Subgenre Sampler
History: 406 Films to Buy & Rent
There Will Be Blood (2007)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor…
- Rising to the challenge, overachiever Paul Thomas Anderson delivers some formidable filmmaking to match his grim, egocentric tale of burning…
Warlords (TV Series) (Untold Stories of World War II) (2007)
- Well–reviewed UK documentary series analyses WWII's big players from a psychological perspective: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt and…
Amazing Grace (2006)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Albert Finney…
- Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…
Ancient Rome (TV Series) (2006)
- Extensive series dramatising the rise and fall of the Ancient Roman Empire through six episodes each presenting a different turning point in the fate…
Battleplan (TV Series) (2006)
- A comprehensive history and analysis of military strategies, combat tactics, and the art of modern warfare.
Across eighteen episodes, historical…
Blame it on Fidel! (La Faute à Fidel!) (2006)
- Dir. Julie Gavras
Feat. Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi
- A warm, wise and wryly observed evocation of a child's accelerated maturation in the midst of early 1970s social and political upheaval, Nina…
Catch a Fire (2006)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Tim Robbins, Derek Luke
- Sturdy, serious–minded political thriller from the steady hand of dir. Phillip Noyce, couched in the turbulence of South Africa’s Apartheid…
Cats of Mirikitani, The (2006)
- Dir. Linda Hattendorf
- Tenderly constructed documentary revealing the compelling life of a homeless artist living on the streets of NYC who survived an internment camp,…
Civilisations (2006)
- Purporting new insight, this series chronicles four of the most influential ancient civilizations to lay foundations for the world we know today.…
Crown Prince, The (TV Mini-series) (Kronprinz Rudolf) (2006)
- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Klaus Maria Brandauer…
- Sumptuous historical Austrian mini–series based on the Crown Prince's doomed love affair with a baroness, that eventually requires the pair to…