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Phil Spector
5.7
2013

Phil Spector

A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music busine...

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
8.5
2024

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a Fran...

Murder in The Senate
3.7
1984

Murder in The Senate

Historical film that focuses on political and social events took place in Argentina during the beginning of the 30s. San...

Major
7.0
2022

Major

This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions...

Land of Mine
7.8
2015

Land of Mine

In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to t...

The Walk
7.0
2015

The Walk

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974...

The Battleship Island
7.1
2017

The Battleship Island

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to ...

Hunger
7.2
2008

Hunger

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican pr...

Giant
6.7
2025

Giant

Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery...

Paragraph 175
6.5
2000

Paragraph 175

During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175...

Les Misérables
7.2
1998

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert...

Operation Chromite
5.8
2016

Operation Chromite

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

J. Edgar
6.2
2011

J. Edgar

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled...

Saladin
7.2
1963

Saladin

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe durin...

Thank You, Mr. President: The Press Conferences of JFK
6.0
1983

Thank You, Mr. President: The Press Conferences of JFK

JFK documentary directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Panipat
6.1
2019

Panipat

During 18th century India, the Marathas emerged as the most powerful empire in the nation until the Afghan King Ahmad Sh...

Rustin
6.6
2023

Rustin

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestratin...

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
7.8
2019

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In ret...

Alive
6.9
1993

Alive

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their im...

Duse
6.8
2025

Duse

In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onsta...