One Night with the King (2006)
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life
Mad Love (2001) Juana la Loca (2001)
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana the Mad A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind
Missing (1982)
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup detat in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west
Gettysburg 2011
An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level
Testament of Youth (2014)
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times
Red Army (2014)
The story of the Soviet Unions famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players
Killing Jesus 2015
A miniseries chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth
Cleopatra (1963)
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome
Bridge of Spies (2015)
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers
Suffragette (2015)
In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end
Empire of the Sun (1987)
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II
Samson and Delilah (1949)
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret
Manhunt (2013)
Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C I A agents, this in depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the worlds most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
An all star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ
Gallipoli (1981)
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I
Sergeant York (1941)
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes
The Storm (2009)
Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm 2002, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime ministers life and career at the end of WWII
King of Kings (1961)
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ
Unconquered (1947)
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War
The King of Kings (1927)
Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe On September 11 was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks
Lincoln (2012)
As the Civil War rages on, U S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves
The Alamo (2004)
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Annas forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas
The Hurt Locker (2008)
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work
Cold Mountain (2003)
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart
The Lion in Winter (1968)
1183 A D King Henry IIs three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he wont 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
We Were Soldiers (2002)
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news
The St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967)
Al Capones Valentines Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago
Marie Antoinette (2006)
The retelling of Frances iconic but ill fated queen, Marie Antoinette From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles
Secretariat (2010)
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown
Munich (2005)
After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day
Cadillac Records (2008)
Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists
Planet BBoy (2007)
Jumping continents and crossing cultures, Planet B Boy looks at the history of breakdancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world
Little Big Man (1970)
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer
Ben Hur 1959
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge
In the Name of the Father (1993)
An Irish mans 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 Retrieval (2013)
On the outskirts of the U S Civil War, a boy is sent north by his bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it
The Hornets Nest (2014)
Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U S history
Selma (2014)
A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965
Amistad (1997)
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal
Flight 93 2006
Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9 11 terrorist attack
Lion of the Desert (1981)
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
Parkland (2013)
A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated
Mark of the Devil (1970)
In 1700s Austria, a witch hunters apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job