Majuba: Hill of Pigeons

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

Runtime

3h 1m

Director

Kevin Costner

Cast

Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and t...

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Edward Zwick

Cast

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Neil Jordan

Cast

Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

Runtime

2h

Director

Jane Campion

Cast

Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloo...

Runtime

3h 11m

Director

Richard Attenborough

Cast

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox