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Valkyrie (2008)
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In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to toppl... more |
Bryan Singer |
Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander |
Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp, Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn |
Biography, History, War |
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Der Untergang aka The Downfall (2004)
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A non-political person, Traudl Junge, then twenty-four years old and the personal secretary to Adolf Hitler, recounts the two weeks in her life starting on... more |
Oliver Hirschbiegel |
Traudl Junge |
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler, Christian Berkel |
Biography, Drama, History, War |
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
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A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.... more |
David Cronenberg |
Christopher Hampton, John Kerr |
Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon |
Drama, History, Thriller |
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We Were Soldiers (2002)
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In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a small clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young fathers, husbands, b... more |
Randall Wallace |
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway |
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Sam Elliott, Barry Pepper, Ryan Hurst, Taylor Momsen, Duong Don |
Action, History, War |
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is ... more |
David Lynch |
Ashley Montagu, Sir Frederick Treves |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Freddie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller |
Biography, Drama, History |
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Braveheart (1995)
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William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.... more |
Mel Gibson |
Randall Wallace |
Mel Gibson, Brian Cox, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, James F. Robinson |
Action, Biography, Drama, History, War |
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The Mill and the Cross (2011)
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An astonishing work of cinematic invention, The Mill and the Cross is director Lech Majewski’s exploration of Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s... more |
Lech Majewski |
Michael Francis Gibson |
Charlotte Rampling, Michael York, Rutger Hauer |
Drama, History |
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Des hommes et des dieux aka Of Gods and Men (2010)
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Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay... more |
Xavier Beauvois |
Xavier Beauvois |
Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale |
Drama, History |
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
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The story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Olympics.... more |
Hugh Hudson |
Colin Welland |
Ian Holm, Alice Krige, John Gielgud, Nicholas Farrell, Dennis Christopher, Daniel Gerroll, Ben Cross |
Drama, History, Sport |
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Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World (2010)
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Through the power of IMAX 3D, experience a wondrous adventure from the dinosaur age. Join Julie, an imaginative young woman, in a unique voyage through tim... more |
Ronan Chapalain, Pascal Vuong |
Richard Dowlearn |
Norbert Ferrer, Guillaume Denaiffe, Chloe Hollings, Richard Rider |
Documentary, History |
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Centurion (2010)
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Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, ... more |
Neil Marshall |
Neil Marshall |
Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Ulrich Thomsen, Olga Kurylenko, David Morrissey, Dave Legeno, Noel Clarke |
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
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Restoration (1995)
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An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins ... more |
Michael Hoffman |
Rupert Walters, Rose Tremain |
Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Ian McDiarmid, David Thewlis, Ian McKellen, Meg Ryan, Polly Walker |
Biography, Drama, History, Romance |
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Novecento aka 1900 (1976)
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Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock, the other born to a land owner. The drama s... more |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Franco Arcalli |
Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Gérard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda |
Drama, History, Romance, War |
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Man on Wire (2008)
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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 19... more |
James Vance Marshall |
Philippe Petit |
Philippe Petit |
History, Documentary, Biography, Thriller |
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
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A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.... more |
Richard Lester |
Alexandre Dumas père |
Faye Dunaway, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch |
Action, Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance |
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Fail-Safe (1964)
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Sidney Lumet |
Eugene Burdick |
Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Frank Overton |
Drama, Thriller, War, History |
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Fail Safe (2000)
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Stephen Frears |
Eugene Burdick |
George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Don Cheadle, Hank Azaria, Brian Dennehy, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle |
Drama, Film-Noir, History, Thriller, War |
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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Philip Kaufman |
Milan Kundera |
Lena Olin, Juliette Binoche, Daniel Day-Lewis |
Drama, History, Romance |
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Thirteen Days (2000)
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Roger Donaldson |
Ernest R. May |
Kevin Costner, Stephanie Romanov, Caitlin Wachs, Shawn Driscoll |
Drama, History, Thriller |
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
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Terry George |
Keir Pearson |
Nick Nolte, Don Cheadle, Tony Kgoroge, Sophie Okonedo |
Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War |
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