Category: History
Posted on August 16, 2015 |
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Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire!
Starring: Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greta Scacchi, Estelle Eonnet, Thandie Newton, Seth Gilliam
Director: James Ivory
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Tags: Estelle Eonnet, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Ivory, Nick Nolte, Seth Gilliam, Thandie Newton
Posted on August 13, 2015 |
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The White Countess (2005)
Drama | History | Romance | War
Todd is an American expatriate living in Shanghai in the late 1930s. Once an idealistic diplomat, politic conflict and military violence has left him disillusioned. He has also lost most of his sight and retreated into Shanghai's decadent underworld of bars and brothels. His heart softens, however, as he becomes acquainted with Sofia, a Russian countess who fled her home during the revolution and now lives in Shanghai, supporting her family as a dance-hall girl and prostitute.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Madeleine Potter
Director: James Ivory
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Tags: Hiroyuki Sanada, James Ivory, Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave
Posted on August 11, 2015 |
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Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights / Wuthering Heights (1992)
Drama | History | Romance
Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Jeremy Northam, Simon Shepherd
Director: Peter Kosminsky
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Tags: Janet McTeer, Jeremy Northam, Juliette Binoche, Peter Kosminsky, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Shepherd, Sophie Ward
Posted on August 2, 2015 |
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The Lady (2011)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong
Director: Luc Besson
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Tags: Benedict Wong, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Luc Besson, Michelle Yeoh, Susan Wooldridge
Posted on July 15, 2015 |
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Titus (1999)
Drama | History | Thriller
Director Julie Taymor brings her unique vision to Shakespeare's early, famously violent revenge tragedy. Titus Andronicus, the great Roman general, returns home victorious from a long war with the northern Goths during which all but his four remaining sons have died. Lucius, the eldest son, reminds Titus that part of the victory ritual is the human sacrifice of an enemy prisoner. Titus chooses the eldest son of Tamora, the Queen of the Goths, who has been brought back to Rome as a captive with her three sons and the Moor, Aaron. Though Tamora pleads for her son's life, Titus carries out the ritual, not out of cruelty but out of what he conceives to be religious devotion. Tamora and her two remaining sons, Chiron and Demetrius, vow revenge. With that, the tale of double revenge begins–first Tamora's and then Titus's.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Colm Feore, James Frain, Laura Fraser
Director: Julie Taymor
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Posted on July 4, 2015 |
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Snow on the Blades / Zakurozaka no adauchi (2014)
Action | Drama | History
Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima, Sei Matobu, Eisaku Yoshida, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yuria Kizaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kichiemon Nakamura
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
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Tags: Eisaku Yoshida, Hiroshi Abe, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Masahiro Takashima, Ryôko Hirosue, Sei Matobu, Setsurô Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yuria Kizaki
Posted on June 30, 2015 |
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Storming Juno (2010)
History | War
In June 1944, the Western Allies invaded the Third Reich in Operation Overlord, and Canada was a participant with its area of operations in Normandy, France designated Juno Beach. This film depicts the true stories of several Canadian soldiers in the invasion in its various aspects like the paratroopers, tank crews and regular infantry. Braving misfortune and ferocious German resistance, these Canadians fought to bring the fight to the Nazis in Western Europe at last.
Starring: Benjamin Muir, Kevin Jake Walker, Craig Cyr
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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To Kill a Priest / Popieluszko (1988)
Drama | History | Thriller
Based loosely on the real-life story of the dissident Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko. In the early 1980s, as the democracy and labor movement known as Solidarity was challenging Soviet authority in Poland, an outspoken priest, Father Alek, defies martial law and continues to rally followers around the cause of Solidarity. The Soviet-controlled Polish government enlists a police official, Stefan, to stop the priest. Stefan, a devoted party follower, finds that the only way he can silence Father Alek is to have him killed. Along the way, however, the priest has a profound influence on Stefan.
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Agnieszka Holland
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Tags: Agnieszka Holland, Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall
Posted on June 20, 2015 |
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Paradise in Service / Jun zhong le yuan (2014)
Drama | History | Romance
Army rookie Andy to Kinmen and chosen into the elite of the amphibious forces, accept the harsh training Sergeant devil long Zhang, ready to become lean dragon frog soldier. Because the natural fear of water, Andy was distributed to known as the "military paradise" said special room work. Here the special tea, is a surrounded by barbed wire to paradise, secret and lies, loyalty and justice, together, they have been imprisoned in this beautiful island, ready to face the fate and time absurd ruthless.
