The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

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

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord...

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters.

Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the...

Sydney, the early 1950's... a city in the grip of a deadly crime wave. In just over a year more than...

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...

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

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

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

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Walla...

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

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea...

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the...

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessaril...