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JFK
8

JFK

Dec. 20, 1991

JFK

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Madame Bovary
6.6

Madame Bovary

Mar. 03, 1991

Madame Bovary

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in ...
The Doors
7.2

The Doors

Mar. 01, 1991

The Doors

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
The Woman in Black
7.1

The Woman in Black

Dec. 24, 1989

The Woman in Black

When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the ...
Glory
7.8

Glory

Dec. 15, 1989

Glory

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the ...
Casualties of War
7.1

Casualties of War

Aug. 18, 1989

Casualties of War

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Empire of the Sun
7.7

Empire of the Sun

Dec. 09, 1987

Empire of the Sun

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is ...
The Last Emperor
7.7

The Last Emperor

Oct. 04, 1987

The Last Emperor

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship ...
The Untouchables
7.8

The Untouchables

Jun. 03, 1987

The Untouchables

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the ...
H.M. Deserters
7.3

H.M. Deserters

Sep. 22, 1986

H.M. Deserters

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are ‘politically suspect’ mix of ...
The Mission
7.4

The Mission

Sep. 06, 1986

The Mission

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave ...
Revolution
5.3

Revolution

Dec. 25, 1985

Revolution

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the ...
Out of Africa
7.1

Out of Africa

Dec. 20, 1985

Out of Africa

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The ...
The Color Purple
7.7

The Color Purple

Dec. 18, 1985

The Color Purple

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. ...
Ran
8.2

Ran

Jun. 01, 1985

Ran

Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his ...
Amadeus
8.4

Amadeus

Sep. 19, 1984

Amadeus

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young ...
The Bounty
7.1

The Bounty

May. 04, 1984

The Bounty

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian ...
Barefoot Gen
8

Barefoot Gen

Jul. 21, 1983

Barefoot Gen

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy’s life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.2

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ...
The Scarlet and the Black
7.5

The Scarlet and the Black

Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance ...
Gandhi
8

Gandhi

Dec. 01, 1982

Gandhi

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of ...
Ivanhoe
6.7

Ivanhoe

Feb. 23, 1982

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince ...
Love Strange Love
5.7

Love Strange Love

Jan. 11, 1982

Love Strange Love

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in ...
Das Boot
8.4

Das Boot

Sep. 17, 1981

Das Boot

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, ...
Chariots of Fire
7.1

Chariots of Fire

May. 15, 1981

Chariots of Fire

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric ...
Lion of the Desert
8.2

Lion of the Desert

Apr. 17, 1981

Lion of the Desert

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi ...
The Elephant Man
8.2

The Elephant Man

Oct. 09, 1980

The Elephant Man

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous ...
Kagemusha
7.9

Kagemusha

Apr. 26, 1980

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa’s lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order ...
Siberiade
7.9

Siberiade

Nov. 28, 1979

Siberiade

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early ...
The Tin Drum
7.4

The Tin Drum

May. 02, 1979

The Tin Drum

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a ...