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Walker
6.6

Walker

Dec. 04, 1987

Walker

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d’etat.
The Last Emperor
7.7

The Last Emperor

Oct. 04, 1987

The Last Emperor

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship ...
The Untouchables
7.8

The Untouchables

Jun. 03, 1987

The Untouchables

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the ...
Hibiscus Town
8.2

Hibiscus Town

Mar. 05, 1987

Hibiscus Town

Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of ...
Warrior Queen
3.3

Warrior Queen

Jan. 26, 1987

Warrior Queen

In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping ...
Tai-Pan
5.6

Tai-Pan

Nov. 07, 1986

Tai-Pan

The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and ...
The Mission
7.4

The Mission

Sep. 06, 1986

The Mission

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave ...
Caravaggio
6.5

Caravaggio

Aug. 29, 1986

Caravaggio

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly ...
Death of a Soldier
5.8

Death of a Soldier

May. 16, 1986

Death of a Soldier

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and ...
Lady Jane
7.1

Lady Jane

Feb. 07, 1986

Lady Jane

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to ...
Revolution
5.3

Revolution

Dec. 25, 1985

Revolution

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the ...
Out of Africa
7.1

Out of Africa

Dec. 20, 1985

Out of Africa

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The ...
The Color Purple
7.7

The Color Purple

Dec. 18, 1985

The Color Purple

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. ...
The Doctor and the Devils
6.2

The Doctor and the Devils

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more ...
Ran
8.2

Ran

Jun. 01, 1985

Ran

Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his ...
The Official Story
7.7

The Official Story

Apr. 03, 1985

The Official Story

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask ...
Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil
6.5

Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil

The two-part TV movie Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman ...
A Passage to India
7.3

A Passage to India

Dec. 14, 1984

A Passage to India

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of ...
The Killing Fields
7.8

The Killing Fields

Nov. 23, 1984

The Killing Fields

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and ...
Amadeus
8.4

Amadeus

Sep. 19, 1984

Amadeus

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young ...
The Blood of Others
5.3

The Blood of Others

Aug. 25, 1984

The Blood of Others

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator ...
Yellow Earth
7.1

Yellow Earth

Aug. 19, 1984

Yellow Earth

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small ...
Fort Saganne
6.3

Fort Saganne

May. 11, 1984

Fort Saganne

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under ...
The Bounty
7.1

The Bounty

May. 04, 1984

The Bounty

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian ...
Pope John Paul II
6.7

Pope John Paul II

Apr. 22, 1984

Pope John Paul II

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation ...
Rasputin
5.3

Rasputin

Jan. 06, 1984

Rasputin

The monk Rasputin is summoned by the Russian nobility to use his healing powers to heal the dying heir to the Russian Empire.
The Right Stuff
7.8

The Right Stuff

Oct. 20, 1983

The Right Stuff

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 ...
Barefoot Gen
8

Barefoot Gen

Jul. 21, 1983

Barefoot Gen

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy’s life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.2

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ...