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Dunkirk (2017)

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May/June 1940. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are hole up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition. The situation looks dire and, in desperation, Britain sends civilian boats in addition to its hard-pressed Navy to try to evacuate the beleaguered forces. This is that story, seen through the eyes of a soldier amongst those trapped forces, two Royal Air Force fighter pilots, and a group of civilians on their boat, part of the evacuation fleet.

We Shall Never Surrender.

Christopher Nolan

7.9

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Europa Europa (1990)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:22 +0000

A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a ‘war hero’ and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.

In the tradition of Voltaire’s Candide and Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird.

Agnieszka Holland

Germany

7.6

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Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:16 +0000

Taking place in Missouri in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.

Beyond the myth lies America’s greatest betrayal.

Andrew Dominik

USA

7.5

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Zulu Dawn (1979)

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Douglas Hickox

6.7

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Favourite, The (2018)

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Yorgos Lanthimos

7.5

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Last King Of Scotland, The (2006)

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Having graduated recently from the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan, flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic run by Dr David Merrit and his wife, Sarah. Before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with the new President, General Idi Amin, who, right from the start, feels an immediate sympathy for him. As one thing leads to another, after a while, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his physician and modernise Uganda’s health care system: a once-in-a-lifetime offer that the doctor cannot refuse. However, more and more, Garrigan finds himself trapped in the moral abyss of Idi Amin’s murderous megalomania, putting his very soul at risk. When Nicholas finally summons up the courage to rise above the madness, he becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival.

Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.

Kevin Macdonald

United Kingdom

7.7

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Texas Killing Fields (2011)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:49:40 +0000

Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims’ mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call ‘The Killing Fields’. Though the swampland crime scenes are outside their jurisdiction, Detective Heigh is unable to turn his back on solving the gruesome murders. Despite his partner’s warnings, he sets out to investigate the crimes. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When familiar local girl Anne goes missing, the detectives find themselves racing against time to catch the killer and save the young girl’s life.

Texas Killing Fields

The Dark Fields

Once in… There’s no way out.

Ami Canaan Mann

USA

5.7

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300 (2006)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:49:34 +0000

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, and several hundred Arcadians. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw left with no options he moved. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.

300

Spartans, tonight, we dine in hell!

Zack Snyder

USA

7.8

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Frozen Ground, The (2013)

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Alaskan trooper, Jack Holcombe believes that Robert Hansen is a serial killer who abducts young girls then tortures and sexually assaults them then kills them. But he doesn’t have enough evidence to justify a search warrant of Hansen’s premises. He knows one of his victims, Cyndy Paulsen somehow survived so he tries to find her and asks her to help him. But when he finds her, she’s a junkie and has trust issues. So Holcombe has to try and earn her trust so that she could help him. But Hansen is still doing it., p class=’origtitle’>Frozen Ground, The

the hunter becomes the hunted

Scott Walker

USA

6.3

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Yip Man (2008)

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In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.

Yip Man

Ip Man

The celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee

Wilson Yip

Hong Kong, China

8.1

IMDb

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