Amistad

IMDB: 7.3/10

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal...

Loosies

IMDB: 6.1/10

A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman with whom he had a one night affair.

The First of the Few (AKA: Spitfire)

IMDB: 7.0/10

Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.

The Legend of Hercules

IMDB: 4.3/10

The origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.

Notre-Dame de Paris, l'épreuve des siècles

IMDB: 7.5/10

This docudrama combines animation with archive material to tell the fascinating 800-year history of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

Le collier rouge (AKA: The Red Collar)

IMDB: 6.1/10

In a small town, crushed by the heat of summer, in 1919, a war hero was held prisoner in a deserted barracks. In front of the door, his whipped dog barks day and night. Not far away, in the countryside, a young woman worn out by t...

Oppenheimer

IMDB: 8.3/10

A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.

Castles in the Sky

IMDB: 6.8/10

Eddie Izzard stars in this funny, moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little known team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War.