Tvůrci v čele s režisérem Shekharem Kapurem si vybrali pro pokračování předchozího snímku Královna Alžběta pro ně nelehké období let 1585-88, kdy panovnice bránila a ubránila Anglii před vojskem úporného katolíka, španělského krále Filipa II., ale kdy také dala popravit svou sestřenici, skotskou královnu Marii Stuartovnu. Film Královna Alžběta: Zlatý věk zachycuje titulní postavu jako sebevědomou, vzdělanou a odpovědnou vládkyni, uvědomující si, co všechno musí pro své životní poslání v zájmu země obětovat, ale i jako náladovou a někdy despotickou ženu, toužící po lásce, která se čas od času nedokáže ubránit pochybnostem, depresím a zoufalství. Kromě politického či mocenského konfliktu se autoři soustřeďují na intimní vztahy mezi tehdy dvaapadesátiletou královnou (tento věk ovšem tvůrci nezdůrazňují), její oblíbenou dvorní dámou a chráněnkou Bess a mořeplavcem, korzárem a básníkem Sirem Walterem Raleighem.
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.
Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.
A terrorist attempts to plant a plush toy Ganesh containing a bomb in a temple, but it is stolen by a stubborn child and a race against time begins as the toy passes from hand to hand, ready to explode.
An overview of the rise and fall of the Knights Templar. A medieval military/religious order with allegiance to no country but only the Pope.
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.