In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Movie | Biography, Drama | France, Poland | English, German
Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Ronald Harwood, Wladyslaw Szpilman
Cast
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay
Plot
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Movie | Adventure, Biography | UK, USA | English, Arabic
Director
David Lean
Writer
Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Plot
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, German
Director
Christopher Nolan
Writer
Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Plot
A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Plot
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie
Plot
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Movie | Biography, Comedy | China, Japan | English, Italian
Director
Peter Farrelly
Writer
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly
Cast
Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Plot
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler, decides to fulfill his dream of winning a gold medal for his country by training his daughters for the Commonwealth Games despite the existing social stigmas.
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wr...
TV | Biography, Crime | USA, Colombia | English, Spanish
Writer
Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro
Cast
Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook
Plot
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, French
Director
David Lynch
Writer
Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch
Cast
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Plot
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
Movie | Adventure, Biography | USA, Mexico | English, Spanish
Director
George Roy Hill
Writer
William Goldman
Cast
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
Plot
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..
Movie | Animation, Biography | Japan | Japanese, German
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto
Plot
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Movie | Action, Biography | USA | English, Italian
Director
James Mangold
Writer
Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller
Cast
Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
Plot
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, Canada | English, French
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding, Jeff Nathanson
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Plot
Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Plot
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Movie | Biography, Crime | France, USA | English, Spanish
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer
Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charriere
Cast
Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Plot
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Movie | Biography, Drama | Lebanon, Libya | Arabic, English
Director
Moustapha Akkad
Writer
H.A.L. Craig, Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar, Tewfik El-Hakim
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara
Plot
Historical fresco recounting the life and times of the Prophet Mohammed, the last of the Abrahamic religion, in the sense that, according to Islam, he completed and sealed the monotheistic revelation made to Abraham.
Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Plot
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
Director
Ron Howard
Writer
Peter Morgan
Cast
Daniel Brahl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde
Plot
James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two extremely skilled Formula One racers, have an intense rivalry with each other. However, it is their enmity that pushes them to their limits.
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Persian
Director
Ben Affleck
Writer
Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman
Cast
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
Plot
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
Mel Gibson
Writer
Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Cast
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey
Plot
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving 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.
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
Movie | Adventure, Biography | USA | English, Danish
Director
Sean Penn
Writer
Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer
Cast
Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener
Plot
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
Jean-Marc Vallee
Writer
Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
Plot
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Movie | Action, Biography | Hong Kong, China | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Wilson Yip
Writer
Edmond Wong, Tai-Lee Chan
Cast
Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Louis Fan
Plot
During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to ...
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Movie | Adventure, Biography | UK, USA | Spanish, Quechua
Director
Walter Salles
Writer
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Alberto Granado, Jose Rivera
Cast
Gael Garcaa Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Maa Maestro
Plot
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between...
Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov
Plot
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
A biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh, spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Movie | Adventure, Biography | USA | English, Polynesian
Director
Frank Lloyd
Writer
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
Cast
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone
Plot
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
TV | Biography, Drama | UK, Italy | English, Syriac
Cast
Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier
Plot
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, British Sign
Director
Bryan Singer
Writer
Anthony McCarten, Peter Morgan
Cast
Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
Plot
With his impeccable vocal abilities, Freddie Mercury and his rock band, Queen, achieve superstardom. However, amidst his skyrocketing success, he grapples with his ego, sexuality and a fatal illness.
Movie | Action, Biography | USA, UK | English, Somali
Director
Paul Greengrass
Writer
Billy Ray, Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty
Cast
Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman
Plot
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Movie | Biography, Drama | Turkey | Turkish, Korean
Director
Can Ulkay
Writer
Yigit Garalp
Cast
aaetin Tekindor, Ismail Hacioglu, Lee Kyung-jin
Plot
Sergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her beh...
Shershaah is the story of PVC awardee Indian soldier Capt. Vikram Batra, whose bravery and unflinching courage in chasing the Pakistani soldiers out of Indian territory contributed immensely in India finally winning the Kargil War...
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Movie | Biography, Drama | Libya, USA | English, Arabic
Director
Moustapha Akkad
Writer
H.A.L. Craig, David Butler, Paul Thompson
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Plot
In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, French
Director
Anthony Harvey
Writer
James Goldman
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins
Plot
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a ...
Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Plot
Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
Director
Lasse Hallstraam
Writer
Stephen P. Lindsey, Kaneto Shinda
Cast
Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Plot
Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship un...
