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The story is set around the British-owned mines of Andalusia's Rio Tinto in 1888 and depicts the friendship of two women, one Spanish and the other British, against the social upheavals of the time.

American officers discover German jewels and attempt to smuggle them to New York. It is based on true events in 1945.

The film is based on three dramatic days in April 1940, when the king of Norway is forced to make the decision to either surrender or die at the hands of Nazis.

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman, held control of most of the lower Mediterranean and sought to begin an invasion of Europe using the island of Malta as a stepping stone.

Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the point of view of an alcoholic Civil War veteran turned Winchester guns spokesman, Captain Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise), who arrives in Japan to train the troops of the emperor, Meiji, as part of a break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as the emperor's new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurai warriors. When Algren is injured in combat and captured by the samurai, he learns about their warrior honor code from their leader, Katsumoto, which forces him to decide which side of the conflict he actually wants to be on.

The story of "The Libertine" focuses on 17th-century womanizing poet John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), the Earl of Rochester, who befriended King Charles II (John Malkovich) and died at the young age of 33 after falling in love with aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton).

At the end of the 19th century in Paris, a woman who was unfairly institutionalized at the Salpêtrière hospital manages to escape.

Exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director William Colby told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl.

In "The Monster of Longwood", Napoleon Bonaparte (Al Pacino) has been exiled to the island of St. Helena and develops a relationship with a young British girl who befriends him in his last days.

Explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex, wife Evelyn and her brother, Jonathan. And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force... unless the O'Connells can stop him first.

Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War, during which he is confronted by natural and supernatural threats including shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the sea god Poseidon. Tale is told through Odysseus' son Telemachus.

Centers on the 761st Tank Battalion, the first black armored unit to enter combat during World War II.

Winston Churchill orchestrates a shift in the war through a top-secret program where he turns a 15-year-old boy into one of England's deadliest assassins.

This film tells the story of the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus (Jim Caviezel), on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. This film's script is based upon several sources, including the diaries of St. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) as collected in the book, "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ", "The Mystical City of God" by St. Mary of Agreda, and the New Testament books of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew.

Australian director John Hillcoat and singer Nick Cave reconvene for 2006's "The Proposition", with Cave penning the screenplay and providing a soundtrack written with Dirty Three member Warren Ellis. Cave's 19th-century tale begins with the proposition of the title, as Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures fugitive brothers Charley (Guy Pearce) and Mikey Burns (Richard Wilson) at a scene of bloody rape and murder. Informing Charley that he must kill his older brother, Arthur (Danny Huston), in order to be set free, Stanley drags Mikey to a decrepit jailhouse while he waits for Charley to carry out the deed.

The film is based on a true story about a group of mostly Jewish men who fled Nazi Germany. They went to the United States where they joined the U.S. Army and later returned to Europe to work as secret agents in the fight against Hitler.

Julius Caesar, a young general in the Roman army, is kidnapped by Cilician pirates and enslaved on their prison island. Caesar maintains such an air of superiority during his imprisonment that he demands his captors more than double the ransom they have placed on his life. After he escapes with his men, he makes his way back and brutally crucifies the perpetrators as he’d vowed he would. Upon his return to Rome, Caesar powers into politics on his way toward ruling the empire.

This historical drama follows conquistador Hernando Cortez and his conquest of the Aztec people of Mexico in the 16th century.