Evil's Return

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Zhang Yimou

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

Runtime

3h 8m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-dead...

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Karel Zeman

Cast

Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, Jana Zatloukalová

Set during the Tang Dynasty, The Robbers tells the story of two robbers' adventures in a seemingly peaceful Bitter Bamboo Village, where they encounter a beautiful woman, a group of soldiers and a village head scheming to kill the duo.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Yang Shupeng

Cast

Hu Jun, Jiang Wu, Lee Lichun

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Tsui Hark

Cast

Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao