Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Ohio, 1934. Der schwarze Ausnahme-Athlet Jesse Owens trainiert unter seinem Coach Larry Snyder, der ihn auf die Olympischen Spiele in Berlin vorbereiten will. Sportlich läuft es perfekt für Jesse, der immer wieder Bestzeiten läuft – aber der Trubel um seine Person macht ihm zu schaffen. Zwei Jahre später hat er mit Snyders Hilfe rechtzeitig für Olympia zu innerer Stärke gefunden. Als Jesse jedoch erfährt, dass die Nazis die Olympischen Spiele für Ihre rassistische Propaganda nutzen wollen, erwägt er, sie zu boykottieren. Doch letztlich trifft er die einzig richtige Entscheidung: Er reist nach Berlin – und macht die Spiele nicht nur zu seinem persönlichen sportlichen Triumph, sondern sorgt für eine herbe Niederlage für Hitlers Nazi-Regime...
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
Das koloniale Indien des Jahres 1913: Srinivasa Ramanujan ist 25, einfacher Büroangestellter – und ein genialer, intuitiver Mathematiker. Doch weder Familie noch Vorgesetzte würdigen bzw. erkennen, welche Fähigkeit Srinivasa hat. Er wendet sich an den britischen Mathematikprofessor G. H. Hardy, der am Trinity College in Cambridge arbeitet. Hardy merkt schnell, dass ihn ein großes Talent kontaktiert hat. Der Professor holt Srinivasa nach England, gegen Widerstände akademischer Kollegen, und das junge Mathegenie macht Theorien zu Formeln, nach denen die Mathematik nicht mehr so ist wie davor. Doch Srinivasa, der seine Frau Janaki in Indien zurückließ, ist auch im neuen Land ein Außenseiter. Schwer hat er dafür zu kämpfen, seine Ideen in einem abweisenden, elitären Kollegenkreis durchzusetzen, zumal auch die Gesundheit bald streikt...
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.