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Gladiator 2

Gladiator 2

Gladiator 2
IMDb: 7.2
148

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the…

Eps10 Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
TMDb: 7.96
50 min

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole new light.

Status: Ended
Eps12 I, Claudius

I, Claudius

I, Claudius
TMDb: 7.9
55 min

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors – Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

Status: Ended
Peter O’Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O’Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O’Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
IMDb: 6.5
90

Reflecting Peter O’Toole’s theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O’Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.

Genre: Documentary
Allelujah

Allelujah

Allelujah
IMDb: 6
99

When news of the closure of a small hospital’s geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert…

Genre: Drama
The Host

The Host

The Host
IMDb: 4.9
102

A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank’s money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take advantage, he unwittingly…

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
IMDb: 7.4
50

The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC blacklisting by hijacking a live production of Charles Dickens’ famous…

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans
IMDb: 5.4
92

Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to “miserable, cold, wet Britain” where…

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
IMDb: 4.9
102

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the mutiny…

Come Away

Come Away

Come Away
IMDb: 5.7
94

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their…

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth
IMDb: 7.3
75

NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and…

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers
IMDb: 5.4
84

Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the famed atheist writer Professor John Huxley.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Stratton

Stratton

Stratton
IMDb: 4.8
94

A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express
IMDb: 6.5
114

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tolkien

Tolkien

Tolkien
IMDb: 6.8
112

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire
IMDb: 7.3
83

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as…

Genre: Documentary
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
IMDb: 7.1
31

A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film…

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco
IMDb: 5.7
103

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Cinderella

Cinderella

Cinderella
IMDb: 6.9
105

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to…

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn
IMDb: 6.9
99

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Joe Maddison’s War

Joe Maddison’s War

Joe Maddison’s War
IMDb: 6.9
85

Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie, War
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

Effie Gray
IMDb: 6
104

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

Genre: Drama
The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech
IMDb: 8
118

The King’s Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George (‘Bertie’) reluctantly assumes the throne….

Genre: Drama, History
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider
IMDb: 6.3
118

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons
IMDb: 5.7
112

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Ironclad

Ironclad

Ironclad
IMDb: 6.1
121

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the…

Endgame

Endgame

Endgame
IMDb: 6.2
109

The time is the late ’80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National…

Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs
IMDb: 6
96

Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare…

Genre: Comedy
Guantanamero

Guantanamero

Guantanamero
IMDb: 4.9
89

After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They’ll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban, takes Ali to…

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected
IMDb: 6.2
107

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling…

Genre: Drama, War
The History of Love

The History of Love

The History of Love
IMDb: 6.3
134

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother’s loneliness.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution
IMDb: 6.7
106

As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael,…

Strings

Strings

Strings
IMDb: 6.9
88

Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he…

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm
IMDb: 7.4
94

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.

Genre: Drama, History
The Body

The Body

The Body
IMDb: 5.3
109

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include…

Gladiator

Gladiator

Gladiator
IMDb: 8.5
155

In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army’s most capable and trusted generals and a…

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
IMDb: 6.9
109

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Genre: Drama
Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa
IMDb: 6
115

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
IMDb: 6.5
92

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique…

Genre: Drama
Basil

Basil

Basil
IMDb: 5.9
113

A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.

Genre: Drama, Romance