Drama, History, Adventure
The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Two for the Money
Domino
Uncommon Valor
Born on the Fourth of July
The Bounty
The Sweet Hereafter
The Honeymoon Killers
Milk
Casualties of War
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Soldier Boy
Capote
The Straight Story
Schindler's List
A Beautiful Mind
Erin Brockovich
Monster
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
All the President's Men
SIMILAR MOVIES
Rabbit-Proof Fence
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2002
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.Two for the Money
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2005
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.Domino
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2005
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.Uncommon Valor
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1983
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.Born on the Fourth of July
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1989
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.The Bounty
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1984
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.The Sweet Hereafter
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1997
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.The Honeymoon Killers
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1970
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money. She poses as Ray's sister and joins Ray on a wild killing spree, fueled by her lingering concern that Ray will leave her for one of his marks.Milk
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2008
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.Casualties of War
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1989
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1989
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.Soldier Boy
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2019
This is a story about exciting events that occurred in the life of the smallest soldier - the hero of the Great Patriotic War, six-year-old Sergei Aleshkov. He lost all his relatives and got into the army. With a six-year-old boy, they started playing the soldier game in order to preserve his childhood, and he, in order to comply with this honorary title, became a real defender of the Motherland.Capote
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2005
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".The Straight Story
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 1999
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.Schindler's List
IMDB 8.6 | Dec , 1993
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.A Beautiful Mind
IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 2001
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.Erin Brockovich
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2000
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.Monster
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2003
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
IMDB 4 | Mar , 2011
The true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast, aided by journalist Chris Moore, uncovered the true extent of the clerical abuse scandal.All the President's Men
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 1976
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.