Drama, War
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
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Son of Man
The Gap
The Forgotten Battle
Resistance
Anzio
Merrill's Marauders
Harishchandrachi Factory
The Lost Battalion
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Pupil's Language
Oppenheimer
Verrat an Deutschland
Nostradamus and the Queen
Across the Lake
Lola Montès
Badding
Freud: The Secret Passion
Harlow
Newsflash
A Tale of Two Coreys
Cocaine Godmother
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Son of Man
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2011
An Allied medic, rumored to be Jesus Christ, gets into a philosophical debate with a Catholic-Nazi in Ustasha occupied Croatia during WW2.The Gap
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1937
A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.The Forgotten Battle
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2020
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.Resistance
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2020
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.Anzio
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 1968
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.Merrill's Marauders
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 1962
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.Harishchandrachi Factory
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2009
In 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.The Lost Battalion
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2001
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Pupil's Language
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2024
This film tells the story of scholar Fang Dong who endangers his life because of his greed for beauty, and his kind-hearted Ya who loves Fang Dong deeply and chooses to sacrifice herself in exchange for Fang Dong. The prodigal son Fang Dong embarks on a journey to find his true love, and encounters and rescues an oppressed kind-hearted banshee on the road. With the help of the demon catcher and others, the lovers finally get married, a poignant love story.Oppenheimer
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2023
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.Verrat an Deutschland
IMDB 9 | Jan , 1955
Nostradamus and the Queen
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 1953
An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and herself.Across the Lake
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1988
Starring Anthony Hopkins as speed king Donald Campbell. Set in 1967, Campbell broke the 300mph water speed barrier in his beloved Bluebird K7.Lola Montès
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1955
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.Badding
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 2000
The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.Freud: The Secret Passion
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1962
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.Harlow
IMDB 3.8 | May , 1965
Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two "Harlow" film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in Laurel and Hardy comedies, is invited to test for director Jonathan Martin for the lead in Howard Hughes's "Hell's Angels." She is an instantaneous sensation, and in a series of films devoted more to her body than her talent, she becomes Hollywood's "Platinum Blonde."Newsflash
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2025
On November 22, 1963 CBS newsman Walter Cronkite is given the task of reporting on live television about President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Texas.A Tale of Two Coreys
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2018
The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.Cocaine Godmother
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2017
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.