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Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält / Mark of the Devil (1970)

Drama | History | Horror | Thriller

Udo Kier is a witch hunter apprentice to Herbert Lom. He believes strongly in his mentor and the ways of the church but loses faith when he catches Lom strangling Reggie Nalder to death for calling him impotent. Kier begins to see for himself that the witch trials are nothing but a scam of the church to rob people of their land, money, and other personal belongings of value and seduce beautiful big breasted women. Eventually, the townspeople revolt, Herbert Lom escapes but poor Udo is captured by the towns people. This film contains very strong graphic torture including a women's tongue being ripped out of her head,nuns being raped(in the opening credits), and lots of beatings.

Starring: Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder, Herbert Fux
Director: Michael Armstrong

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Tags: Herbert Fux, Herbert Lom, Michael Armstrong, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder, Udo Kier

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Conspiracy (2001)

Drama | History | War

The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust.

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Clare Bullus, Stanley Tucci, Simon Markey, David Glover
Director: Frank Pierson

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Tags: Clare Bullus, David Glover, Frank Pierson, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Markey, Stanley Tucci

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White Deer Plain / Bai lu yuan (2012)

Drama | History

A woman (Kitty Zhang) enters White Deer Village and finds herself in a power struggle between two families over land ownership.

Starring: Fengyi Zhang, Kitty Zhang, Gang Wu, Yihong Duan, Taisheng Chen, Wei Liu, Tao Guo, Huanshan Xu
Director: Quan'an Wang

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Tags: Fengyi Zhang, Gang Wu, Huanshan Xu, Kitty Zhang, Quan'an Wang, Taisheng Chen, Tao Guo, Wei Liu, Yihong Duan

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Tadas Blinda. Pradzia / Tadas Blinda. The Beginning / Passionate Heart (2011)

Adventure | Drama | History

A romance blooms between a noblewoman and a common man amid a peasant revolt against the brutal Russian army.

Starring: Mantas Jankavicius, Agnia Ditkovskite, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Vidas Petkevicius, Antanas Surna
Director: Donatas Ulvydas

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Tags: Agnia Ditkovskite, Antanas Surna, Donatas Ulvydas, Mantas Jankavicius, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Vidas Petkevicius

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Barbarossa / Sword of War (2009)

Drama | History | War

Italy, 12th Century AD. The northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Federico Hohenstaufen known as "Red Beard". His dream is to conquer the central and southern lands and resurrect Charlemagne's empire. In the northern lands, a young Milanès called Alberto da Giussano dreams of defeating the emperor and giving the people their freedom back…

Starring: Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham
Director: Renzo Martinelli

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Tags: F. Murray Abraham, Raz Degan, Renzo Martinelli, Rutger Hauer

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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Action | Drama | History | War

Sir Richard Attenborough directs Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford in this gripping and controversial tale about a daring WWII military operation.

Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould
Director: Richard Attenborough

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Tags: Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, James Caan, Michael Caine, Richard Attenborough, Sean Connery

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Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )

Crime | Drama | History

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter

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Tags: Anatol Yusef, Anthony Laciura, Gretchen Mol, Jack Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Sparks, Shea Whigham, Stephen Graham, Steve Buscemi, Terence Winter, Vincent Piazza

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The Sword Identity / Wo kou de zong ji (2011)

Action | History | War

Once upon a time in the Southern Chinese city of Guancheng, there lived four families, each of them faithful keepers of martial arts. Anyone who wanted to establish a new sect, or a new form of kung fu, had to fight his way through the family's gates. But when Liang Henlu requests a competition, he is rejected and driven out of town, his strange new weapon mistaken for a Japanese sword and therefore forbidden by purist Chinese masters as a foreign fighting device. Liang is taken for a Japanese pirate and forced to hide in a boat filled with gypsy dancers. After a series of fights prove Liang's sword invincible, the Guancheng masters start to question their assumptions regarding the weapon's origins. They finally recognize that it is none other than the famous sword called 'Made in China' (modeled on a Japanese weapon), which the celebrated General Qi used in his glorious defeat of the Japanese invasion.

Starring: Cheng-Hui Yu, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Zhao, Ma Ke
Director: Haofeng Xu

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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Haofeng Xu, Ma Ke, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Zhao

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Rosewood (1997)

Action | Drama | History

Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.

Starring: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean
Director: John Singleton

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Tags: Bruce McGill, Don Cheadle, John Singleton, Jon Voight, Loren Dean, Ving Rhames

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Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Drama | History | Thriller | War

The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). An expert sniper, Vassili's deeds have become legendary – thanks to propaganda produced by Vassili's best friend, a political officer named Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). To stop Vassili, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Konig (Ed Harris), to Stalingrad. When Vassili and Danilov both fall in love with a beautiful soldier (Rachel Weisz), Danilov deserts his friend, leaving Vassili to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Vassili and Konig begin a cunning game of cat and mouse, waging a private war for courage, honor and country.

Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Tags: Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ron Perlman

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Bugsy (1991)

Biography | Crime | Drama | History

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.

Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould
Director: Barry Levinson

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Tags: Annette Bening, Barry Levinson, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Warren Beatty

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Windtalkers / Wind Talkers (2002)

Action | History | War

Marine Joe Enders is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee, a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to protect the code at all costs. Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan, when capture is imminent, Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine, can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code?

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Slater
Director: John Woo

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Tags: Adam Beach, Christian Slater, John Woo, Mark Ruffalo, Nicolas Cage, Noah Emmerich, Peter Stormare

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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Biography | Drama | History | Romance

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn who, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed, only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner's sword.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance
Director: Justin Chadwick

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Tags: Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Justin Chadwick, Mark Rylance, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson

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White Vengeance / Hong men yan (2011)

Action | Drama | History

White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shaofeng), became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji (Liu Yifei), the woman he loves. Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu's army. Xiang Yu is furious & betrayed when he found it. Xiang planned to kill Liu at a banquet held in Hong Men, during which Zhang Liang (Zhang Hanyu), the mastermind of Liu Bang, and Fan Zeng (Anthony Wong), the mastermind of Xiang Yu, have a direct confrontation. But who will emerge as the winner from this epic battle and survive to claim their path to the crown?

Starring: Shaofeng Feng, Leon Lai, Hanyu Zhang, Anthony Wong, Yifei Liu, Jordan Chan, Andy On
Director: Daniel Lee

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Tags: Andy On, Anthony Wong, Daniel Lee, Hanyu Zhang, Jordan Chan, Leon Lai, Shaofeng Feng, Yifei Liu

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Spartacus: Vengeance (TV Series 2010-2013)

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus, a Thracian warrior captured by Romans, is enslaved into a gladiator training school owned by Batiatus and his wife Lucretia. He is forced to fight daily for his life against deadly foes, under the brutal whip of trainer Doctore. Against all odds, Spartacus' rebellious instincts, his intense love for his wife Sura and his powerful fighting skills drive him to win a series of near-impossible battles – setting in motion a revolution against the tyranny of Rome. To survive, he must become more than a man, more than a gladiator. He must become a legend.

Starring: Andy Whitfield, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, John Hannah, Peter Mensah, Nick Tarabay, Viva Bianca
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight

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Tags: Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

The dramatic portrait of the famed British officer's journey to the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia is one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved films of all time. Assigned to Arabia during World War I, Lawrence courageously unites the warring Arab factions into a strong guerrilla front and leads them to brilliant victories in treacherous desert battlefields, where they eventually defeat the ruling Turkish Empire.

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer
Director: David Lean

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Tags: Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, David Lean, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole

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For Greater Glory / For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)

Drama | History | War

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), a war against the atheistic Mexican government by the people of Mexico led by General Gorostieta, the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake.

Starring: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Santiago Cabrera, Eva Longoria, Peter O'Toole
Director: Dean Wright

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Tags: Andy Garcia, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Dean Wright, Eva Longoria, Oscar Isaac, Peter O'Toole, Santiago Cabrera

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Hunger (2008)

Biography | Drama | History

In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners, rather than as ordinary criminals. McQueen dramatizes prison existence and Sands's final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a succession of images full of both beauty and horror.

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Rory Mullen, Brian Milligan
Director: Steve McQueen

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Tags: Brian Milligan, Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender, Rory Mullen, Steve McQueen, Stuart Graham

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Australia (2008)

Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War

Set in Australia on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley, an English Aristocrat (Kidman), travels to the faraway continent where she has inherited a cattle ranch, owned by her late husband. When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn local known as The Drover (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor. When tragedy strikes and Lady Sarah becomes unofficial guardian to a "half-caste" boy, the unlikely couple must come to terms with a prejudiced society, dishonorable business associates and the impending arrival of the Japanese.

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil
Director: Baz Luhrmann

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Tags: Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Brown, David Gulpilil, David Wenham, Hugh Jackman, Jack Thompson, Nicole Kidman

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Henry V / The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)

Biography | Drama | History | War

Based on one of the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made to boost morale of the British troops during World War II, Henry V tells the story of this King of England and the epic Battle of Agincourt. Devised, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, this film includes some of the most impressive Technicolor battle sequences in film.

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Robert Helpmann
Director: Laurence Olivier

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Tags: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Helpmann, Robert Newton