IMDB: 8.0/10

A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.

IMDB: 6.6/10

An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to steal a formula before planning an escape back to the West.

IMDB: 7.4/10

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

IMDB: 7.8/10

A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

IMDB: 8.1/10

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

IMDB: 7.6/10

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.

IMDB: 8.2/10

An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

IMDB: 7.5/10

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.