Situada en la turbulenta època que va marcar el final de la gran civilització maia. Quan la seva idíl·lica existència és brutalment interrompuda per l'atac d'una violenta força invasora, un home emprèn un arriscat viatge a un món regit per la por i l'opressió en el que li espera un incert final. A causa d'un gir del destí i esperonat per l'amor a la seva esposa i la seva família, emprendrà el retorn a la seva llar en un desesperat esforç per preservar la seva forma de vida.
Una banda de bandits atemoreixen els habitants d'un petit poble, saquejant-los periòdicament sense pietat. Per repel·lir aquests atacs, els vilatans decideixen contractar mercenaris. Finalment, aconsegueixen els serveis de 7 guerrers, 7 samurais disposats a defensar-los a canvi, tan sols, de recer i menjar.
Història de Tulio i Miguel, un parell d'estafadors de poca volada que aconsegueixen un mapa de El Dorado. Després de fugir del vaixell que dirigeix l'explorador espanyol Cortés amb l'ajuda d'un intel·ligent cavall anomenat Altiu, aconsegueixen arribar a la llegendària ciutat d'or, però els seus problemes no han fet més que començar.
Anglaterra, segle XVI. Narra la història de dues germanes, Ana i Maria Bolena (Portman & Johansson). El pare i l'oncle de totes dues, moguts per l'ambició de millorar el nivell social i el poder de la família, convencen les joves perquè conquistin l'amor d'Enric VIII, Rei d'Anglaterra. Anna i Maria abandonen la seva vida al camp per traslladar-se al perillós i apassionant món de la cort. Però aviat sorgeix entre elles una rivalitat sense caserna per obtenir l'amor del Rei. Al principi, el Rei escull com a amant Maria i té amb ella un bastard. Però Anna, que és molt intel·ligent i astuta, aconsegueix eclipsar la seva germana i, fins i tot, que el rei repudiï Caterina d'Aragó, la seva legítima dona.
Anglaterra 1554. Després de la mort de la reina Maria Tudor, que ha deixat el país sumit en un estat d'inestabilitat financera i crisi religiosa, puja al tron Isabel I (Cate Blanchett). Popularment se la coneix com "La Reina Verge", encara que per la seva participació en el repartiment del botí obtingut després dels atacs de Drake a les costes espanyoles, tant peninsulars com a colonials, és també coneguda com "La Reina Pirata".
El 1560, poc després de la destrucció de l'imperi inca, una expedició espanyola parteix de les muntanyes del Perú rumb a les selves de l'Amazones, a la recerca de la llegendària terra del Dorado. A través del diari del frare Diego Gaspar de Carvajal anirem coneixent detalls i circumstàncies d'aquella perillosa aventura...
La pel·lícula explica la història de l'almirall Yi Sun Shin, el militar més venerat pels coreans, i en la batalla de Myeongryang (26 d'octubre de 1597) en què amb només 13 vaixells va vèncer l'armada japonesa composta per 330 embarcacions fortament armades. Una gesta sense precedents a la història militar mundial.
Relat biogràfic d'una etapa de la vida de la reina Maria Estuard d'Escòcia, que es va enfrontar a la seva cosina Isabel I quan, en tornar de França després d'haver enviduat, reclamava el dret a la corona d'Anglaterra.
Conte èpic (basat en un personatge del creador de Conan) centrat en un soldat del segle XVI turmentat pels seus actes del passat i que cerca la redempció combatent un sinistre poder que amenaça el seu regne. En Solomon Kane és un guerrer purità l'única meta del qual en la vida és acabar amb la maldat en totes les seves formes. Les seves aventures li porten des dels foscos submons de les principals capitals europees, fins a les frondoses i perilloses jungles africana.
Al Japó del segle XVI, en plena guerra civil, Genjuro i Tobei són dos germans amb ambicions de prosperitat que viuen en un humil poble amb les seves famílies. Genjuro vol enriquir-se venent objectes de ceràmica a la ciutat i Tobei aspira a convertir-se en un samurai. Els dos germans van a la ciutat per acomplir els seus somnis, amb la guerra a punt d'irrompre al seu poble.
