August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
In den 1970er Jahren übernimmt Katharine „Kay“ Graham das Unternehmen ihrer Familie – die Washington Post – und wird so zur ersten Zeitungsverlegerin der USA. Schon bald darauf sieht sie sich in eine Auseinandersetzung von ungeheuren Ausmaßen mit der amerikanischen Regierung verwickelt, als sie gemeinsam mit dem ehrgeizigen Redakteur Ben Bradley auf eine Story über vier US-Präsidenten und deren jeweiliges geheimes Wissen über Amerikas Rolle im Vietnam-Krieg stößt. Vollblutjournalist Bradley will die Informationen um jeden Preis veröffentlichen, selbst wenn er dafür ins Gefängnis gehen muss, Graham bangt um die Sicherheit und die finanzielle Zukunft ihrer Angestellten. Ihre Position als Journalistin, amerikanische Patriotin und Geschäftsfrau bringt sie in eine moralische Zwickmühle.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees — or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans?
Nach einer lebensverändernden Begegnung mit den McDonald-Brüdern hat Handelsvertreter Ray Kroc nur noch ein Ziel: die Schaffung eines revolutionären Hamburger-Imperiums.
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
Als US-Soldaten Ratsmitglieder eines somalischen Kriegsherrn gefangen nehmen, werden ihre Helikopter abgeschossen und sie erleiden schwere Verluste.