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Muromachi Burai
6.5

Muromachi Burai

Jan. 17, 2025

Muromachi Burai

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outlaws led by Hyoe (Oizumi) a scoundrel whose ...
Bitter Harvest
6.0

Bitter Harvest

Jan. 31, 2017

Bitter Harvest

Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal ...
Black Hawk Down
7.7

Black Hawk Down

Dec. 28, 2001

Black Hawk Down

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, ...
Black ’47
6.8

Black ’47

Sep. 05, 2018

Black ’47

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has ...
Andrei Rublev
8.1

Andrei Rublev

Dec. 16, 1966

Andrei Rublev

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a ...
The Shoes of the Fisherman
7.1

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after twenty years as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Father David ...
Live and Become
7.8

Live and Become

Mar. 30, 2005

Live and Become

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of ...
Deadly Harvest
4.4

Deadly Harvest

Aug. 21, 1977

Deadly Harvest

Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world’s worst ...
Skylark
7.2

Skylark

Feb. 07, 1993

Skylark

Jacob’s farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she ...
Sounds of Sand
7.3

Sounds of Sand

May. 02, 2007

Sounds of Sand

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the ...
Les Patates
5.4

Les Patates

Nov. 22, 1969

Les Patates

France, 1942. During the Nazi Occupation, the Ardennes falls in the “forbidden zone” between the German Occupied North and the Vichy ...
Untamed
6.1

Untamed

Mar. 01, 1955

Untamed

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O’Neill ...
Famine-33
6.9

Famine-33

Dec. 01, 1991

Famine-33

The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel ‘The Yellow Prince’ by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the ...
A Man There Was
7.4

A Man There Was

Jan. 29, 1917

A Man There Was

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy’s family finds ...
Angela’s Ashes
7.3

Angela’s Ashes

Dec. 25, 1999

Angela’s Ashes

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his ...
The Assault
7.2

The Assault

Feb. 06, 1986

The Assault

At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who ...
Kandahar
6.8

Kandahar

May. 11, 2001

Kandahar

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan ...