Bluebeard

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.

1963-01-25 | fr

Dreamland

A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.

2006-01-23 | en

She Wanted a Millionaire

Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau where she risks terrible cruelty and even death.

1932-02-21 | en

Miss

A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.

2020-10-21 | fr

JO de Berlin 36, la grande illusion

2015-03-15 | fr

The Entertainer

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

1960-07-25 | en

Za honban: Joyū ōdishon-hen

A girl gets a once in a lifetime chance to become an AV idol when she enters a beauty contest.

1987-03-28 | ja

Little Miss Sunshine

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

2006-07-26 | en

American Royalty

The American Royalty docuseries showcases an in-depth perspective of the Miss America Pageant. Experience the hundred year history, influence, controversy, and evolution of this iconic institution.

2022-02-22 | en

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

In 1944, two prisoners miraculously escaped from Auschwitz. They told the world of the horror of the Holocaust and raised one of the greatest moral questions of the 20th century.

2019-09-19 | it

Falando das Flores

In a night of uncertainty and celebration, Francisco faces caos and loss with the abscence of his broom, who's enganged with political protests, transforms the wedding into a million of emotions and painful decisions.

2024-08-31 | pt

Miss Beijo

An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge.

2021-02-19 | pt

Night of Evil

A young woman's rise to fame after she wins a beauty contest is cut short when she marries an ex-convict.

1962-01-27 | en

Dumplin'

To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.

2018-12-20 | en

Augustus und Livia - Liebe, Macht und Schwert

2021-11-19 | de

We Believed

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.

2010-11-12 | it

Miss Juneteenth

Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.

2020-09-25 | en

Beauty on Parade

Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.

1950-05-04 | en

444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique

On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captivity. Told by those who lived through it, a crisis that traumatized America and upset the political balance in the Middle East.

2022-06-19 | fr

Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World

'Afghanistan 1979: the war that changed the world', is a French documentary about the Sovjet invasion in Afghanistan in 1979. It was one of the most crucial events of the 20th century, and changed the world forever. This documentary gives a good insight in the Afghan-Russian war ; the alliance between the Russian and Afghan communist governments ; Islamic resistance ; the support of America for the resistance and its consequences on the war.

2014-11-11 | fr