In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub own...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on t...

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first office...

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide ...

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British ...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent inva...

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slaver...

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked ...

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén...

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his schedul...

Simon and Samuel are two Cuban kids who will experience the defeat of the Spanish Army in their coun...

The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around wome...