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Messalina
Messalina lives with her husband, Claudius, in the Imperial Palace. He is a nephew of Caligula. Caligula is a great tyrant and Messalina takes advantage of the hatred of the people to make her husband Emperor. She and an Egyptian princess fall in love with a famous chariot driver. Jealousy between the two arises and they plot to outwit each other. A young girl slave with whom the driver is in love, brings about the death of the princess and Messalina and unites the two young lovers.

- 1924
My Son the Jihadi
Channel 4 documentary about British mother, Sally Evans, whose son, Thomas, had been recruited - and joined - Islamist terrorist organisation, Al Shabaab, in Somalia.

- 2015
Target for Today
A documentary on the US 8th Air Force's bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2. In particular we see what goes into a bombing mission: the high-level planning and decision-making, how the order is then cascaded down through the organisation, how it is translated into lower-level plans and operations, the individual groups' preparations for the mission, the mission itself and the aftermath.

- 1944
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The fictionalized lives of the story-telling Grimm brothers are brought to life in this all-star fantasy film. In the early nineteenth century, the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are commissioned to write a family history for a local Duke. Reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone".

- 1962

- 2015
Moonchild
Former members of the Unification Church of the United States, pejoratively referred to as the Moonie cult, reenact their experiences with the church. How they joined, became disillusioned and left or got "rescued and deprogrammed".
- 1982
Alien Crash Retrievals
Learn the shocking truth about Extraterrestrial beings on Planet Earth. World governments and military factions are not only aware of the Alien presence; they may be in communication with alien races via an exchange program to transfer technology in exchange for allowing the abduction of innocent citizens for unknown purposes. Learn how the reverse engineering of alien technology led to the development of accelerated particle beam devices, fiber optics, lasers, integrated circuit chips and much more. Learn how the "Star Wars" program was meant to achieve the destructive capacity of electronic guidance systems in incoming enemy warheads, as well as the disablement of enemy spacecraft, including those of extraterrestrial origin. In the words of a military insider, "They don't want you to know that we are property, property of something much bigger and much more powerful than all the military power combined." "Riveting eyewitness and insider testimony." - The UFO Vault. "Irrefutable proof that we are NOT alone, quite the contrary." - Dr. John Jay Harper, author of Tranceformers, Shamans of the 21st Century. "Everything we've been told about Alien visitations is a lie." - Sean Morton, UFO Chronicles.
- 2015
The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev
A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by the charismatic, funny yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his grip on the 'family business', sending them on a rigid and unsure transition from Monarchy to Democracy.

- 2016
Pearl
Six women, who have all overcome homelessness to find success in the Arts, unite to share their vision for a world where homelessness no longer exists.
Chopper
Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a murder sentence in prison. His book, From the Inside, upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

- Metascore68
- 2000
The Beatles: Love Me Do

- 2005
The Last Shaman
The Last Shaman is the story of James Freeman, a young man who decides to take matters in his own hands when faced with incurable depression. He undergoes a life-changing journey in the Amazon jungle that brings him a deeper understanding and acceptance of self. Along the way, he experiences the healing properties of the tribal plant medicine, Ayahuasca, and the world around it.

- Metascore49
- 2016
Dirty Games
Never has it been more clear since the FIFA scandal: International sports are governed with fraud, corruption, and exploitation. The award-winning documentary "Dirty Games" looks behind the scenes into the world of dazzling sports and puts the popular sports such as football, boxing and basketball under the microscope.

- 2016
Stealing Sinatra
In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story.

- 2003
Boiling Pot
"Boiling Pot" is based on a true account of a modern collegiate student body rocked when a noose is found hanging from a tree on campus. Racial tensions grow between various student groups and culminate in violence, leaving everyone to wonder if anyone is left who is truly innocent.

- 2015

- 1980
The Golden Age of Comedy
A compilation of scenes featuring some of the best-known comics from the silent era in their best films.

