Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost dying. At university, Munch discovers his talent as a painter. As he immerses himself in the art world, he becomes part of a cultural revolution lead by the likes of nihilist Hans Jæger.
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...
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...
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mex...
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destro...
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relations...
Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional ...
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's mo...
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...