In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.

A disfigured man in a mask abducts the prima donna of the Paris Opera House to his lair in the sewers below.

Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. A thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs.

Desperate to pass one of her classes, Carol approaches her professor John behind the closed doors of his university office. Words are exchanged. A touch. A glance. And what began as a simple meeting between teacher and student, suddenly spirals wildly out-of-control. But when Carol files harassment charges against him, the wheels are set in motion for a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse with shocking, devastating results

A look at two Brazilian teenagers who feel the only way out of the poverty and strife they live in is to join a well-known dance troupe from North America. Determined to beat the odds and follow their dream, these dancers will do whatever it takes to break free from their lives, and into a new one.

An appraiser of rare musical instruments traces the history of a blood-red violin and everyone whose lives it touched.

An inside look at the lives of eight people living in a remote and icy Scottish village. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and a daughter, played by real-life mother and daughter Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.

Depicts the covert discussions that brought down apartheid in South Africa.

A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him.