A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

English

6.6

♡ 7

80%

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Walter Hampden as Commodre Devereaux

Frank Richards as Cutler Man in Barrel Room

Paulette Goddard as Loxi Claiborne

Raymond Hatton as Master Shipwright

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

This Magnificent Cake!

2018

French

7.1

♡ 7

100%

Emma De Swaef Director

Walter Canipel as Extra voice

Aziz Azam as Extra voice

Juan Maldonado as Extra voice

Sébastien Brodzic as Extra voice

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.

Glory

1989

English

7.8

♡ 112

95%

Edward Zwick Director

Bob Gunton as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

Cary Elwes as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip

Morgan Freeman as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007

English

7.1

♡ 18

78%

native american attack

native american reservation

war crimes

Western

Yves Simoneau Director

Lee Tergesen as Daniel Royer

Aidan Quinn as Henry Dawes

J.K. Simmons as James McLaughlin

Wes Studi as Wovoka / Jack Wilson

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

Ataturk II: 1881-1919

2024

Turkish

8.8

♡ 13

Mehmet Ada Öztekin Director

Bertan Asllani as Ali Fethi Okyar

Berk Cankat as Ali Fuat Cebesoy

Esra Bilgiç as Madam Corinne

Predrag Bjelac as Otto Liman von Sanders

Mustafa Kemal had just begun his journey after proving himself in 1915 at the Gallipoli front. He would go on to face major battles on the eastern front against the Russians and later against the British in Syria, ultimately becoming the only Ottoman officer not to lose a battle during WW1. However, despite all his success, he would encounter an unexpected challenge upon his return to Istanbul.

Six Days in August

2024

English

4.9

♡ 2

73%

Mark Goodman Director

Chase Ramsey as John Taylor

Paul Wuthrich as Joseph Smith

Paul Cartwright as Lyman Wight

Bill Smith as Townsperson

The Prophet Joseph Smith is dead, killed by a mob. Enemies of the LDS Church think the church will die with Joseph. In fact, that danger is a real possibility. The crisis is undeniable, and the saints in Nauvoo are in chaos.

The Outcasts

1982

English

6.6

♡ 9

Robert Wynne-Simmons Director

Tom Jordan as Conor Farrell

Cyril Cusack as Myles Keenan

Hilary Reynolds as Roisín

Mick Lally as Scarf Michael

In pre-famine Ireland when poverty and magic were rife, introverted farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When her isolated rural community accuses her of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection.

Calamity Jane

1953

English

7.2

♡ 15

73%

David Butler Director

Gene Roth as Barfly

Harold Goodwin as Poker Player

Jack Williams as Townsman

Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickok

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

The Bostonians

1984

English

6.2

♡ 2

81%

37%

19th century

Action

boston, massachusetts

James Ivory Director

Joely Richardson as Extra

Wallace Shawn as Mr. Pardon

Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Burrage

Charles McCaughan as Music Hall Policeman

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

The King of Kings

2025

English

6.8

♡ 55

61%

based on novel or book

christian film

Family

father son relationship

jesus christ

Seong-ho Jang Director

Ben Kingsley as Caiaphas

Uma Thurman as Catherine Dickens

Oscar Isaac as Jesus

Pierce Brosnan as Pontius Pilate

Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939

Japanese

7.8

♡ 16

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Kôkichi Takada as Fukusuke Nakamura

Kikuko Hanaoka as Onaka, a geisha

Kômei Minami as Shintomi greenroom manager

Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Tamijirô Onoue

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

Colette

2018

English

6.7

♡ 60

87%

Wash Westmoreland Director

Keira Knightley as Colette

Eleanor Tomlinson as Georgie Raoul-Duval

Robert Pugh as Jules

Dominic West as Willy

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

Gunga Din

1939

English

7.2

♡ 10

89%

George Stevens Director

Abner Biberman as Chota

Joan Fontaine as Emmy

Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din

Eduardo Ciannelli as Guru

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

In the Fire of War

2024

Māori

6.5

♡ 12

new zealand land wars

War

Mike Jonathan Director

Jason Flemyng as Daniel Morgan

Temuera Morrison as Rewi Maniapoto

Miriama Smith as Turama

Cliff Curtis as Wi Toka

Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

2023

Italian

7.0

♡ 4

86%

Marco Bellocchio Director

Filippo Timi as Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli

Barbara Ronchi as Marianna Padovani Mortara

Fabrizio Gifuni as Pier Gaetano Feletti

Paolo Calabresi as Sabatino Scazzocchio

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

English

6.2

♡ 17

Freddie Francis Director

Jennifer Jayne as Barmaid

Timothy Dalton as Doctor Thomas Rock

Phyllis Logan as Elizabeth Rock

Jonathan Pryce as Robert Fallon

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.

The Unholy Trinity

2024

English

5.5

♡ 37

40%

Richard Gray Director

Beau Knapp as Asa Benton

Veronica Ferres as Sarah Dove

Pierce Brosnan as Sheriff Gabriel Dove

Samuel L. Jackson as St. Christopher

Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, where an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove, the town’s upstanding new sheriff, and a mysterious figure named St. Christopher.