Against the Ice
An adventure movie starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole and Charles Dance
In 1909, Denmark's Alabama Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen was attempting to disprove the United States' claim to North-Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen.
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
A drama starring Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance and Delphine Chuillot
In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
Agora (2009)
A drama from 2009 starring Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Amina
A drama starring Lucy Ameh, Ali Nuhu and Clarion Chukwurah-Abiola
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
Apocalypto (2006)
An action movie from 2006 starring Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Max Trujillo and Gerardo Taracena
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Apollo 13 (1995)
A rated PG drama from 1995 starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.