Beowulf güçlü ve korkusuz bir savaşçıdır. Bütün şehirleri kana bulayan ve çıkardığı kaosla insanları terörize eden grendel'le başa çıkabilecek tek kişi beowulf'tur. Fakat grendel'i yenmek, kabusun bitmesine yetecek midir? İntikam duygusu ile yanıp tutuşan grendel'in annesi, grendel'den bile daha tehlikeli olacaktır.
Locksley'li Robin, Kral Aslan Yürekli Richard ile birlikte haçlı seferine katılmış ve sefer sırasında esir düşmüş Kudüs'te bir zindana kapatılmıştır. İdam edileceği haberini almasıyla kaçış planları hazırlayan Robin, kaçarken müslüman bir esir olan Azeem'in de hayatını kurtarır. Azeem hayatını borçlu olduğu Robin'in yanından ayrılmayacağını söyleyince birlikte İngiltere'ye dönerler.Fakat Robin İngiltere'ye döndüğünde, İhtişamlı Locksley kalesini harap bir şekilde bulur. Babası Lord Locskley ise Notthingam Şerifi tarafından şeytana taptığı iddiasıyla idam edilmiştir. Bu arada evde sağ kurtulabilen fakat işkence sırasında kör olan hizmetçileri Duncan'ı bulan Robin, ondan Notthingam Şerifi ve cadısı hakkında hikayeler duyar. Bu sırada topraklarına giren Notthingam Şerifi'nin adamları da Locksley'li Robin'in peşindedir.
Amerikan tarihinin en büyük efsanelerinden İrlanda asıllı boksör James Braddock’un gerçek yaşam hikayesi.1930’ların Amerika’sında hayatta kalmak oldukça zorlaşmıştır. Hayattaki en büyük isteği gerçek bir boksör gibi yaşamak olan Jim, ailesine bakabilmek için sporu bırakmış ve limanlarda işçi olarak çalışmaya başlamıştır. Ancak günün birinde talih Jim’in yüzüne güler ve ağır sıklet boks şampiyonu Max Bear’ın karşısına çıkma şansı tanır. Jim’e istediği ünvanı getirecek olan maç tam 15 raund sürer. Sonunda Jim bir efsaneye dönüşür. Ama acaba ünü hayatından neler götürecektir?
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
Kral Sigmund'un oğlu Siegfried, Solucanlar Kralı Gunter'in güzel kız kardeşi Kriemhild'i duyar. Worms'a giderken bir ejderhayı öldürür ve Hort adında bir hazine bulur. Gunther'in Krimhild'i kazanmasına yardım eder, onu görünmez yapan bir maske çok işine yarar. Ama Brunhild, Kriemhild'i lanetlediği için ona gerçekte ne olduğunu anlatır. Şimdi Brunhild, Siegfried'in kellesini istemektedir. Gunther ona bu iyiliği yapacak mıdır?
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - fights for his people. The Carpathians are convulsed with a wave of uprisings. The aristocracy uses its military might to try to kill Dovbush and destroy his legend. But Dovbush outwits them. The desperate lords devise a devious plan and attack the invincible outlaw's Achilles heel - his love for his childhood sweetheart, Marichka. Who will be the assassin to attack the Opryshko whose immense strength and bravery inspired folk tales? Will the lords' treacherous plan destroy the hero before he can lead his people to freedom?
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.
A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend.
Part one of a two part feature serial following the folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. Both parts are now considered lost films.
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.
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.