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The Ten Commandments
(1956)
The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.
Dir: Cecil B. DeMille
With: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Fantasy | History
220 mins.
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Spotlight
(2015)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Dir: Tom McCarthy
With: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams
Biography | Drama | History
128 mins.
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Assassin's Creed
(2016)
When Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.
Dir: Justin Kurzel
With: Jeremy Irons, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard
Action | Adventure | History | Sci-Fi
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Bridge of Spies
(2015)
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Dir: Steven Spielberg
With: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda
Drama | History | Thriller
142 mins.
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Legend
(2015)
The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
Dir: Brian Helgeland
With: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton
Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
132 mins.
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In the Heart of the Sea
(2015)
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Dir: Ron Howard
With: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
122 mins.
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Straight Outta Compton
(2015)
The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Dir: F. Gary Gray
With: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Music
147 mins.
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Everest
(2015)
A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.
Dir: Baltasar Kormákur
With: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
121 mins.
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Ben-Hur
(2016)
A falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him.
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov
With: Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer
Adventure | Drama | History
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Schindler's List
(1993)
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Dir: Steven Spielberg
With: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Biography | Drama | History
195 mins.
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Colonia
(2015)
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Dir: Florian Gallenberger
With: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist
Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
110 mins.
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Ip Man 3
(2015)
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Dir: Wilson Yip
With: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang
Action | Biography | Drama | History
105 mins.
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Dunkirk
(2017)
The film tells the story of the Dunkirk evacuation, which took place at the beginning of World War II.
Dir: Christopher Nolan
With: Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance
Action | Drama | History | Thriller | War
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American Sniper
(2014)
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Dir: Clint Eastwood
With: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Action | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller | War
133 mins.
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Argo
(2012)
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.
Dir: Ben Affleck
With: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
120 mins.
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The Founder
(2016)
The story of McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc.
Dir: John Lee Hancock
With: Linda Cardellini, Michael Keaton, Patrick Wilson
Biography | Drama | History
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King of Kings
(1961)
The life of Jesus Christ.
Dir: Nicholas Ray
With: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
Biography | Drama | History
168 mins.
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12 Years a Slave
(2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Dir: Steve McQueen
With: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
Biography | Drama | History
134 mins.
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Braveheart
(1995)
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
Dir: Mel Gibson
With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Biography | Drama | History | War
178 mins.
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Pearl Harbor
(2001)
Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war.
Dir: Michael Bay
With: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett
Action | Drama | History | Romance | War
183 mins.
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The Finest Hours
(2016)
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Dir: Craig Gillespie
With: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster
Action | Drama | History | Thriller
117 mins.
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The 33
(2015)
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Dir: Patricia Riggen
With: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche
Biography | Drama | History
127 mins.
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Zodiac
(2007)
A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.
Dir: David Fincher
With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo
Crime | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller
157 mins.
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Kingdom of Heaven
(2005)
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
Dir: Ridley Scott
With: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
144 mins.
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Free State of Jones
(2016)
As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.
Dir: Gary Ross
With: Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
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