The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)

1841年、ニューヨーク州サラトガのソロモン・ノーサップは自由黒人のヴァイオリニストだった。彼は妻と子供2人と順風満帆な生活を送っていた。ある日、彼は二人組の男たちから金儲けができる周遊公演に参加しないかと誘いを受けた。ある晩、二人組の男たちにノーサップは薬漬けにされ、昏睡したまま奴隷商に売られることとなった。彼は自分は北部の自由黒人だと主張するが、材木商のウィリアム・フォードに購入される。

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

奴隷のスパルタカスは奴隷商人バタイアタスに買われ、剣闘士となり、剣闘士としての訓練を受けていた。ある日、ローマの偉大な将軍クラサスが訪れ、剣闘士の真剣勝負を要請した。スパルタカスを含め4人の奴隷が選ばれた。スパルタカスと黒人のドラバが戦い、スパルタカスを仕留める寸前にトラバはクラサスに向かって槍を投げつけたためその場で処刑される……。

はるか昔、吸血鬼族であるヴァンパイアは狼男族であるライカンを奴隷としていた。その時代には、女処刑人セリーンとうり二つの女性戦士ソーニャの姿があった。彼女はヴァンパイア一族の長老の娘だったが、ライカンのルシアンと道ならぬ恋に落ちる。

２１世紀末、地球人は宇宙への進出を果たす。やがて激しい星間戦争が勃発し、地球人はドラコ星人と一進一退の攻防戦を繰り広げていた。ある日、ドラコ星人の戦闘機を深追いした地球人パイロットのダビッジは、相手を撃墜しながらも未知の惑星に不時着してしまう。その不時着した惑星の環境は想像を絶する厳しさだった。やがて彼は、同じく不時着したドラコ星人のジェリーと遭遇。敵同士として対立する２人だったが、生き延びるためには協力していくしかない。こうして力を合わせてサバイバル生活を共にするうち、２人の間には友情が芽生えていく。

19世紀半ば、売りに出されることになった奴隷の女性が、家族に二度と会えなくなると思い、脱走を決意。奴隷制が廃止されたペンシルバニア州を目指すが……。シンシア・エリヴォ主演で実話を映画化した感動作。

Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

舞台はマヤ文明の栄える中央アメリカの密林地帯。平穏な生活を営む狩猟民族の集落を、マヤ帝国の傭兵部隊が襲撃する。そして拉致連行された村民たちを待っていたのは、見たことのないような先進的な文明を持つマヤの都だった。そして彼らは、何故自分たちがここに連れてこられたのか、《衝撃の真実》を目の当たりにすることになる･･･！セリフは全編マヤ語を用い、キャストも映画未経験の現地人を採用するなど、徹底的にリアリティを追求。また、今なお謎の多いマヤ文明の都市や風俗、そして想像を絶する残酷な祭祀の一部始終を、徹底した調査を元に造営された巨大な都市のセットと最新のＣＧ技術を駆使し見事に再現。その圧倒的スケールの映像世界は全米の批評家たちにも絶賛され、アカデミー賞、ゴールデン・グローブ賞などで数々のノミネーションを獲得した。そして、縦横無尽にジャングルを駆け巡り繰り広げられる迫真のサバイバル・アクション・シーンは、息をも付かせぬスピード感と臨場感で観る者の心拍数を極限まで上昇させる！

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.

地球を飛び立った宇宙船は１年余りの宇宙航行の末、とある惑星に不時着した。乗組員のテイラーたちは沈没してしまった宇宙船をあとにし、その陸地を彷徨い歩くと猿人たちが人間狩りをしている驚愕の光景を目にする。この星では高等動物の猿が、口の聞けない下等動物の人間を支配していたのだ。テイラーたちも捕まり、奴隷のように理不尽な扱いを受ける。しかし、テイラーはチンパンジーのジーラ博士とコーネリアス博士の理解と協力を得て、同じ人間の女性ノヴァと共に逃亡、新天地を探し求めていく。

1858年、南北戦争前夜のアメリカ南部。鎖につながれ、馬車で運ばれる途中だった黒人奴隷のジャンゴは、賞金稼ぎのシュルツの手によって自由の身となり、お尋ね者たちを追う彼と行動をともにすることに。やがて2人は奴隷市場で互いに生き別れとなったジャンゴの愛妻ブルームヒルダを救出すべく、極悪非道な白人農園領主のキャンディと、彼にかしずく老獪な奴隷頭のスティーヴンのもとへ奴隷商人を装っていざ乗り込むの。

西暦79年の古代都市ポンペイ。奴隷戦士マイロは、富裕層の商人の令嬢カッシアと恋仲になるが、彼女にはすでに婚約者がいた。身分違いの恋に悩んだ彼は、自由を得るために街を去ろうとする。ちょうどその時ベズビオ火山が噴火を始め、マイロは愛する女性を救うために街に舞い戻る。

リドリー・スコット監督が放つスペクタクル活劇。古代ローマ帝国を舞台に、陰謀に陥れられた英雄騎士の死闘をダイナミックに描く。西暦180年、皇帝に絶大な信頼を置かれていた歴戦の勇者マキシマスは、次期皇帝の任を依頼される。しかしその晩、皇帝は息子によって暗殺。罠にはまったマキシマスは、処刑の危機に陥る。

敵の剣に倒れた女戦士によって産み落とされた赤ん坊は、コナンと名付けられた。コナンの村が襲撃を受け、父が惨殺されたことから、コナンの復讐の旅が始まる。ヒロイック・ファンタジーの元祖、コナンの物語を新たに映画化したSF超大作。

西暦2029年。土星付近で調査活動中の米空軍宇宙船オベロンには乗組員と遺伝子操作を受けて高い知能を持つ多数の類人猿も実験動物として搭乗していた。宇宙空間で磁気嵐を発見しチンパンジーが操縦するポッドを調査に向かわせるが通信途絶してしまう。宇宙飛行士のレオもポッドで捜索に向かうが嵐に吸い込まれ惑星に不時着する。そこは高い知能を持つ猿が人間を支配しており、レオは捕まってセード将軍に危険人物としてマークされるが人間に好意的なアリの助けで身近な人々と共に町を脱走する。

ダイヤの密売人であるダニー・アーチャー（レオナルド・ディカプリオ）は、巨大なピンク・ダイヤを隠し持つソロモン（ジャイモン・フンスー）という男の存在を知る。一方、ジャーナリストのマディー（ジェニファー・コネリ）は、反政府組織“RUF”の資金源となっている“ブラッド・ダイヤモンド”の真相を探っていた……。

紀元前1300年。最強の王国として名をはせるエジプトの王家に養子として迎えられて育ったモーゼは、兄弟同然のような固い絆で結ばれていたはずのエジプト王ラムセスとたもとを分かつ。その裏には、苦境に立たされている40万にも及ぶヘブライの人々を救わねばならないというモーゼの信念があった。そして、彼らのための新天地「約束の地」を探し求めることに。過酷な旅を続ける一方で、彼はエジプトを相手にした戦いを余儀なくされていく。

同僚からあるコツを伝授され、電話セールスの成績が一気に上がったカシアス。昇進した彼は、倫理観もへったくれもないぶっ飛んだビジネスに取り込まれていく。

父と屋敷で暮らしていたダニエルだったが、二人の娘がやってきたことから状況が一変。父も亡くなり、ダニエルはメイドとしてつらい生活を送るはめに……。今までにない解釈で映像化された、シンデレラのストーリーをもとにした時代劇。

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