La reina Isabel I d'Anglaterra ha d'enfrontar-se a una traïció en el si de la seva pròpia família i també amb el poderós rei espanyol Felip II, que està decidit a restaurar el catolicisme a Anglaterra amb l'ajuda del seu exèrcit.
Londres, 1593. William Shakespeare és un poeta, dramaturg i actor força conegut, però que passa per dificultats econòmiques i creatives. Per sortir del pas, ha venut a la seva pròxima obra, que encara no ha escrit, a l'empresari Philip Henslowe i al famós actor Richard Burbage. Shakespeare està convençut que, quan trobi una musa, tots els seus problemes desapareixeran, però tots els intents li fallen fins que coneix la bella Viola de Lesseps. A la jove dama li encanta el teatre i somia pujar a l'escenari, però ho té prohibit, perquè només els homes poden ser actors. També és una gran admiradora de les obres de Shakespeare. Aleshores decideix vestir-se d'home i, amb el nom de "Thomas Kent", presentar-se a una audició per a la pròxima obra del poeta de Stratford, i és escollida.
Venècia, 1596. Bassanio prega al seu amic Antonio, un pròsper comerciant, que li presti una gran suma de diners per poder festejar Portia, una hereva molt rica; però Antonio ha invertit la seva fortuna a l'estranger, així que busquen Shylock, un prestador jueu, i li demanen un préstec…
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The adventures of a young Spanish boy named Esteban who joins a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Cities of Gold and his father.
Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who led the Joseon Navy to a myth of invincibility during the Hideyoshi invasion, was a true soldier and leader who struggled to protect people. Drama Yi Sun-shin is not a biography of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, nor does it inetnd to reconstruct a part of the Joseon Dynasty that existed in the 16th century. This drama will merely look into many human beings, incliuding Yi Sun-shin, who underwent an extreme situation. It is not just a historical drama series. It’s rather about human nature that makes both of the war and peace. It is a Korean version of “War and Peace” in 21st century. No hero has ever been sent by heaven. He has emerged as one ultimately after undergoing a lifelong process. Drama Yi Sun-shin is designed to shed a new light upon him as a human being.
At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
Jodha Akbar is an epic drama about a sixteenth century story of the political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and a Rajput princess Jodha Bai. The show focuses on how their political marriage brings love between them to an extent that it changed the fate of India. This period drama also portrays the wars of that time along with the relations between the Mughals and the Rajputs. The drama also focuses on the functioning of the queens, the courts, courtesans, the ministers and their influence on the love story of Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and Jodha Bai. The show also highlights on how Mughal emperor Jalal ud-din Muhammad acquires the title of Akbar from the people.
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
Follows Lucía de Avellaneda as she celebrates her engagement party with the Marquis of Peñarrosa, but her fiancée receives a letter from a woman claiming to be her mother requesting her to come to her deathbed.
Gird your loins for the tragic tale of Lady Jane Grey, the young Tudor noblewoman who was Queen of England for nine days and then beheaded, back in good ol’ 1553. Actually... f*ck that. We’re retelling history the way it should have happened: the damsel in distress saves herself. This is an epic tale of true love and high adventure set in an alt-universe of action, history, fantasy, comedy, romance, and rompy-pompy. Buckle up.
This drama depicts the in-fighting between women in the palace from the reign of Jungjong to Injong, particularly the power struggle featuring Queen Munjeong and Jung Nan Jung, her sister-in-law, and the way they pulled the strings behind the scenes.
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong (Kim Sang Joong),detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the samevein as “Jung Do Jun”(who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced AdmiralLee Soon Shin.
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.
The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.
This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.
Years after Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia betrayed her people and broke her heart, indigenous woman Catalina reenters his life to get revenge.
Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.
