Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by t...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía ...
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel ...
Helena, is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city, as the pregnant wife of an i...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off...
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local...
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murderi...
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja...
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular ...
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sen...