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The Virgin Queen

1928

The Virgin Queen

1928
The Virgin Queen is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the third short film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
Baltimore

2024

Baltimore

2024
5.9
Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow, in which nineteen masterpieces were stolen in an effort to support the IRA’s armed struggle. The film plays out over the course of the days following the raid, when Rose is in hiding in a remote cottage.
Assassination: 1932

2025

Assassination: 1932

2025
1
The New Village

2013

The New Village

2013
Banned after causing riots and chaos during its initial screening, and for supposedly promoting communism.
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

2008

Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

2008
6.4
A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments.
Ikkis

2025

Ikkis

2025
Set against the backdrop of the 1971 war, follows the life of second Lieutenant Arun Khetrapal.
Promise at Dawn

2017

Promise at Dawn

2017
7.2
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
Projekt Huemul: The IVth Reich in Argentina

2008

Projekt Huemul: The IVth Reich in Argentina

2008
In 1946, President Peron started a secret nuclear project with the help of Nazis refugees which consisted in the use of a new method "Nuclear Fusion". Five years later, he would announce to the world his succeed. Even today, no country around the world has achieved it.
Elvis and the USS Arizona

2021

Elvis and the USS Arizona

2021
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
Los últimos de Filipinas

1945

Los últimos de Filipinas

1945
6.5
The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lost…
Juan Vicente Gómez y su época

1974

Juan Vicente Gómez y su época

1974
Documentary on Venezuela's dictator Juan Vicente Gómez.
Robbery Under Arms

1985

Robbery Under Arms

1985
6.4
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
Eichmann

2007

Eichmann

2007
6
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Color of Gold

1974

Color of Gold

1974
The end of the 1920s. A young oil engineer, Ovez Emudov, arrives in the Karakum Desert to search for oil. The lack of drinking water, necessary equipment, and workers in the barren steppes, as well as the open sabotage of the trust's employees led by Mukhortov, a staunch enemy of the Soviet government, are all factors that the head of the exploration site must contend with. The film is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story

2005

Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story

2005
1
The life story of Dr. Henry Morgentaler and his fight for the legalization of abortion on demand in Canada.
A Cock and Bull Story

2005

A Cock and Bull Story

2005
6.1
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
Sydney in Time

2006

Sydney in Time

2006
Sydney in Time is a rich and powerful story that charts the evolution of Sydney from its early years as a colonial outpost through to its emergence as a dynamic world city. The one-hour documentary looks back at the people, places and front page stories that have shaped a great city and helped define Australia.
Koldzhata's gold

2007

Koldzhata's gold

2007
On the border of the great empire, a Cossack barrier guards a mountain pass through which bandit detachments of Zarif penetrate into Siberia. Destroy the gang, bringing untold calamities to the surrounding villages, yesula Tokareva.
Anne of Brittany, Twice Queen

2014

Anne of Brittany, Twice Queen

2014
The life of Anne of Brittany was an extraordinary adventure of love, betrayal, desperation and jealousy. Married at 14 to King Charles VIII, then seven years later to King Louis XII, she united her Duchy with its historic enemy: France. Throughout her life, Anne, a woman of great intelligence, devoted herself to the administration of her duchy and jealously guarded its autonomy, but in the end her daughter Claude, Anne's heir, was betrothed to Francis of Angoulême, the future Francis I and Brittany was finally absorbed into the kingdom of France.
Godmother: The Life of Ayako Koshino

2025

Godmother: The Life of Ayako Koshino

2025
Ayako Koshino is rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, and as her three daughters rush to the scene, an angel appears before her. The angel tries to guide Ayako to a place where she will be judged between heaven and hell. Ayako looks back on her own life, including the opening of her western clothing store, her first love after the death of her husband in the war, and the brand she launched at the age of 74. The life of one woman who lived in the world of fashion as the mother of three sisters, Hiroko Koshino, Junko, and Michiko, Ayako's daughters who are each world-class designers.