Starring: Ethan Juan, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan, Ivy Chen, Bo-Chieh Wang
Director: Doze Niu
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Tags: Bo-Chieh Wang, Doze Niu, Ethan Juan, Ivy Chen, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan
Posted on June 20, 2015 |
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Bloody Sunday (2002)
Drama | History | War
A dramatization of the Irish civil-rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Starring: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Christopher Villiers
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Tags: Christopher Villiers, Gerard McSorley, James Nesbitt, Nicholas Farrell, Paul Greengrass, Tim Pigott-Smith
Posted on June 6, 2015 |
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Michiel de Ruyter / Admiral (2015)
Action | Biography | History
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by the great Kingdom of England, France and Germany and the country itself is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
Starring: Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer, Barry Atsma, Daniel Brocklebank, Filip Peeters, Egbert Jan Weeber, Derek de Lint, Aurélie Meriel, Tygo Gernandt, Roeland Fernhout
Director: Roel Reiné
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Tags: Aurélie Meriel, Barry Atsma, Charles Dance, Daniel Brocklebank, Derek de Lint, Egbert Jan Weeber, Filip Peeters, Roel Reiné, Roeland Fernhout, Rutger Hauer, Tygo Gernandt
Posted on June 3, 2015 |
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Biography | Drama | History | War
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I.
Starring: Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Alicia Vikander, Dominic West
Director: James Kent
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Posted on May 25, 2015 |
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Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht / Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Drama | History
Follow-up to the TV trilogy "Heimat" in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Starring: Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Kriese, Philine Lembeck, Mélanie Fouché
Director: Edgar Reitz
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Tags: Antonia Bill, Edgar Reitz, Jan Dieter Schneider, Marita Breuer, Maximilian Scheidt, Mélanie Fouché, Philine Lembeck, Rüdiger Kriese
Posted on May 23, 2015 |
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Adventure | Drama | History
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight- until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time-and the odds- to bring them home.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Ron Howard
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Posted on May 22, 2015 |
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The Soong Sisters / Song jia huang chao (1997)
Drama | History | Romance
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling (the youngest) married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu, Winston Chao, Hsing-kuo Wu, Zhenhua Niu, Elaine Jin, Wen Jiang
Director: Mabel Cheung
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Tags: Elaine Jin, Hsing-kuo Wu, Mabel Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu, Wen Jiang, Winston Chao, Zhenhua Niu
Posted on May 19, 2015 |
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The Cut (2014)
Drama | History
The film is based off of the Armenian Genocide. A young man, Nazareth Manoogian, gets deported from his native village of Mardin, Turkey. After the deportations, Manoogian learns that his daughters may be alive. He travels to various parts of the world in search for them.
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra, Kevork Malikyan, Bartu Küçükçaglayan
Director: Fatih Akin
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Tags: Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Fatih Akin, Hindi Zahra, Kevork Malikyan, Makram Khoury, Simon Abkarian, Tahar Rahim
Posted on May 19, 2015 |
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Waterloo (1970)
Action | Drama | History | War
The allies enter Paris and Napoleon (in Fontainbleau) is obliged to abdicate. After heartfelt farewells to his army he is led off to exile on Elba. But after only a few months he manages to elude his captors and return to power at the Tuileries. France once again has to prepare itself to confront the allied armies. And it is Waterloo which is finally chosen as the site of the final battle.
Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
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Tags: Christopher Plummer, Dan O'Herlihy, Jack Hawkins, Orson Welles, Rod Steiger, Sergey Bondarchuk, Virginia McKenna
Posted on May 18, 2015 |
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1776 (1972)
Drama | Family | History | Musical
The internecine congressional squabbling that led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Starring: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Roy Poole
Director: Peter H. Hunt
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Tags: Donald Madden, Howard Da Silva, John Cullum, Ken Howard, Peter H. Hunt, Roy Poole, William Daniels
Posted on May 14, 2015 |
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The Crucible (1996)
Drama | History
The setting is 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. But instead of love, Abigail Williams wishes for the death of her former lover's wife. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax!
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones
Director: Nicholas Hytner
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Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeffrey Jones, Joan Allen, Nicholas Hytner, Paul Scofield, Rob Campbell, Winona Ryder
Posted on May 12, 2015 |
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The Invisible Woman (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
At the height of his career, renowned author and social critic Charles Dickens meets an 18-year-old actress, Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, who becomes his secret lover until his death in 1870.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Michelle Fairley, John Kavanagh
Director: Ralph Fiennes
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Tags: Felicity Jones, John Kavanagh, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michelle Fairley, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hollander