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My Name Is Bill W.
7.3

My Name Is Bill W.

Apr. 30, 1989

My Name Is Bill W.

Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20’s and ...
Scandal
6.5

Scandal

Mar. 03, 1989

Scandal

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and ...
Elephant
7.2

Elephant

Feb. 13, 1989

Elephant

A depiction of a series of violent killings in Northern Ireland with no clue as to exactly who is responsible.
The Fifteen Streets
7.0

The Fifteen Streets

Jan. 01, 1989

The Fifteen Streets

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O’Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker’s district. He falls in ...
Camille Claudel
7.3

Camille Claudel

Dec. 07, 1988

Camille Claudel

The life of Camille Claudel, a french scupltor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin ...
Men Behind the Sun
6.1

Men Behind the Sun

Dec. 01, 1988

Men Behind the Sun

The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit ...
Lenin: The Train
7.0

Lenin: The Train

Apr. 30, 1990

Lenin: The Train

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich ...
Testimony
7.1

Testimony

Nov. 01, 1988

Testimony

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Eight Men Out
7.2

Eight Men Out

Sep. 02, 1988

Eight Men Out

The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles ...
Cinema and Death
7.3

Cinema and Death

Jul. 01, 1988

Cinema and Death

“Why does cinema need death, when it can’t show it?” The filmmaker’s monologue and the discourse of images meet
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
8.0

Blackadder’s Christmas Carol

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.
To Kill a Priest
6.2

To Kill a Priest

Jan. 01, 1988

To Kill a Priest

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Empire of the Sun
7.7

Empire of the Sun

Dec. 09, 1987

Empire of the Sun

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is ...
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.
Cry Freedom
7.4

Cry Freedom

Nov. 06, 1987

Cry Freedom

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald ...
The Last Emperor
7.7

The Last Emperor

May. 27, 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 ...
Hope and Glory
7.3

Hope and Glory

Aug. 01, 1987

Hope and Glory

Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during ...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6.3

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Jun. 14, 1987

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
The Untouchables
7.9

The Untouchables

Jun. 03, 1987

The Untouchables

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it’s not going to be easy because Capone ...
Gardens of Stone
6.4

Gardens of Stone

May. 05, 1987

Gardens of Stone

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the ...
Chouans!
6.1

Chouans!

Mar. 23, 1988

Chouans!

L’histoire d’une famille noble et éclairée, celle du comte Savinien de Kerfadec, lors des grandes révoltes chouannes dans les ...
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. 29, 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
6.6

Caravaggio

Aug. 29, 1986

Caravaggio

As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to ...
Salvador
7.4

Salvador

Apr. 23, 1986

Salvador

A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Rosa Luxemburg
6.9

Rosa Luxemburg

Apr. 10, 1986

Rosa Luxemburg

Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa’s political gifts are acknowledged ...
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 ...
The Assault
7.2

The Assault

Feb. 06, 1986

The Assault

At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who ...
Il caso Moro
7.1

Il caso Moro

Jan. 01, 1986

Il caso Moro

On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five ...