History
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley picture
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    The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)

    In 1920s Ireland a young doctor (Cillian Murphy) joins the Irish Republican Army after witnessing...

  • The Agronomist picture
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    The Agronomist (2004)

    Filmmaker Jonathan Demme profiles the late Jean Dominique, radio commentator and campaigner for...

  • Fahrenheit 9/11 picture
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    Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

    Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore creates a searing examination of the Bush...

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    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

    Set just prior to the French Revolution, the story revolves around Thomas Jefferson, then US...

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    Black Robe (1991)

    A priest's task to bring religion to native tribes leads to a better knowledge of himself and his...

  • Mutiny on the Bounty picture
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    Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

    First mate Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) leads his 18th-century shipmates in revolt against...

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    Going Upriver--The Long War of John Kerry (2004)

    A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace...

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    Nomad (The Warrior) (2007)

    A warrior (Jason Scott Lee) saves an infant from an invader's assassins and raises the child to...

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    Sicko (2007)

    Filmmaker Michael Moore diagnoses the malady afflicting America's health-care system and talks about...

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    September Dawn (2007)

    A cloud of secrecy surrounds the savage massacre of more than 100 members of a wagon train traveling...

  • Samson and Delilah picture
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    Samson and Delilah

    The mighty Samson finds his strength and power tested by the manipulative charms of lovely but...

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    Captain Boycott

    An Irish tenant farmer (Stewart Granger) leads others against a land agent (Cecil Parker)...

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    Red Cliff: Part I (2009)

    In the early part of the 3rd century, three kingdoms in China wage a massive war, culminating in the...

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    Sauna (2008)

    As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to...

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    Of Time and the City (2009)

    Director Terence Davies' love song and eulogy to his birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response...

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    Angels & Demons (2009)

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the...

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    Quills (2000)

    A doctor and a priest (Joaquin Phoenix) clash over the appropriate treatment for the Marquis de Sade...

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    Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

    Filmmaker Amy Berg documents the case of convicted pedophile Oliver Grady who, as a priest in...

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    Julius Caesar (1953)

    Shakespeare's Brutus (James Mason), Cassius (John Gielgud) and others plot the Roman ruler's death,...

  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon picture
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    The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

    An increasingly unstable salesman (Sean Penn) funnels his daily frustrations into a plot to kill the...

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    The Hunting of the President (2004)

    Filmmakers Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry examine smear campaigns directed toward President Bill...

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    The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

    The life of Jesus (Max von Sydow) unfolds according to the Bible, from birth to the Resurrection, on...

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    Princess Caraboo (1994)

    An 1817 English village questions the authenticity of a stranger (Phoebe Cates) conveying she's a...

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    Elvira Madigan (1967)

    A 19th-century Swedish cavalry officer (Thommy Berggren) makes a suicide love pact with a circus...

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    Beyond the Gates (2007)

    In 1994 Rwanda, a priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) at a secondary school get caught up...

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    35 Up (1992)

    Ongoing examination of a group of 7 year-old children that was to be a "glimpse of Britain's future"...

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    The Messenger

    A girl (Milla Jovovich) has visions from God and, at 17, leads an army of Frenchmen, but later she...

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    Les Miserables (1998)

    A French ex-boxer's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) troubles during World War II parallel those of Victor...

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    Cleopatra (1934)

    The queen of Egypt (Claudette Colbert) barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony (Henry Wilcoxon)...

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    Oswald's Ghost (2007)

    Delves into the conspiracies, truths, myths and lies stemming from the assassination of President...