In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.

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

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

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...

After his twin dies as a baby, the protagonist's family has little hope for his survival. But as he ...

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...

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

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...

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a litt...

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession...

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene:...

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost so...

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his...

1915, Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary... Betwe...

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Ma...

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous wit...

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerg...