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Movies in the genre History

  • The Social Network

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    I have watch this movie twice, the latest being on .

    On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

  • Schindler's List

    9

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    In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

  • The King's Speech

    9

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George (“Bertie”) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.

  • Spartacus

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    The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire.

  • Bobby

    9

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    The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same.

  • The Downfall

    9

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    Traudl Junge (Lara), the final secretary for Adolf Hitler (Ganz), tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

  • Frost/Nixon

    8

    I have watch this movie twice, the latest being on .

    A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    8

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    Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

  • Bowling for Columbine

    8

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    Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America’s predilection for gun violence.

  • Invictus

    8

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    Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

  • United 93

    8

    I have watch this movie twice, the latest being on .

    A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

  • Apollo 13

    8

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    True story of the moon-bound mission that developed severe trouble and the men that rescued it with skill and dedication.

  • Hunger

    8

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.

  • Che: Part One

    8

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    In 1956, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

  • Letters from Iwo Jima

    8

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    The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

  • Zodiac

    8

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    Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.

  • 300

    8

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    Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

  • The Last King of Scotland

    8

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s

  • Hotel Rwanda

    8

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    Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

  • Riding Giants

    7

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider’s look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the big wave.

  • Munich

    7

    I have watch this movie once, which was on .

    Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.

  • The Right Stuff

    7

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    The original US Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.

  • Alive

    7

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    Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept Andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash.

  • Across the Universe

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    The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

  • The 9th Company

    7

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    Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians.

  • Hollywoodland

    7

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    A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, TV’s Superman.

  • Flags of Our Fathers

    7

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    The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.

  • The Amityville Horror

    7

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    A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.

  • Why We Fight

    6

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    He may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.

  • Public Enemies

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    The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

  • My Winnipeg

    6

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    A personal portrait of filmmaker Guy Maddin’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • Rabbit-Proof Fence

    6

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    In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.

  • Valkyrie

    6

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    Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

  • World Trade Center

    5

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    Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.

  • The New World

    4

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    A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

  • Russian Ark

    3

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    An unseen man regains consciousness, not knowing who or where he is. No one seems to be able to see him, except the mysterious man dressed in black. He eventually learns through their discussions that this man is a 19th century French aristocrat, who he coins the "European". This turn of events is unusual as the unseen man has a knowledge of the present day. The two quickly learn that they are in the Winter Palace of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the European who has a comprehensive knowledge of Russian history to his time. As the two travel through the palace and its grounds, they interact with people from various eras of Russian history, either through events that have happened at the palace or through the viewing of artifacts housed in the museum. Ultimately, the unseen man's desired journey is to move forward, with or without his European companion.