The Mission (1986)

Three astronauts must devise a strategy to return to Earth safely after their spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage.

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.

In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit ... See full summary »

The original US Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.

The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.

The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.