Genre: History
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Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later. Once Upon A Time In America Crime, passion and lust for power – Sergio Leone’s explosive saga of gangland America. [Australia Theatrical] Sergio Leone Italy, USA 0 IMDb
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Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, to save them from themselves. Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly’s…
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Kagemusha (1980)
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.—–In 1572, there is a civil war in Japan, and three powerful clans, leaded by the lords Shingen Takeda (Tatsuya…
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Incident At Oglala (1992)
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout…
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Gladiator (2000)
Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his…
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Wilde (1997)
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of… Wilde The story of the first modern man Brian Gilbert UK, Germany, Japan 6.8 IMDb
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Hitlers Hitparade (2003)
Hitlers Hitparade Oliver Axer, Susanne Benze Germany 7.1 IMDb
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Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der (2008)
A look at Germany’s terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and ’70s. Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der The children of the Nazi generation vowed fascism would never rule their world again. Uli Edel Germany, France, Czech Republic 7.4 IMDb
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Great Escape, The (1963)
Several hundred Allied POWs plan a mass escape from a German POW camp. Great Escape, The put a fence in front of these men…and they’ll climb it… John Sturges USA 8.4 IMDb
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Calígula (1979)
A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy. Original title: Caligola Gore Vidal’s Caligula What would you have done if you had been given absolute power of…