Historical Film
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    The New World (2005)

    Explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and his companions encounter Pocahontas and Powhatan's tribe in...

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    Troy (2004)

    The fierce warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) leads Greek forces in the Trojan War, ignited when Paris...

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    Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

    During the Crusades, a young blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) rises to knighthood and protects Jerusalem...

  • Marie Antoinette picture
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    Marie Antoinette (2006)

    An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) becomes queen of France, then later loses her head during the...

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    Apollo 13 (1995)

    Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) try to...

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    Paris 36 (2009)

    Set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary"...

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    Max Manus (2008)

    The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to...

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    Caligula (1978)

    Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius...

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    Hero (2004)

    Flashbacks reveal how a warrior (Jet Li) stopped the elusive assassins (Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie...

  • King Arthur picture
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    King Arthur (2004)

    Arthur (Clive Owen) and the Knights of the Round Table embark on a rescue mission as Saxon hordes...

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    The Patriot (2000)

    A pacifist farmer (Mel Gibson) of South Carolina reluctantly joins the Revolutionary War and fights...

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    Cleopatra (1963)

    The queen of Egypt (Elizabeth Taylor) seduces Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison), but when he is killed,...

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    The Alamo (1960)

    Davy Crockett (John Wayne), Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) and William Travis (Laurence Harvey) die...

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    Amazing Grace (2007)

    William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) and his close friend, William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), wage...

  • Captain John Smith and Pocahontas picture
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    Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

    Indian princess Pocahontas (Jody Lawrence) weds Jamestown settler Smith (Anthony Dexter) after...

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    The Crucible (1996)

    A 17th-century Salem woman (Winona Ryder) accuses an ex-lover's (Daniel Day-Lewis) wife of witchery...

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    The Iron Duke

    Marie Antoinette's daughter (Gladys Cooper) causes the downfall of the Duke of Wellington (George...

  • Che: Part One picture
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    Che: Part One (2009)

    In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an...

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    Thirteen Days (2000)

    President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and members (Kevin Costner, Steven Culp) of his staff...

  • The Scarlet Letter picture
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    The Scarlet Letter (1995)

    After a young widow (Demi Moore) has a child and refuses to name the father, a Puritan community...

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    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

    Set just prior to the French Revolution, the story revolves around Thomas Jefferson, then US...

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    Black Robe (1991)

    A priest's task to bring religion to native tribes leads to a better knowledge of himself and his...

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    Captain Boycott

    An Irish tenant farmer (Stewart Granger) leads others against a land agent (Cecil Parker)...

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    Julius Caesar (1953)

    Shakespeare's Brutus (James Mason), Cassius (John Gielgud) and others plot the Roman ruler's death,...

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    Dangerous Exile

    A French duke (Louis Jourdan) saves Louis XVI's son during the Reign of Terror and hides him with a...

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    Cleopatra (1934)

    The queen of Egypt (Claudette Colbert) barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony (Henry Wilcoxon)...

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    Spartacus (1960)

    A gladiator slave (Kirk Douglas) leads a revolt in decadent Rome and attempts to lead his followers...

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    Braveheart (1995)

    Enraged by the killing of his wife, Scotsman William Wallace (Mel Gibson) leads a revolt against the...

  • A Man For All Seasons picture
    Movies

    A Man For All Seasons (1966)

    Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) opposes Henry VIII's (Robert Shaw) appointing himself head of the...

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    Reds (1981)

    U.S. journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) and wife Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) witness the Russian...