Beowulf besluit een einde te gaan maken aan de ellende en verwoestingen, waarvan het monster Grendel de oorzaak is. Maar de strijd blijkt vele malen moeilijker en zwaarder dan Beowulf ooit had kunnen denken. Maar Grendel blijkt niet het enige probleem, zijn moeder verschijnt al spoedig ten tonele om ook strijd tegen Beowulf te leveren.
Robin of Locksley zit na de kruistochten gevangen in Turkije. Hij ontsnapt dankzij de hulp van Moorse medegevangenen. Wanneer de twee terugkomen in Engeland komt Robin er achter dat zijn vader gedood is door de Sheriff van Nottingham en dat het volk door hem onderdrukt wordt.
Het verhaal van bokser en volksheld Jim Braddock, die na een reeks verliespartijen gedwongen werd te stoppen. Als de Grote Depressie aanbreekt accepteert Joe diverse beroerde baantjes om zijn vrouw Mae en hun kinderen te onderhouden, maar hij blijft dromen van de boksring.
In de eerste films hebben miljoenen kinderen met Pippi Langkous de spannende avonturen meegemaakt. Zo zijn ze samen met Pippi naar Taka-Tuka-land gereisd, hebben ze de strijd aangebonden met gevaarlijke piraten en de mevrouw van de kinderbescherming en van ze gewonnen. Na deze drie successen is er nu weer een nieuw avontuur van de kleine vrolijke Pippi Langkous uit de wereldberoemde verhalen van Astrid Lindgren. In deze film loopt ze met haar vriendjes Tommy en Annika van huis weg en maakt op een grote reis stad en land onveilig. Tot de drie in grote moeilijkheden komen...
Siegfried, zoon van Koning Sigmund, reist rond, maakt zwaarden en hoort verhalen over Krimhilde. Op weg naar het Bourgondische hof doodt hij de draak Fafnir en baadt in zijn bloed, wat hem onoverwinnelijk maakt.
Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge.
Een jonge held verslaat een draak om aanvaard te worden aan het hof van Bourgondië.
Het zijn donkere tijden: in de 18e eeuw heerst een tirannie van de Poolse adel en de broers Oleska en Ivan Dovbush vluchten noodgedwongen de Karpatische bergen in. Van daaruit plannen ze hun wraak op degenen die hun ouders hebben vermoord. Ivan is uit op geld, terwijl Oleska strijdt voor gerechtigheid, en ze komen recht tegenover elkaar te staan. Oleksa leidt het rebellenleger en is de onderdrukkers keer op keer te slim af. Zo is de legende van de Karpatische ridder Dovbush, die generaties later blijft inspireren, geboren.
XVIII eeuw. De legendarische Hutsul ataman Oleksa Dovbush, het hoofd van de rebellen, vecht in de Karpaten voor de vrijheid van haar thuisland tegen de Poolse en Hongaarse indringers.
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor. The legend were also known in neighboring Silesia, the Margraviate of Moravia and later spread to the Kingdom of Bohemia. The actual robber had little to do with the modern legend, whose content partly reflects the ubiquitous folk myths of a hero taking from the rich and giving to the poor. However, the legend was also shaped in important ways by the activists and writers in the 19th century when Jánošík became the key highwayman character in stories that spread in the north counties of the Kingdom of Hungary (present Slovakia) and among the local Gorals and Polish tourists in the Podhale region north of the Tatras.
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
Meet the doers and dreamers who made America great -- including John Henry, the railroad builder who proved the value of believing in oneself. Journey with giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan as he clears the land for American settlers. Follow the trail of the beloved American Icon Johnny Appleseed, who planted apple trees which blossomed along the new frontier. Then, take an unforgettable ride with Casey Jones, The Brave Engineer who never failed to deliver the mail...no matter how difficult the route!
MacCumhaill is a tale of a vigilante who assumes himself to be the reincarnation of the mythical Fionn MacCumhaill. He is obsessed and convinced that modern day Ireland is completely over run by crime and violence and will do anything he can to stop this trend continuing.
As Carpathian legend has it, Oleksa Dovbush was a heroic outlaw with excellent fighting skills and a gift to predict the future. He was left an orphan as a small boy after a local lord murdered Oleksa's mother. After spending his childhood in exile in the mountains, he returned as a grown man to avenge his mother's death. Oleksa gathered followers to begin a crusade against the lord, but destiny made other plans for him.
The Robber Mathias Kneißl became a legend in Bavaria. The film is based on the historical criminal case and describes the last year of the rebel and folk hero. At the age of 23, he is released from prison, where he has served an unreasonably harsh six-year sentence. When this becomes known, he loses his job as a carpenter and now wants to emigrate to America with his girlfriend. He hopes to earn the money for the journey by committing crimes. In the process, he fatally wounds a gendarme. Despite this, Mathias Kneißl does not leave the area and stays in the Dachau hinterland. Only when his girlfriend betrays him is he able to find his hiding place. The farm was besieged by 300 police officers for days and then shot up. Kneißl was seriously injured and treated in a clinic in Munich before being beheaded in Augsburg in 1902.
This epic version of the Mulan tale was an early epic, shot on location in Northern China using hundreds of extras. It is the story of Hua Mulan, a young woman who takes her fathers place in the army as he is unwell. She gains glory but must eventually deal with her deception.
Part one of a two part feature serial following the folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. Both parts are now considered lost films.
In this all-animal version of the familiar story of Robin Hood, retold in stunning CGI animation, Robin Hood is up to his usual heroic antics when he learns that King Richard is finally returning home. However, Prince John arranges for his brother to be captured en route! The race is on -- Robin Hood must reach Richard before the Sheriff of Nottingham does -- or King and Kingdom will be forever lost.