Adventure, History
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.
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Antarctica
Mary Kom
Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style
Pasolini
Leopardi
Excellent Cadavers
Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon
Mayor of Lowell
The Eiger Sanction
Two Prosecutors
Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story
Van Diemen's Land
Invictus
Verdon Vertical Mile
Congo
Son of Sam, Son of Hope
The Brawler
Bigger
Labyrinth of Lies
Det begyndte med Mathilde
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Antarctica
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1983
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.Mary Kom
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2014
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2020
Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranks among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century. Virtually overnight, he becomes famous in Paris thanks to the posters that he designs to announce actress Sarah Bernhardt’s plays. But at the height of his fame, Mucha decides to leave Paris to realize his lifetime project.Pasolini
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2014
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.Leopardi
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2014
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.Excellent Cadavers
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1999
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2019
A kaleidoscopic portrait of the English actress and singer Jane Birkin, heroine of pop culture.Mayor of Lowell
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the first Cambodian American Mayor in the United States. Chau immigrated to the U.S. at seven years old to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide. Through this unique story that showcases the best of Lowell—immigrant success, assimilation, history, and the development of the arts—we see a man born into a war-torn country who comes to America to be a first-in-the-nation leader.The Eiger Sanction
IMDB 6.1 | May , 1975
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.Two Prosecutors
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2025
In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
In the 1970s, old gangster moll Lou Rolfe is confronted with her involvement in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre orchestrated in 1929 by her former husband, Al Capone's main hit-man, Jack McGurn.Van Diemen's Land
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2009
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.Invictus
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2009
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.Verdon Vertical Mile
IMDB 10 | May , 2020
Congo
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2018
In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.Son of Sam, Son of Hope
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1998
The Son of Sam, David Berkowitz testimony of his involvement into the occult, his descent into cold-blooded murder, his arrest, and his surprising conversion to Christianity in his years in prison.The Brawler
IMDB 4.3 | Jan , 2019
The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.Bigger
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2018
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.Labyrinth of Lies
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2014
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.Det begyndte med Mathilde
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1978
A dramatized account of Denmark's first women's rights activist, Mathilde Fibiger. Based on letters and diaries, it depicts her life and views from the 1850s, when she published the controversial epistolary novel Clara Raphael, until 1872, when she died at the age of only 41.