Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built
The Assault (2010)
Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a hijacked Air France plane to save its passengers
The 300 Spartans (1962)
A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army
The Lady (2011)
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burmas democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris
The Pendle Witch Child (2011)
Simon Armitage presents the extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine year old girl Jennet Device, a beggar girl
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teachers death Huo Yuanjia in Japanese occupied Shanghai A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christs life told in an anachronistic manner
Midway (1976)
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good
The Laramie Project (2002)
The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story 2008
A chronicle of the life of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
History of Apple and Microsoft
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Adaptation of James Jones autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War
Andersonville (1996)
The story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War
Hitlers Children (2011)
A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitlers command
A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008)
Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he ne
Killer Legends (2014)
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them
Korengal (2014)
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war
The Last September (1999)
In the heart of a young woman, lies a secret that divides a nation
Hell and Back Again (2011)
What does it mean to lead men in war What does it mean to come home Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Af
Incident at Oglala (1992)
This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S Dakota where two FBI agents were killed
The Assassins (2012)
Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son
The Ghost Army (2013)
During World War II, a hand picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience The 23rd Headquarters Special Tro
Spartacus (2004)
After he is bought by the owner of a Roman gladiator school and trained as a gladiator, a slave leads a rebellion of slaves and gladiators into revolt against Rome
Restrepo (2010)
A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan
Einstein and Eddington (2008)
Drama about the development of Albert Einsteins theory of general relativity, and Einsteins relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to experimentally prove his ideas
Miracle (2004)
The true story of Herb Brooks, the player turned coach who led the 1980 U S Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad
Bloody Sunday (2002)
A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972
Doomsday Gun (1994)
How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U S cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies
The Surprising History of Egypt (2002)
Bringing to life the everyday details of the ancients Egyptians bizarre, hilarious or shocking this wonderfully entertaining and factually revealing film is packed full of surprises
Warsaw 44 (2014)
A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
The Grey Zone (2001)
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkommando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone
April 9th (2015)
On April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark Based on real events in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands
LA 92 (2017)
Twenty five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage
Endgame (2009)
A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa
Lady Jane (1986)
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days
Xuan Zang (2016)
During the Tang Dynastys during the era of Zhen Guan era name during rule of Emperor Taizong, the young Xuan Zang monk, in his quest for the knowledge in Buddhism, embarked on a journey to India, that is fraught with perils and
Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD
Fellinis Casanova (1976)
The myth of Giacomo Casanova, the notorious womanizer is presented as a pitiable and terrifying figure A sex scandal lands him in prison, but an escape to Paris provides him a new lease of life
The Secret Invasion (1964)
In 1943, a group of hardened criminals is pardoned on the condition it accepts a mission to free a captive Italian general from the clutches of the Nazis
Skeleton Coast (1988)
During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries
The Kings Highway (2016)
A film about the highway that connected the American colonies The discovery and preservation of historic places in Philadelphia The true origin story of America
The Bastard (1978)
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his fathers family, and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved
The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars