Rise To Power
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    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

    Seduced by the dark side, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) turns against his mentor, Obi-Wan...

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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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    Alexander (2004)

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

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    The Godfather (1972)

    Crime boss Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and his sons (Al Pacino, James Caan) rule their New York...

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    American Gangster (2007)

    A Harlem mobster (Denzel Washington) combines ingenuity and strict business codes to dominate...

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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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    The Scorpion King (2002)

    The leader of a band of desert mercenaries is hired to kill a ruthless despot and his clairvoyant...

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    Evita (1996)

    President Juan Peron's (Jonathan Pryce) wife (Madonna) achieves cult-figure status in Argentina...

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    The Four Feathers (2002)

    Accused of cowardice for resigning when assigned to a dangerous post, a former British soldier...

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    The Godfather, Part II (1974)

    Michael Corleone rules his father's criminal empire, while flashbacks recall young Vito's climb to...

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    Mongol (2008)

    Genghis Khan (Tadanobu Asano) returns to his homeland to unite the Mongols under one ruler.

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    1900 (1977)

    Set in the countryside of the Province of Emilia in Italy, the story of two men, one a bastard born...

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    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

    Filmmaker Alex Gibney analyzes the corporation's rise, the scandal, and the devastation of its...

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    Milk (2008)

    In San Francisco, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the first openly gay man elected to a notable U.S....

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    Primary Colors (1998)

    A Southern governor's (John Travolta) wife (Emma Thompson) and adviser (Billy Bob Thornton) help him...

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    Being There (1980)

    The president (Jack Warden) and a power broker heed the utterings of a simple gardener (Peter...

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    Citizen Kane (1941)

    Enigmatic newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) rises, falls and leaves behind 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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    Macbeth (1948)

    An 11th-century Scottish nobleman's (Orson Welles) wife (Jeanette Nolan) drives him to murder his...

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    W. (2008)

    George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) transforms himself from a ne'er-do-well son of privilege to president...

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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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    Malcolm X (1992)

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

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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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    Elizabeth (1998)

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

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    Richard III (1955)

    Shakespeare's hunchbacked king (Laurence Olivier) works his mad way from the battlefield to the...

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    The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)

    Italian villagers unite to outwit the occupying Nazis whose main purpose is to confiscate 1 million...

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    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    A visitor (David Bowie) from an arid planet creates a global corporation to make billions to get...

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    All the King's Men

    Power and ambition corrupt an idealistic Southern politician. Winner of three Oscars, including best...

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    Silvagni

    Silvagni appeared in the movie The Rise to Power of Louis XIV.

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    Violette Marceau

    Violette Marceau appeared in the movies The Poppy Is Also a Flower and The Rise to Power of Louis...