Sfuggito dalla prigionia dei Mori, il nobile Robin di Locksley torna in Inghilterra per trovare il padre ucciso e la sua terra espropriata da un malvagio oppressore, lo sceriffo di Nottingham. Robin si nasconderà nella foresta di Sherwood e addestrerà gli umili a difendersi dalla angherie dei potenti...
Vi è del marcio in Danimarca: è Grendel, creatura mostruosa che mette a ferro e fuoco la terra governata dal Re Hrothgar. In aiuto di questo ultimo arriva il più valoroso tra tutti gli eroi, il giovane ed apparentemente invincibile Beowulf che, dopo un lunga lotta, ha la meglio sul mostro. Le fatiche dell'eroe però, sono appena cominciate: la madre di Grendel, vuole vendicare il figlio morto e così pone Beowulf di fronte ad una scelta che avrà per lui e per il suo popolo conseguenze imprevedibili…
Ispirato alla vera storia del pugile Jim Braddock che, nel periodo della Grande Depressione, per sfamare la famiglia tentò la fortuna con la boxe. Braddock passò velocemente dalla miseria alla gloria quando, nel 1935, riuscì a battere in un combattimento epico di 15 riprese il campione del mondo dei pesi massimi Max Baer.
Tommy ed Annika, amici di Pippi Calzelunghe, scappano di casa stufi di ubbidire agli ordini della madre. Nella fuga, sono accompagnati dalla stessa Pippi.
Sigfrido, il figlio del re Sigismondo, s'innamora perdutamente di Crimilde, la bellissima sorella di Gunther, re dei Burgundi. Durante il viaggio Sigfrido dovrà affrontare molte prove, prima di arrivare da lei: ucciderà il nano Alberico, guardiano del grande tesoro del popolo dei Nibelunghi, e anche un feroce drago.
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - fights for his people. The Carpathians are convulsed with a wave of uprisings. The aristocracy uses its military might to try to kill Dovbush and destroy his legend. But Dovbush outwits them. The desperate lords devise a devious plan and attack the invincible outlaw's Achilles heel - his love for his childhood sweetheart, Marichka. Who will be the assassin to attack the Opryshko whose immense strength and bravery inspired folk tales? Will the lords' treacherous plan destroy the hero before he can lead his people to freedom?
Due fratelli e un loro amico in comune si mettono insieme per vendicare la morte dei loro famigliari, rimasti vittima di un tradimento da parte di una banda di delinquenti. Per riuscire nell' intento potranno contare sui durissimi addestramenti subiti che li hanno resi quasi invulnerabili.
A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
Meet the doers and dreamers who made America great -- including John Henry, the railroad builder who proved the value of believing in oneself. Journey with giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan as he clears the land for American settlers. Follow the trail of the beloved American Icon Johnny Appleseed, who planted apple trees which blossomed along the new frontier. Then, take an unforgettable ride with Casey Jones, The Brave Engineer who never failed to deliver the mail...no matter how difficult the route!
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor. The legend were also known in neighboring Silesia, the Margraviate of Moravia and later spread to the Kingdom of Bohemia. The actual robber had little to do with the modern legend, whose content partly reflects the ubiquitous folk myths of a hero taking from the rich and giving to the poor. However, the legend was also shaped in important ways by the activists and writers in the 19th century when Jánošík became the key highwayman character in stories that spread in the north counties of the Kingdom of Hungary (present Slovakia) and among the local Gorals and Polish tourists in the Podhale region north of the Tatras.
As Carpathian legend has it, Oleksa Dovbush was a heroic outlaw with excellent fighting skills and a gift to predict the future. He was left an orphan as a small boy after a local lord murdered Oleksa's mother. After spending his childhood in exile in the mountains, he returned as a grown man to avenge his mother's death. Oleksa gathered followers to begin a crusade against the lord, but destiny made other plans for him.
The Robber Mathias Kneißl became a legend in Bavaria. The film is based on the historical criminal case and describes the last year of the rebel and folk hero. At the age of 23, he is released from prison, where he has served an unreasonably harsh six-year sentence. When this becomes known, he loses his job as a carpenter and now wants to emigrate to America with his girlfriend. He hopes to earn the money for the journey by committing crimes. In the process, he fatally wounds a gendarme. Despite this, Mathias Kneißl does not leave the area and stays in the Dachau hinterland. Only when his girlfriend betrays him is he able to find his hiding place. The farm was besieged by 300 police officers for days and then shot up. Kneißl was seriously injured and treated in a clinic in Munich before being beheaded in Augsburg in 1902.
The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend.
This epic version of the Mulan tale was an early epic, shot on location in Northern China using hundreds of extras. It is the story of Hua Mulan, a young woman who takes her fathers place in the army as he is unwell. She gains glory but must eventually deal with her deception.
MacCumhaill is a tale of a vigilante who assumes himself to be the reincarnation of the mythical Fionn MacCumhaill. He is obsessed and convinced that modern day Ireland is completely over run by crime and violence and will do anything he can to stop this trend continuing.
Part one of a two part feature serial following the folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. Both parts are now considered lost films.
In this all-animal version of the familiar story of Robin Hood, retold in stunning CGI animation, Robin Hood is up to his usual heroic antics when he learns that King Richard is finally returning home. However, Prince John arranges for his brother to be captured en route! The race is on -- Robin Hood must reach Richard before the Sheriff of Nottingham does -- or King and Kingdom will be forever lost.