History
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    Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

    Errol Morris investigates the U.S. for abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at Abu Ghraib.

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    American Swing (2009)

    In 1970s New York, clothing-optional nightclub Plato's Retreat becomes a haven for swingers and...

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    Cocaine Cowboys (2006)

    Filmmaker Billy Corben recalls the Miami drug wars of the 1970s and '80s with those who survived the...

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    All the President's Men (1976)

    The Washington Post's Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) tie the...

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    Flyboys (2006)

    Several American youths volunteer for the French military before the U.S. enters World War I and...

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    The Corporation (2004)

    Filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott examine the concept of the corporation and its role in...

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    Pathfinder (2007)

    American Indians adopt and raise as their own a Viking boy who was left behind by his own people...

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    Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    Two dopey dudes (Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter) go back in time to fetch Beethoven, Napoleon and other...

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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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    Home of the Brave (2004)

    Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned...

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    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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    Grizzly Man (2005)

    Filmmaker Werner Herzog profiles grizzly bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell, who was killed by one of...

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    Quiz Show (1994)

    A scandal rocks 1950s America when a former game-show champion admits he was given the answers....

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    Quo Vadis?

    Emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov) burns Rome and puts a Roman commander's (Robert Taylor) Christian bride...

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    The Beat Generation - An American Dream

    An investigation of the Beat Generation.

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    Malcolm X (1992)

    The civil-rights leader (Denzel Washington) rises from criminal to crusader, undergoing a religious...

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    The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

    Musketeers (Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich) try to displace corrupt King Louis XIV (Leonardo DiCaprio)...

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    De Aanslag (1986)

    A middle-aged man, who in 1945 witnessed the massacre of his entire family at the hands of the...

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    Chicago 10 (2008)

    Following the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention, Abbie Hoffman (Hank Azaria), David Dellinger...

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    Crude Impact (2007)

    Filmmaker James Jandak Wood examines the U.S. consumption of oil supplies.

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    Planet B-Boy (2008)

    A story of break dancing chronicles its resurgence in the past few years.

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    Caesar and Cleopatra (1946)

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw...

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    Viva Zapata! (1952)

    Mexican peasant Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) and his brother (Anthony Quinn) lead an agrarian...

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    Shake Hands with the Devil

    Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) witnesses atrocities while leading a U.N. peacekeeping mission...

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    They Came to Cordura

    An Army major (Gary Cooper) marked as a coward escorts Medal of Honor candidates through the desert...

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    Amistad (1997)

    U.S. lawyers (Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey) defend Africans who revolted against their...

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    Rosewood (1997)

    Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in...

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    Elizabeth (1998)

    After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) rules Britain...

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    Alive (1993)

    Members of an Uruguayan rugby team do what they must to survive a 1970s plane crash in the frigid...

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    Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

    The history of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor is re-created from U.S. and Japanese...