Romerrigets kejser udpeger hærføreren Maximus som sin efterfølger, men kejserens magtbegærlige søn Commodus har andre planer. Han lader Maximus' familie myrde, mens Maximus undslipper, hårdt såret. Maximus bliver gjort til slave og trænet som gladiator. Hans berømmelse i arenaen vokser hurtigt, men selv lever han kun for at hævne sin familie. Og en dag bliver han sendt til Rom for at kæmpe i Colosseum for øjnene af den nye kejser - Commodus.
Den omrejsende tandlæge og dusørjæger dr. King Schulz er Det Vilde Vestens mest veltalende mand. Han er også lynende hurtig med en revolver, og da han befrier den sorte slave Django, har han tilmed fået en partner. Sammen går makkerparret i gang med jagte eftersøgte forbrydere, men den største udfordring bliver at redde Django's kone ud af den brutale plantageejer Calvin Candie's kløer.
Mayaernes magt er på sit højeste, men fundamentet er ved at smuldre mens adel og præster kræver stadig flere templer og menneskeofringer til guderne. Unge Jaguar Paw bliver udvalgt til at lade livet for at sikre fortsat fremgang. Men Jaguar har bestemt ikke tænkt sig frivilligt at affinde sig med sin skæbne og tager kampen op mod det undertrykkende og barbariske regime.
Filmen handler om to af Indiens mest berømte revolutionære, Komaram Bheem og Rama Raju, som ledte hver sin modstandskamp i starten af det tyvende århundrede. Den opdigtede fortælling skildrer, hvordan de to legender mødte hinanden i britisk besatte Delhi i 1920 og gik i åben krig med den britiske guvernør.
Caesar og hans aber bliver tvunget ind i en dødbringende konflikt med en gruppe svært bevæbnede mennesker under ledelse af den nådesløse Oberst. Aberne lider store tab, og Caesar må kæmpe en indre kamp med sine instinkter for at kunne planlægge og starte jagten på retfærdighed for sine artsfæller. Rejsen bringer Caesar ansigt til ansigt med Obersten, og de står over for et slag, der vil afgøre skæbne for deres arter og fremtiden for planeten.
George Taylor nødlander på en fremmed planet under en rummission. Han erfarer hurtigt, at planeten regeres af intelligente aber, der skabt deres egen veludviklede civilisation. Menneskene på denne planet er til gengæld primitive, dyriske væsener, der ikke evner at tale. Da aberne opdager, at Taylor faktisk er intelligent, er reaktionerne forskellige. Lederen Dr. Zaius ønsker at slå Taylor ihjel, mens to forskere, Cornelius og Zira, forsøger at beskytte ham.
Den klassiske fortælling om Scarlett O'Hara og hendes kamp for at beholde sydstatsgodset Terra på trods af borgerkrig og fattigdom. Samtidig også den tragiske kærlighedshistorie om hendes forhold til gentlemanen Rhett Butler.
I 1841 er den sorte amerikaner Solomon Northup en fri mand med kone og børn, da han bedøves, bortføres og sælges som slave. Det bliver begyndelsen på 12 års helvede, hvor Solomon må kæmpe både for at holde sig i live og for at bevare sin værdighed. '12 Years a Slave' modtog tre Oscars, blandt andet for bedste film.
I det ældgamle ægypten adopterer faraoen spædbarnet Moses, der senere opdager, at han i virkeligheden er jøde. Moses beslutter at lede jøderne til frihed i Kanaans land på trods af sin bror Ramses hårdhændede forsøg på at stoppe dem. Senere drager Moses alene til Sinai-bjerget hvor han modtager de ti bud som leveregler for sit folk.
Året er 1999, og der er borgerkrig i Sierra Leone. Fiskeren Solomon's drømme bliver knuste, da han bliver kidnappet og tvunget væk fra kone og barn for at arbejde i en diamantmine, der finansierer borgerkrigen.
Slaven Spartacus trænes som gladiator, men det umenneskelige liv i træningslejren får ham og hans fæller til at gøre oprør. Og oprøret breder sig, så selveste det romerske kejserdømme begynder at mærke det.
Nogle hundrede år ude i fremtiden støder en rumstation på et mystisk elektromagnetisk felt. Den specialtrænede chimpanse Pericles sendes af sted for at rekognoscere, men den forsvinder. Stik imod alle ordrer flyver kaptajn Leo Davidson efter for at finde den. Han suges ind i en tidslomme og lander på en planet, der på mange måder minder om Jorden - bortset fra, at her er det menneskeaber, der er civilisationens herrer, mens menneskene er deres slaver.
For hulemændene Zed og Oh virker et træ med gyldne æbler ganske uskadeligt, men da de efter at have spist af æblerne finder ud af, at det er kundskabens træ, må de se i øjnene, at de har begået en stor fejl. De bliver tvunget til at rejse væk fra deres stamme, og dette bliver starten på et stort eventyr gennem menneskehedens første stadier: fra jæger/samlersamfundet til det storslåede romerrige.
