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All cinema: History
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Fred Zinnemann
England, 1527. King Henry VIII needs to divorce his barren wife Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor succession...
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Fred Zinnemann
A Man There Was (1917)
Victor Sjöström
On the wave-lashed coast of Norway there lives a man who is never comfortable on land, preferring instead a life of danger and excitement on the open sea...
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Victor Sjöström
A Night to Remember (1958)
Roy Ward Baker
On 10th April 1912, RMS Titanic leaves the port of Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. At 883 feet in length, she is the largest ship ever to have been built, and is reputed to be unsinkable...
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Roy Ward Baker
A Passage to India (1984)
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore...
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David Lean
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Ralph Thomas
In 1775, the banker Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to be reunited with his old friend, Dr Alexandre Manette, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille for the last eighteen years... [More...]
Ralph Thomas
In 1775, the banker Jarvis Lorry travels to Paris to be reunited with his old friend, Dr Alexandre Manette, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille for the last eighteen years... [More...]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
Les Adieux à la reine (2012)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899)
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
L'Agonie de Byzance (1913)
Louis Feuillade
On 6th April 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II surround the holy Christian city of Constantinople, poised to attack when the command is given... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
On 6th April 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II surround the holy Christian city of Constantinople, poised to attack when the command is given... [More...]
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Werner Herzog
In 1560, a party of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Pizarro cross the Andes and undertake a hazardous journey through the Amazon rain forest in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold... [More...]
Werner Herzog
In 1560, a party of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Pizarro cross the Andes and undertake a hazardous journey through the Amazon rain forest in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold... [More...]
L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948)
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
In 1242, Russia finds herself being invaded on two fronts. On the East, the country is attacked by Mongol raiders, and on the West by Teutonic knights... [More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
In 1242, Russia finds herself being invaded on two fronts. On the East, the country is attacked by Mongol raiders, and on the West by Teutonic knights... [More...]
L'Ami: François d'Assise et ses frères (2016)
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Anastasia (1956)
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Tarkovsky
In the year 1400, three monks, Andrei, Danil and Kirill, leave Andronikov Monastery and set out for Moscow in search of work... [More...]
Andrei Tarkovsky
In the year 1400, three monks, Andrei, Danil and Kirill, leave Andronikov Monastery and set out for Moscow in search of work... [More...]
L'Anglaise et le duc (2001)
Eric Rohmer
Grace Elliott, a well-connected English lady, is living in Paris at the time of the French Revolution. She was once the lover of the Duke of Orléans, cousin of King Louis XVI, who remains her closest friend and confidant... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Grace Elliott, a well-connected English lady, is living in Paris at the time of the French Revolution. She was once the lover of the Duke of Orléans, cousin of King Louis XVI, who remains her closest friend and confidant... [More...]
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
Charles Jarrott
England, 1525. King Henry VIII is anxious to produce a male heir to secure the Tudor lineage but his queen, Katherine of Aragon, has passed child-bearing age and has borne him only a daughter and dead sons... [More...]
L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011)
Bertrand Bonello
In a Parisian brothel at the start of the 20th century there lives a young prostitute whose face is disfigured by a scar that takes the form of a tragic smile... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
In a Parisian brothel at the start of the 20th century there lives a young prostitute whose face is disfigured by a scar that takes the form of a tragic smile... [More...]
L'Armée du crime (2009)
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian... [More...]
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908)
André Calmettes
On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise... [More...]
André Calmettes
On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise... [More...]
Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
La Bataille d'Alger (1966)
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
La Bataille de l'eau lourde (1948)
Jean Dréville
Not long after Norway comes under Nazi Occupation at the start of World War II, the Germans commandeer a hydroelectric power plant in the mountains outside Rjukan... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Not long after Norway comes under Nazi Occupation at the start of World War II, the Germans commandeer a hydroelectric power plant in the mountains outside Rjukan... [More...]
Le Bataillon du ciel (1947)
Alexander Esway
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel Rouvier, a respected soldier who lost an arm in combat in Tunisia, is put in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in England... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel Rouvier, a respected soldier who lost an arm in combat in Tunisia, is put in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in England... [More...]
Battle of Britain (1969)
Guy Hamilton
In the spring of 1940, British fighter pilots are waging a losing battle against the Nazis in continental Europe. Seeing that the fall of France to Germany is inevitable, Air Chief Marshal Dowding advises the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to withdraw all RAF fighters and prepare for a German attack on mainland Britain... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
In the spring of 1940, British fighter pilots are waging a losing battle against the Nazis in continental Europe. Seeing that the fall of France to Germany is inevitable, Air Chief Marshal Dowding advises the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to withdraw all RAF fighters and prepare for a German attack on mainland Britain... [More...]
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
1905. Throughout Russia, discontent is spreading amongst the working classes. The spirit of revolution is in the air. Aboard a battleship off the coast of Odessa, sailors object to eating the rotten meat they are given... [More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
1905. Throughout Russia, discontent is spreading amongst the working classes. The spirit of revolution is in the air. Aboard a battleship off the coast of Odessa, sailors object to eating the rotten meat they are given... [More...]
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]