Paraula clau 20th Century

Pel·lícula sobre el físic J. Robert Oppenheimer i el seu paper com a desenvolupador de la bomba atòmica. Basada en el llibre 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird i Martin J. Sherwin.

Les vides d'una aspirant a actriu i un prolífic assassí en sèrie es creuen a la dècada del 1970 quan tots dos entren al programa El joc de les cites.

Texas, principis del segle XX. Una història sobre la família, l'avarícia i la religió. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) es trasllada a una miserable ciutat amb el propòsit de fer fortuna, però a mesura que es va enriquint, els seus principis i valors desapareixen i acaba dominat per l'ambició. Després de trobar un ric jaciment de petroli el 1902, es converteix en un acabalat magnat. Quan, anys després, intenta apoderar-se d'un nou jaciment, s'ha d'enfrontar al predicador Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). Adaptació de la novel·la d'Upton Sinclair "Petroli", escrita el 1927.

Els acabalats germans Phil (Cumberbatch) i George Burbank (Plemons) són les dues cares de la mateixa moneda. Phil és elegant, genial i cruel, mentre George és impassible, primmirat i amable. Junts són copropietaris d'un ranxo enorme a Montana. És un lloc on la ràpida modernització del segle XX es manté i en què la figura de Bronco Henry, el cowbow més gran que Phil ha conegut mai, és venerat. Quan George es casa en secret amb una vídua del poble, Rose (Dunst), Phil, sorprès i furiós, duu a terme una guerra sàdica i implacable per destruir-la per complet usant el seu efeminat fill, Peter, com a peó.

Adaptació musical de la novel·la d'Alice Walker sobre les lluites de tota la vida d'una dona afroamericana que viu al sud a principis del segle XX.

Fanny i Alexander són dos germans que pertanyen a la pintoresca família Ekdahl, a principis de segle XX. Els seus pares, l'Oscar i l'Emilie, són el director i l'actriu principal de la companyia local de teatre, respectivament. Després de la sobtada mort d'Oscar, Emilie es torna a casar amb un predicador autoritari que els obliga a mantenir una vida ascètica. "Fanny i Alexander" va ser acaronada per la crítica i va aconseguir quatre Oscars en l'edició de 1984: direcció artística, fotografia, vestuari i pel·lícula de parla no anglesa.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.

The fight of Abdülhamid II to keep the Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

Seoul 1945 is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Ryu Soo-young, Han Eun-jeong, So Yoo-jin, Kim Ho-jin, and Park Sang-myun. It aired on KBS1 from January 7 to September 10, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:30 for 71 episodes. Set around 1945 right after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule when the nation was engulfed by ideological turmoil, the story revolves around the rivalry between Suk-kyoung, a renowned pianist and daughter of a rich pro-Japanese politician, and Hae-kyung, a headstrong servant; both women love Woon-hyuk, whose ambition to become a lawyer gets thwarted due to his political ideology.

A story about Emīlija Benjamiņa, the “queen of the press” in interwar Latvia, whose wealth and tragic fate have since become folklore. The film’s narrative covers the period from the beginnings of Emīlija’s magazine Atpūta (Recreation), to her arrest and slow demise in a train en route to Siberia. The most prominent clairvoyant of the time - Eugene Fink’s prophecy that Emīlija would die from starvation in a foreign land (which served to be true) weaves through the narrative as a red thread. With this strong woman at the centre of the story, the film shows Latvian society in all its richness and gives the audience the opportunity to meet many well-known historical figures.

The story of the Irish-American Lonigan family between 1918 and 1930.

Amelia Garayoa gives up a comfortable life in her fight for freedom, becoming swept up in the greatest conflicts of the 20th century.

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions. Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.

1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, the owner of the arms factory Nikolai Shumilov. Sashenka's parents: Prince Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky and Maria Ilyinichna dream of their daughter's early marriage, and she herself dreams of a brilliant career as an architect. Wanting to please her parents, Sasha makes new acquaintances and instantly plunges into a whirlpool of intrigue, where political interests are at stake above personal passions. Cold-blooded murders and blackmail, intricacies of conspiracies, daring provocateurs eluding detection - all this captivates the enthusiastic schoolgirl, who experiences mortal melancholy from the paucity of life prospects. Without noticing it, Sasha becomes an ideal target for terrorist hypnosis.

Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family. In the late 70s/early 80s, when the concept of a gay family was inconceivable to most, Ry and her sister Cade were born to two lesbian mothers through sperm donors. Ry’s idyllic childhood was threatened by an unexpected lawsuit which sent shockwaves through her family’s lives and continues to reverberate today.

Father-and-son team Peter and Dan Snow embark on an epic journey to describe battles that transformed the 20th century. Known for its extensive use of "sand table" CGI effects to help viewers visualize the battles.

Farmers Maria and Martin wish to adopt a boy from an orphanage and are surprised to receive Anna sent by mistake. Anna quickly wins the heart of Martin but is disapproved of by stern Maria at first.

The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief of the PIDE (the Estado Novo secret police), who became known by the inhuman way in which she acted.