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Empire of the Sun

7.8

1987

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A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Walker

6.6

1987

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An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

Cry Freedom

6.9

1987

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South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

The Last Emperor

7.9

1987

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The story of the final Emperor of China.

Matewan

8.1

1987

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A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Australian Made: The Movie

7.6

1987

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Australian Made: The Movie is a concert film of the Australian Made tour from December 1986 to January 1987.

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

7.2

1987

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A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

7.4

1987

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In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and triptychs link him to the distorted realism of Van Gogh and Picasso, who also portrayed the intensity of life that Bacon calls “the brutality of fact.”

Escape from Sobibor

7.5

1987

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German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

Hibiscus Town

8.2

1987

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Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution.

The Mother of the Kings

7.2

1987

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Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krols husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to confess and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story

6.3

1986

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Farrah Fawcett plays real-life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the help of her Jewish law-student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, most of which is centered on Klaus Barbie. The story follows her pursuit while she survives jail, torture, numerous assassination attempts, and arrests in South America and in Germany.

Houston: The Legend of Texas

6.6

1986

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Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Mission

7.7

1986

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Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Caravaggio

6.6

1986

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A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Dragon Rapide

6.3

1986

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The two weeks leading up to the Spanish Civil War in 1936 are dramatized from many different locations in Spain, Morocco and London.

Belizaire the Cajun

6.5

1986

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A Cajun man attempts to save his town.

For Love Alone

3

1986

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Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricken Latin tutor Johnathan Crow, without realising he merely considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more, and eventually follows him from Sydney to London. En route she meets the gentle banker James Quick. Whilst navigating her relationships in London, including with a political poet bound for the Spanish Civil War, she experiences a transformation in her understanding of love. Based upon Christina Stead's best-selling Australian novel.

Salvador

7.5

1986

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A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

Rosa Luxemburg

6.9

1986

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After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.

Lady Jane

7.2

1986

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The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.

The Assault

7.2

1986

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A Dutch doctor, haunted by grueling childhood memories of World War II, struggles to find peace as he spends his life looking for answers about the tragic night that shaped him.

God's Outlaw

6.8

1986

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A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.

Tenko Reunion

8.2

1985

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In 1950, five years after their release from internment, the women return to Singapore for a reunion, unaware of the intrigue that is to involve them in treachery and murder.