DOGVILLE handler om den smukke Grace, som er på flugt fra gangstere og ankommer til den lille isolerede bjergby Dogville. Med lidt hjælp og overtalelse fra byens forfatterspire Tom, tilbyder indbyggerne at skjule Grace, der til gengæld skal arbejde lidt hos alle i byen. Dapolititet starter en eftersøgning af Grace, kræver alle i byen, især mændene, sig langsomt bedre og bedre betalt for den risiko det er at skjule hende. Grace erfarer på grusomste vis, at den godhed hun har fundet i Dogville, må betragtes som relativ. Men Grace gemmer på en hemmelighed, der både bliver skæbnesvanger for hende selv, og ikke mindst for de gode borgere i Dogville…
Den sande historie om butleren i Det Hvide Hus, der tjente otte amerikanske præsidenter over tre årtier, og hvorledes hans liv blev påvirket af de dramatiske ændringer i det amerikanske samfund.
Året er 1994, da den unge student Hyun Jae, efter et besøg på en bar i New Mexico, bliver kidnappet af skruppelløse menneskesmuglere. Hendes liv forvandles hurtigt til et levende helvede, men en dag begynder hun at udtænke en lidt anderledes flugtplan... “Eden” er en prisbelønnet thriller, som er baseret på virkelige hændelser.
Et drengebarn kommer til verden på slagmarken, skåret ud af sin døende mors mave. Han vokser op hos sin stamme af barbarer i den barske, kimmeriske vildmark og trænes til krig - han er Conan. Efter en manddomsprøve i bjergene vender Conan hjem til et tragisk syn: Han landsby er udraderet af krigsherren Khalra Zym, som med sort magi og en hær af monstre forsøger at overtage kontrollen med hele Hyboria. Folkets skæbne hviler på Conans skuldre og drevet af hævnlyst, drager han ud for at redde sin verden fra et jerngreb af ondskab.
I 1849 er Minty slave i sydstaten Maryland. Da hendes slaveholder dør, lykkes det hende at flygte til friheden i staten Pennsylvania. Minty skifter navn til Harriet, men hun kan ikke affinde sig med at være fri, når der stadig er så mange slaver. Med livet som indsats begiver hun sig gang på gang til sydstaterne for at hjælpe sorte slaver på flugt - ikke mindst hendes egen familie.
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a "magus,"a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice--and his bride!
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
In the near future, human inhabitants would have been crowded and congested. It was an urgency to stride out to the universe and find a new home. When everything was under progress in an orderly way, dramatic geological transformations erupted over the courses of decades. Humanity was demolished by this disaster and hardly left anything. Until the nature gradually restored calm, people struggled to their feet from ruins and abysses, stepping again onto this familiar but strange earth. But for us people, dominating everything has been rooted into our blood. Are we still masters of this new world?
Born into a world 1000 years in our future, Saki and her friends live in utopia. Not only is their idyllic community overflowing with resources, but technology is obsolete, thanks to a magical power that grants the ability to materialize anything. However, when Saki discovers a lost artifact, the facade is shattered! Faced with a startling truth about their town, Saki and her companions face dangers they never knew existed, and their choices may change the fate of everyone.
Set in 19th-century Brazil during the waning years of slavery, Escrava Isaura tells the story of Isaura, a white-skinned enslaved woman raised with the manners and education of a noble lady. Though treated with affection by her mistress, Isaura remains legally enslaved and becomes the object of obsessive desire by Leôncio Almeida, the cruel heir to the plantation. After the death of her protector, Isaura falls under Leôncio’s control. Despite his attempts to seduce and dominate her, she resists, determined to preserve her dignity and freedom. Her father, Miguel, helps her escape to Recife, where she adopts a new identity and meets Álvaro, a wealthy and principled abolitionist who falls in love with her. Leôncio eventually tracks her down, leading to dramatic confrontations. In the end, Álvaro rescues Isaura by purchasing Leôncio’s debts, securing her freedom and affirming the story’s central themes of justice, love, and resistance against oppression.
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo's journey has only just begun!
Isaura was born in 1835, in the farm of Commender Almeida. She is the daughter of the slave Juliana and the tenant of the farm, Miguel. Juliana dies right after the birth, because she denied going to bed with the Commender. He whips her to death in revenge. So, Isaura is raised and educated by Gertrudes, wife of the Commender, who always wanted to have a daughter. In spite of her excellent education and the white skin, Isaura, as a daughter of a slave,will always be treated as a slave.
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
One year ago, a UFO containing 150 aliens crash-landed off the shores of Kasai. Because no one could fix their ship, the Japanese Government decided to bestow upon them the designation "DearS" and make them into Japanese citizens. One morning, a truck carrying a capsule that housed one of the aliens ends up dropping it into the riverbank, releasing her from her confinement. She is eventually found by a high school student named Takeya Ikuhara, who saves her, despite being extremely distrustful of their race and wanting nothing to do with them. Upon being named Ren, she imprints upon him as her "Master" and serves as his personal "Slave," leaving him with a "DearS" who wants to remain with him no matter what.
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