- 1957
A Scandal in Paris
In 1805, twenty-nine-year-old Eugene-François Vidocq (George SANDERS) is serving time in jail after a life of petty crimes and romantic conquests. After Vidocq and his cellmate, Emile Vernet (Akim TAMIROFF), escape from jail, they take refuge with Emile's family in Paris. Later, posing as soldiers in Napoleon's army, the men leave for Marseilles. There, in a waterfront café, Vidocq meets singer Loretta (Carole LANDIS), but their romance ends when Vidocq steals a jeweled garter from her. A short time later, Loretta marries Chief of Police Richet (Gene LOCKHART), the man who gave her the garter. In a cemetery on the road back to Paris, Vidocq and Emile rescue a pet monkey belonging to the Marquise de Pierremont (Alma KRUGER). After catching a glimpse of the marquise's jewels, Vidocq wrangles an invitation to her castle. The marquise's son Houdon (Alan NAPIER), the Minister of Police, has two daughters -- beautiful Therese (Signe HASSO), who becomes infatuated with Vidocq, and precocious Mimi (Jo Ann MARLOWE). Learning from Houdon that Richet is on the trail of the "Casanova" bandit, Vidocq decides to steal the jewels immediately and hide them on the castle grounds. When Richet fails to capture the thief, Houdon fires him. Vidocq then pretends to discover the hidden jewels and is appointed to Richet's vacated position. Vidocq reveals to Emile his plans to use his new position to rob the Bank of Paris and, in preparation for the robbery, hires Emile's relatives as bank guards. One day, as he leaves the bank, Vidocq encounters Loretta, who recognizes him and pressures him into meeting her that night at a modiste's shop. Worried that Loretta will expose him, Vidocq orders Emile to carry out the robbery that night. Later that day, at the marquise's request, Therese and Mimi, accompanied by Emile and Vidocq, deposit her jewels in the bank. When they are alone, Therese tells Vidocq of her love for him and also reveals her knowledge that he stole her mother's jewels. She then begs him to remain in his job as an honest policeman. Because he returns Therese's love, Vidocq agrees to her request. After he tells Emile's family that he will not participate in the robbery, Vidocq leaves for his meeting with Loretta, followed by an enraged Emile. When Vidocq arrives at the modiste's, he discovers that Loretta has been killed by her jealous husband, who then committed suicide. Emile tries to kill Vidocq but is himself killed in the ensuing struggle. Vidocq confesses his crimes, and is pardoned when he agrees to make reparations. His name cleared, Vidocq marries Therese and begins a new life on the side of the law.

- 1946
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
Welcome to the Alabama independent wrestling circuit. It's the middle of the summer -temperature 110 degrees. At the high school gym, to the sounds of hoots and screams from a very vocal and emotional audience, aging wrestling legends such as the Iron Sheik and Bullet Bob Armstrong battle with and against local professional competition. Behind the scenes you will meet these people and get the inside story on what and who make up this often unseen side of professional wrestling.

- 2002
Sugar Fields
(1944-1949 Dominican Republic, during the dictatorship of Raphael Leonidas Trujillo) One island and two completely different nations. Destiny unites the live of two peasant families, one Dominican and the other Haitian. Samuel, a young Dominican peasant, faces the injustice of Trujillo which leads him to kill a soldier in self defense, he's forced to flee to a distant island of fishermen in the Caribbean away from his family.

- 2016
Running Free
In 1914, a German supply ship is en route to Africa with a cargo of work horses when one of the mares gives birth to a foal. The colt is soon separated from his mother when the ship docks in a mining community, and he has a hard time getting along, but an orphaned boy who works at a stable takes a liking to the little horse and looks after him. When war breaks out, the stable is abandoned and the pony escapes into a nearby desert, where an Oryx antelope and a native girl become his companions and teach him how to survive on his own.

- Metascore22
- 1999
Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story
Story of a soap celeb Deidre Hall's attempt to have a baby; based on the actress' story of how she conquered childlessness in which the beauteous Hall plays herself.

- 1995
Fursonas
Of modern fandoms around, few are newer and least understood in mainstream Western culture than furry fandom: the fandom of anthropomorphic fantasy characters aka funny animals. This film interviews various devotees to this interest, such as their personal lives and their personal opinions on their hobby, whether it be simply an appreciation of the artistic products or wearing elaborate furry costumes complete with alternate personas. Furthermore, the internal conflict of the fandom is explored between those who struggle to maintain a carefully positive public image of the community for outsiders and those esoteric souls who insist on enjoying their hobby their way, not matter how extreme. Against the looming fear of the mainstream media determined to exploit the most sensational examples they can find, this conflict is bound to make the fur fly.

- 2016
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
Biography of Chicago Bulls' basketball star Dennis Rodman, who is well known for his off-court and on-court shenanigans takes great effort to paint the calm, decent side of the athlete despite the film title. Dennis is shown to be pushed by his momma to play pro ball and to go to college where he would get the opportunity. Shipped to Oklahoma where he faces racism, he is taken in by a white family and coached by Lonn Reisman. The movie finally tracks Rodman into his wild, multi-haired current lifestyle.
- 1998