis

2021
6
In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
The Inquiry

1986

The Inquiry

1986
6.7
A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Lucrezia Borgia

1935

Lucrezia Borgia

1935
5.5
French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one of history's most ruthless and ambitious crime families.
Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island

2021

Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island

2021
5.3
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.
Where the River Divides

2023

Where the River Divides

2023
When the son of a clan leader returns to his village following his baptism, he must choose whether to inherit his father's legacy, or fulfill his newfound purpose and risk his life.
Evangeline

1919

Evangeline

1919
In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2000

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2000
8
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, after meeting him as a medical student in Edinburgh. This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time as a general practitioner in Southsea, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is still based in Edinburgh.
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

2013

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

2013
6.2
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.