Biography
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Oleg Vasilkov, Nikita Tarasov, Joan Blackham, Anatoliy Kot, Sergey Mokritskiy, Maksim Budarin, Evgueni Galperine
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Erich Wildpret, María Valverde, Alberto Arvelo
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Stars: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, José Luis Gómez, Michael Lonsdale, Blanca Portillo, Mabel Rivera, Unax Ugalde, Fernando Tielve, David Calder, Milos Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière
The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.
Twenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Stars: Jeremy Sisto Richard Harris Christopher Walken
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Patty Jenkins
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life, particularly his relationship with the Duchess of Alba, his discovery of how he wanted to paint (insight provided by Velázquez's work), and his lifelong celebration of the imagination. Throughout, his reveries become tableaux of his paintings.
Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Carlos Saura
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber, breaks out of prison and travels to the holy city of Lhasa. He is employed as an instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close confidante.
Stars: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Sonam Wangchuk, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston
John Gotti rises to head the powerful Gambino crime family before being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.
Stars: John Travolta, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Kelly Preston, Anthony Quinn, Kevin Connolly
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. Stars: Mel Gibson Catherine McCormack Sophie Marceau Patrick Macfadyen Brian Cox Randall Wallace
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, John Rhys-Davies, Craig McLachlan, Hannes Jaenicke, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith, Laurence Rosenthal
During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods. Stars: Stephen Rea Donald Sutherland Jeffrey DeMunn Max von Sydow Joss Ackland Imelda Staunton Chris Gerolmo
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp. Stars: Robert Downey Jr. Geraldine Chaplin Paul Rhys Anthony Hopkins James Woods Kevin Dunn Richard Attenborough Charles Chaplin
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined. Stars: Alexandra London Jacques Dutronc Elsa Zylberstein Bernard Le Coq Jaques Vidal Lise Lametrie Maurice Pialat
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan, Bolo Yeung, Newt Arnold, Sheldon Lettich, Paul Hertzog
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Richard Attenborough
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage
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.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Hurt, John Gielgud, Michael Elphick, Wendy Hiller, David Lynch, John Morris (II)
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Stars: David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Keith Carradine, James Remar, Walter Hill, Bill Bryden
Filmed on location in Israel at authentic biblical sites, this inspirational drama and commercial success retells the life of Christ.
Stars: Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Alexander Scourby, Niko Nitai, Mosko Alkalai, Yosef Shiloach, Ori Levy, John Krish, Peter Sykes