German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton fa...

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement....

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller w...

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...

Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. ...

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan va...

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before...

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, h...
The extraordinary life of a most extraordinary man.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...

Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle...