Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.
In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wed headmaster of an Episcopal boarding school in California.
Millie comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality and white slavers.
An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.
A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother, and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
A traveling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to the United States.
A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.
Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.
In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.
An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?