In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. Read More »
History
Saladin and the Great Crusades (1963) Youssef Chahine, Ahmed Mazhar, Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Mahmoud Almeleji, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Saladin, ruler of the kingdoms surrounding the Latin state of Jerusalem, is brought to attack the Christians in the Holy Land by the sacking of a convoy of Muslim pilgrims Read More »
Tsar / Tzar (2009) Pavel Lungin, Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Ramilya Iskander, Drama, History
In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Read More »
Tombstone (1993) George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. Read More »
Viva Zapata! (1952) Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Biography, Drama, History
In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
Stand Up and Fight (1939) W.S. Van Dyke, Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice, Drama, History, Romance, Western
It starts in 1844 in Maryland, where R.Taylor, owner a plantation with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate ad his people. Read More »
Macbeth (1971) Roman Polanski, Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Drama, War, History
Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Read More »
The Woman God Forgot (1917) Cecil B. DeMille, Wallace Reid, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, History, Romance
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. Read More »
Mountains of the Moon (1990) Bob Rafelson, Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke’s expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria’s British Empire. Read More »