Season of the Witch (2011)
A fantasy movie starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Ulrich Thomsen
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Black Death (2011)
A history movie starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Carice van Houten
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
The Name of the Rose (1986)
A crime movie starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham and Christian Slater
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Das Boot (1982)
A war movie starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Valhalla Rising (2010)
A history movie starring Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis and Jamie Sives
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness ... (more)
The Iron Lady (2012)
A history movie starring Meryl Streep, Anthony Stewart Head and Harry Lloyd
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.