The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (
1999) | IMDb:
6.4
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
Starring:
Milla Jovovich
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Faye Dunaway
,
John Malkovich
,
Vincent Cassel
,
Tchéky Karyo
Directed by:
Luc Besson
Elizabeth (
1998) | IMDb:
7.4
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.
Starring:
Cate Blanchett
,
Joseph Fiennes
,
Geoffrey Rush
,
Christopher Eccleston
,
John Gielgud
,
Richard Attenborough
The Dark Crystal (
1982) | IMDb:
7.1
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
A Walk with Love and Death (
1969) | IMDb:
6.4
During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monastery, their romance is overshadowed by the ongoing conflict between peasants and noblemen.
Oliver! (
1968) | IMDb:
7.4
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.