1900 (2 disc set)
(1976) [R]

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (De Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by...  More

The Last Emperor
(1987) [M]

Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film tells the incredible story of Pu Yi, who in 1908 at the age of three became ruler of nearly half the world's population. He was the "Son of Heaven", "Lord of Ten Thousand Years" and the last emperor of China.

His reign was short and three years later a...  More

Oedipus Rex
(1967) [M]

Sophocles' Greek tragedy about a boy who becomes obsessed with his mother. Filmed on location in Morocco. Italian dialogue.  More

Satyricon
(1969) [M]

"My ambition has always been to restore fantasy to the cinema," revealed renowned Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. And so he did in this feverishly brilliant succession of grotesque and macabre images which make the fantasies of his films 8? and Juliet of the Spirits seem as child's play....  More

Triumph Of The Will
(1934) [PG]

The official record of the Nazi Party Congress held in Nuremberg in 1934. After World War II this film was banned because of general fears that it might inspire a new Nazi Party.

In 1935 Leni Riefenstahl was approached by the President of the German Olympic Committee to make a film of the...  More

The Promise (Das Versprechen)
(1994) [M]

Two lovers live in the same city yet they only see each other 3 times in thirty years. Konrad and Sophie are separated as they attempt to escape from East Berlin in 1961. From that point on, they live their lives in two diametrically opposing worlds. Sophie in the West, Konrad in the East. How...  More

Joan Of Arc - The Messenger (1999)
(1999) [MA]

Starring Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and John Malkovich, director Luc Besson brings us Joan Of Arc - The Messenger, the epic story fo a woman who followed her own path and changed the course of history. In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King...  More

La Marseillaise
(1938) [PG]

Jean Renoir's epic account of the French Revolution juxtaposes the opulent life of King Louis XVI with the poverty of the commoners who rose up to overthrow the monarchy in 1789. The film's title comes from the rallying song which grew out of the peasants' march on the Bastille, the song that...  More

Apollo 13
(1995) [PG]

It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American Public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight - until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston we have a problem." Ron Howard directs Academy Award winner Tom...  More

Breaker Morant
(1980) [PG]

Hero or villian? His exploits shook an empire... and made him a legend. South Africa, 1901: The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers made up mainly of Australians is ordered by the British High Command to fight the Boer on...  More

The Alamo
(1960) [PG]

John Wayne produces, directs and stars in this epic chronicle of one of America's defining moments. This magnificent movie tells the gripping story of those brave Texans at the San Antonio Mission, known as the Alamo, who sacrifice their lives to halt the Mexican army of General Santa Anna. The...  More

Le Bal
(1983) [PG]

A unique look at the history of 20th century France as illustrated in popular culture, Le Bal is set in a Parisian dance hall and features no narrative, no dialogue, and no continuous characters. The film moves from one dance number to the next, as the music reflects the political and cultural...  More

A Man For All Seasons
(1966) [G]

The dazzling international cast featured in director Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons helps bring to life one of the most thrilling dramas of intrigue and courage ever filmed. Adapted from Robert Bolt's play, Robert Shaw plays the lusty King Henry VIII who wants to divorce his wife in order...  More

The Adventures Of Marco Polo
(1938) [G]

Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of Kublai Khan so he can be emperor, and to get rid of Marco Polo so he...  More

Ivan The Terrible: Part 2 (The Boyar's Plot)
(1946) [PG]

The second part of Sergei Eisenstein's baroque chronicle of the legendary Russian czar was originally planned as a three-part epic. But Eisenstein had battles with Russian censors over the second part of his trilogy, ostensibly because of a negative depiction of Ivan's secret police force (Stalin...  More

Storm Over Asia
(1928) [PG]

Originally Potomak Chingis-khan (The Heir to Genghis Khan), Russian filmmaker Vsevolod Pudovkin's Storm Over Asia is set in Central Asia in 1920. Valeri Inkijinov plays a young Mongolian trapper ostracized from his village after he is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European trader....  More

The Battleship Potemkin
(1925) [PG]

After the success of Strike (1924), Sergei Eisenstein was commissioned by the Soviet government to make a film commemorating the uprising of 1905. Eisenstein's scenario, boiled down from what was to have been a multipart epic of the occasion, focussed on the crew of the battleship Potemkin. Fed...  More

Gone With The Wind
(1939) [PG]

David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone with the Wind is "the pinnacle of Hollywood moviemaking," Leonard Maltin of Entertainment Tonight said: "it looks better than it has in years." This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards...  More

Heaven's Gate
(1980) [M]

"Richly textured and visually compelling" (The Hollywood Reporter), this lavish, epic western retells the true story of Wyoming's infamous Johnson County War - a brutal conflict during which wealthy cattlemen, backed by the U.S. government, hired mercenaries to murder 125 immigrant settlers. From...  More

Braveheart (2-Disc set)
(1995) [MA]

Rousing Hollywood epic about Scottish rebels fighting English oppression. Packed with idyllic scenery and brutally realistic battles. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge the deaths of his Scottish relatives by raising an army and taking on the might of the English  More

Gandhi
(1982) [M]

Epic and unforgettable, Gandhi swept the 1983 Oscars, winning eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Ben Kingsley), Best Screenplay and Best Director for Richard Attenborough. The awe-inspiring story of Mahatma Gandhi, the diminutive lawyer who stood up to the British in India and...  More

From Here To Eternity
(1953) [PG]

In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) tries to help him but has his own...  More

55 Days In Peking
(1963) [G]

A story of love and passion, set in 1900 Peking. A Dowager Empress is inciting fanatics to take over the city and attack the international diplomatic quarter. Dmitri Tiomkin was nominated for an Academy Award for his song 'So Little Time'.  More

El Cid
(1961) [G]

Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren star in one of the most successful and spectacular epics ever made. Set in Spain in the 11th Century, the drama focuses on an uneasy truce between the Christians and the Moors. One of the most powerful Moorish Emirs, Mountamin, honours a brave knight Rodrgo Diaz...  More

Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970) [G]

This classic Pearl Harbor epic, one of the most spectacular action films ever made, meticulously recreates the stunning attack on American forces by the Japanese. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards®, Tora! Tora! Tora! (The Japanese signal to attack) features a joint U.S. and Japanese production...  More

Demetrius And The Gladiators
(1954) [PG]

This enormously successful sequel to “The Robe” continues the story of Demetrius (Victor Mature), the Greek slave who, after the death of his master, is sentenced to train as a gladiator in the Roman arena. There, his newfound Christian faith is put to the test when he has to contend not only...  More

Gettysburg
(1993) [PG]

Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. Two great armies will clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible"...  More

Damn The Defiant!
(1962) [PG]

During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Crawford takes command of the HMS Defiant and is ordered to rendezvous with the fleet in Corsica. With his son aboard as a new midshipman, Capt. Crawford takes an even hand with his crew. This does not sit well with his second-in-command Lt. Scott-Paget, a...  More

Vincent And Theo
(1990) [M]

The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.  More

Sebastiane
(1976) [R]

300 A.D. : the Roman Sebastianus is exiled to a remote outpost populated exclusively by men. Weakened by their desires, these men turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. However, Sebastianus becomes the target of lust for a homosexual centurion, but he rejects the man's advances.  More