The Aeronauts (
2019) | IMDb:
6.6
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
Starring:
Eddie Redmayne
,
Felicity Jones
,
Tom Courtenay
,
Phoebe Fox
,
Himesh Patel
,
Rebecca Front
An Officer and a Spy (
2019) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
Starring:
Jean Dujardin
,
Louis Garrel
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Grégory Gadebois
,
Hervé Pierre
,
Wladimir Yordanoff
Arn: The Knight Templar (
2007) | IMDb:
6.6
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Starring:
Joakim Nätterqvist
,
Sofia Helin
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Michael Nyqvist
,
Mirja Turestedt
,
Morgan Alling
Queen of the Damned (
2002) | IMDb:
5.2
Lestat finds acceptance in a tattooed and pierced world, rekindling the desires of all-powerful Akasha.
I Dreamed of Africa (
2000) | IMDb:
5.5
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.
Starring:
Kim Basinger
,
Vincent Perez
,
Liam Aiken
,
Daniel Craig
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Lance Reddick
Directed by:
Hugh Hudson
Produced by:
On Guard (
1997) | IMDb:
6.9
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent life of the duke's last heir.
Starring:
Daniel Auteuil
,
Fabrice Luchini
,
Vincent Perez
,
Marie Gillain
,
Yann Collette
,
Jean-François Stévenin