The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern ...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped—but few people, including the police, are willing to believ...

An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life...

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes...

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

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

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with ...

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

Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that kille...

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel ...

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange fo...

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the l...