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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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    World Trade Center (2006)

    Two Port Authority officers (Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña) become trapped in the rubble of the World...

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    Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

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

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    Gladiator (2000)

    Condemned to arena fights by corrupt Roman leader Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Gen. Maximus (Russell...

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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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    Alexander (2004)

    The young Macedonian king (Colin Farrell) and general leads his army into battle to conquer much of...

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    Australia (2008)

    An English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a cattleman (Hugh Jackman) drive a herd across the...

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    Public Enemies (2009)

    The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty...

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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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    Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)

    CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) criticizes Sen. Joseph McCarthy's tactics in the...

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    Changeling (2008)

    After her son is kidnapped and later found, a woman (Angelina Jolie) insists that the boy who was...

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    Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

    Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) leads Japanese troops in a brave but hopeless battle...

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    Cadillac Records (2008)

    In 1950s Chicago, Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) starts his own recording company and launches the...

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    K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

    The commander (Harrison Ford) of a Russian submarine tries to avert a disaster after a nuclear...

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    Hollywoodland (2006)

    A detective (Adrien Brody) uncovers unexpected links to his own personal life as he probes the...

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    The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

    An amateur golfer (Shia LaBeouf) from a working-class family takes on the reigning champion (Stephen...

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    A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    An attempt to bring World War II to a rapid close nets disastrous results in this adaptation of...

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    Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

    Some of the soldiers who raised the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima at...

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    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

    The British troupe's (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam) sketches include gluttony, birth...

  • Mary Pickford: A Life on Film picture
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    Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

    A documentary that explores the life of Mary Pickford who by age seventeen, had become the first...

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    United 93 (2006)

    Passengers take action when terrorists seize control of their doomed airliner on Sept. 11, 2001;...

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    Frost/Nixon (2008)

    An on-air battle of wits ensues when former President Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) selects British...

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    The Bounty (1984)

    Mate Fletcher Christian (Mel Gibson) leads a mutiny against his friend Lt. Bligh (Anthony Hopkins)...

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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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    Hotel Rwanda (2004)

    Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) saves more than 1,200 Tutsi refugees from genocide by hiding them at...

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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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    The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

    Family ambition pits British sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn...

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    Eichmann (2009)

    Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, as he is...

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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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    Alexander the Great (1956)

    Aristotle's student, Philip of Macedonia's (Fredric March) son, Alexander (Richard Burton) wants to...

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    Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

    Leaving his wife (Angie Dickinson) behind, U.S. Col. David ``Mickey'' Marcus (Kirk Douglas) goes to...

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    Schindler's List (1993)

    German industrialist Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) plots with his accountant (Ben Kingsley) to save...

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    Windtalkers (2002)

    In World War II, a Marine (Nicolas Cage) protects a Navajo recruit (Adam Beach) who transmits...

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    Catch a Fire (2006)

    An apolitical black South African (Derek Luke) becomes a freedom fighter with the ANC after a brutal...

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    Heaven's Gate (1980)

    A well-educated marshal (Kris Kristofferson) defends immigrant settlers against cattle barons in...

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    The Adventures of Gerard

    Conan Doyle's Hussar hero, Col. Gerard (Peter McEnery), woos a countess (Claudia Cardinale) spying...

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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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    Miracle (2004)

    Coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) leads the U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the Soviet team...

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    The Last King of Scotland (2006)

    The personal physician (James McAvoy) of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) witnesses his...

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    Munich (2005)

    A Mossad agent (Eric Bana) and his team hunt the terrorists responsible for the murders of Israeli...

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    Conqueror Worm (1968)

    Cromwell's general (Vincent Price) and his henchman get a sum of money for every person they can...

  • In the Shadow of the Moon picture
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    In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

    NASA film footage illustrates interviews with surviving members of the Apollo moon missions, and the...

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    Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct...

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    David & Layla (2007)

    A Jewish man and a Muslim woman must overcome family and religious obstacles to find love with each...

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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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    A.K.A. Cassius Clay

    Heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali speaks, visits comic Stepin Fetchit and appears in fight...

  • Battle of Britain picture
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    Battle of Britain (1969)

    With London facing almost certain annihilation, British fighter pilots defend their skies against...

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    Bowling for Columbine (2002)

    Filmmaker Michael Moore's Oscar-winning examination of gun violence and America's love affair with...

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    Amazing Grace (2007)

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

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    The History Boys

    The History Boys performed for the movie The History Boys.