History Movies
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April Captains
2000Feature FilmStory of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
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Jefferson in Paris
1995Feature FilmOne of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old ... See full summary »
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The FBI Story
1959Feature FilmA dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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Die Schachspieler
1977Feature FilmWazed Ali Shah was the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, had sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the... See full summary »
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Sharpe's Eagle
1993TV MovieSharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents, and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colors (its ... See full summary »
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Man of Iron
1981Feature FilmA worker becomes a "man of iron" forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. ... See full summary »
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Raid on Entebbe
1976TV MovieTrue story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.
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Nightwatching
2007Feature FilmAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'.
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In the Fog
2012Feature FilmWestern frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces impossible moral choice.
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Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
1989Feature FilmThe film offers an alternative version of the epic battle between two legendary Chekavars from the villain's perspective.
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Edvard Munch
1974TV MovieFollowing a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism and established himself as northern Europe's most maligned and controversial artist, ... See full summary »
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The War Lord
1965Feature FilmIn 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.
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Die tolldreisten Streiche des Marchese del Grillo
1981Feature FilmThe marquess of Grillo is a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes. The film tells the story of his life.
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Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania
1999Feature FilmIn the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one ... See full summary »
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Salt of the Earth
1954Feature FilmMexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
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Mark of the Devil
1970Feature FilmIn 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017TV MovieAn African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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Chasing the Dragon
2017Feature FilmAn illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord.
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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992Feature FilmGenoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.
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