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1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 379,337 | Gross: $220.16M
2. A Royal Affair (2012)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 51,002 | Gross: $1.55M
3. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,684 | Gross: $8.21M
4. Winterhawk (1975)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Western
In 1845 Montana, a Blackfoot Chief tries to buy a cure for his tribe's smallpox infection, but the white settlers are unsympathetic, forcing the Indian Chief to resort to desperate measures.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Leif Erickson, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle, L.Q. Jones
Votes: 629
5. Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in a Gimli of old.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck, Margaret Anne MacLeod
Votes: 1,475
6. Sooyii
85 min | Drama, History | Completed
A Young Pikuni Man, the lone survivor of a deadly curse that decimates his village, joins forces with an unlikely ally to finally face the unknown.
Director: Krisztian Kery | Stars: Danny Edmo, Stormee Kipp, Michael Momberg, Cheyenne Gordon
7. One Man's Journey (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose ... See full summary »
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, May Robson, Dorothy Jordan, Joel McCrea
Votes: 536
8. The Virgin of Guadalupe (1942)
98 min | Drama, History
Director: Gabriel Soria | Stars: Amparo Morillo, Abel Salazar, Arturo Soto Rangel, María Luisa Zea
Votes: 23
9. Dear America: Standing in the Light (1999 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 29 min | Drama, Family, History
A teenage Quaker farm girl is abducted by Indians in 1750s Pennsylvania.
Director: Stacey Stewart Curtis | Stars: Madeleine Bergeron, C. David Johnson, Jane Johanson, Jennifer Podemski
Votes: 86
10.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
Double
(2000)
R | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman begins experiencing terrible nightmares involving a dying woman from the past who wants to take possession of her body.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: David Bowie, Lori Petty, Daniela Akerblom, Larry Day
Votes: 59
11.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Pariah
(1960)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Randall learns "hate comes high" in a town whose people have hired a trio of killers to murder their fellow resident Randy Holleran, a sniveling drunkard whom Josh can't stand but has promised his father to protect.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Steve McQueen, Susan Oliver, Don Dubbins, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 124
12.
The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1994)
Episode:
The Ghost
(1993)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Scholars from every land have been invited to Camelot to plan its future in fighting its enemies, but Merlin is troubled by the appearance of one from China who stirs feelings of guilt in ... See full summary »
Stars: Robby Benson, Michael Horton, Noelle North, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 16
13.
Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1985)
Drama, Crime
Upon the death of Krook, Smallweed examines the personal effects, including letters reviewed by Tulkinghorn. Later, Esther becomes seriously ill with the pox. Finally, Tulkinghorn has a frank conversation with Lady Dedlock.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan, Ian Hogg
Votes: 12
14.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
The Marriage Game
(1971)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The new Queen Elizabeth I is 25 years old - and unmarried. Her council - particularly the man she trusts most, Sir William Cecil - urges her to marry quickly (to ensure the succession, ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Esmond Knight
Votes: 106
15.
Emily of New Moon (1998–2003)
Episode:
In the Valley of the Shadow of Death
(1999)
TV-G | 47 min | Drama
The entire town suffers the smallpox epidemic as many become sick and die.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy, Stephen McHattie, John Neville
Votes: 9
16.
Emily of New Moon (1998–2003)
Episode:
The Return of Malcolm Murray
(1999)
TV-G | 47 min | Drama
Malcolm Murray brings a six-year-old black boy to Blair Water. Rejected by the community, Emily tries to make Robbie Burns feel at home.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Susan Clark, Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy, Stephen McHattie
Votes: 9
17.
From Nothing (2015– )
Episode:
Why European Diseases Didn't Kill Africans
(2022)
15 min | Documentary, Animation, History
European diseases, particularly smallpox, were devastating to American peoples and played a major role in the conquest of these regions. But the diseases were already endemic in Africa and ... See full summary »
Star: Jabari Walker
18.
Curious and Unusual Deaths (2009– )
Episode:
Death by Innocent Pastimes
(2012)
TV-14 | History, Mystery
If you eat food in a chem lab, even gum, don't complain once you're dead. But you can't be blamed for being infected by a virus on a search and destroy mission. But what's the harm of a video game after a hard day's work.
Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Steve Herringer, Jimmie Oxley, Ilia Paraschis, D.A. Henderson
Votes: 11
19.
From Nothing (2015– )
Episode:
Top 5 Most Surprising African Achievements
(2017)
12 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Medical treatments, walled cities, global trade predating or surpassing comparable achievements elsewhere in the world can be found in Central Africa.
Star: Jabari Walker
20.
History Specials (2010– )
Episode:
Who Really Discovered America?
(2010)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, History, War
Did other explorers beat Columbus to our shores? New evidence suggests that America may have been discovered -- and rediscovered -- by Asian, Celtic, and Polynesian tribes, among others. ... See full summary »
Votes: 18