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Eighteenth-century Kazakhstan isn't a very hospitable place, but a tribe of warriors does what it can to keep the peace and defend the land from invaders and enemies within. Then word comes that a mystical boy will lead them out of the darkness and into the light of a grand and wonderful empire.

Clint Eastwood's follow-up to Flags of Our Fathers details another story from Iwo Jima, but this time, the tale is told from the Japanese side of the battle. The film follows real-life Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) who battled American troops for 40 days on the island of Iwo Jima.

Young golfer Francis Ouimet (LaBeouf) and his 10-year-old caddie become unlikely participants in the 1913 U.S. Open tournament and take on the defending British champion, Harry Vardon (Dillane).

In the 1970s, a Scottish doctor becomes the personal physician of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Whitaker). Once he realizes Amin's insanity and viciousness, he's appalled that he's abetting the tyrant.

An aspiring composer, 23-year-old Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is seeking inspiration and career advancement in the world's music capital, Vienna. A student at the music conservatory, she is recommended for a position at a venerated publisher, and, in a fortuitous turn of events, orchestrates an opportunity to work beside Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris).

When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the Austrian-born Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the French court, rebels against Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch. Stripped of her riches, imprisoned and beheaded by her own subjects, the queen of France becomes a symbol of excess.

In February 1945, as the United States closes in on victory in Europe, the battle in the Pacific still rages on. A photographer captures a photo during the battle of Iwo Jima, an image of men raising the flag, which is destined to become a symbol strong enough to raise morale back home. But as they're paraded around the country in an effort to sell war bonds, the surviving flag raisers begin to wonder who the real heroes of the battle were.

This dramatic portrayal of terrorism during apartheid in South Africa follows the battles of one man (Derek Luke) against the regime.

Jet Li stars in this biopic as Chinese martial-arts legend Huo Yuanjia, who founded the Jin Wu Sports Federation and rose to become the top fighter in early 20th-century China.

This docudrama tells the story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin (Nic Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena), who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, after they went in to help people escape.

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.

This docudrama tells the story of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, the fourth plane hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Told in real time, the film re-creates the doomed trip, from takeoff to the hijacking to the realization by those on board that their plane was part of a coordinated attack against the United States.

In 1607, a crew of English explorers sponsored by the Virginia Company lands in North America. On board is John Smith (Farrell), a rebellious man sentenced to hang. As soon as they drop anchor, the crew discovers that the land is inhabited by a complex empire of native tribes, ruled by the chieftain Powhatan.

Just prior to World War II, a young Japanese girl is taken from her impoverished family to work in a geisha house. Sayuri (Zhang) rises through the ranks to become one of the country's most famous geishas. But all the while, she's haunted by memories of a man she met in her youth (Watanabe).

In the early days of broadcast journalism, TV newsman Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) takes on Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. Murrow and his staff, including producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba, defy corporate pressure and bring to light the shady tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his search for communists. What results is a public feud and a backlash against McCarthy that cements Murrow's place in journalism history.