Category Archives: History

Nomad

IMDB Rating: 6.00
714 votes

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An historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.
Actors
MansurKuno Becker
EraliJay Hernandez
OrazJason Scott Lee
Also posted in 2005, Drama, War | Comments (0)

The Bounty

IMDB Rating: 6.70
5620 votes

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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Actors
Fletcher Christian Master's MateMel Gibson
Lieutenant William BlighAnthony Hopkins
Admiral HoodLaurence Olivier
Also posted in 1984, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Glory

IMDB Rating: 8.10
37410 votes

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Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
Actors
Col. Robert Gould ShawMatthew Broderick
Pvt. TripDenzel Washington
Maj. Cabot ForbesCary Elwes
Also posted in 1989, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Amistad

IMDB Rating: 7.00
16375 votes

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AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Actors
JoadsonMorgan Freeman
Martin Van BurenNigel Hawthorne
John Quincy AdamsAnthony Hopkins
Also posted in 1997, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

The Black Pimpernel

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The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973. We travel with Edelstam during the terrible moments just after the coup and follows his never-ending fight for human rights, law and order. What drove him? And what price did he end up paying for his total commitment? Haunted by his own demons the we experiences on close hand how a womanizer desperately searches to find love again, a task only doable, if he can fight his own past and redeem himself. After saving hundreds - maybe even thousands - he is challenged once more, this time to save his newfound love from the death penalty issued by the regime. Another impossible task and a desperate chase against time. Based on a true story about a man, that did, what all of us only dreams of.
Actors
Harald EdelstamMichael Nyqvist
Consuelo FuentesKate del Castillo
Ana ContrerasLumi Cavazos
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Marie Antoinette

IMDB Rating: 6.50
12134 votes

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Based on Antonia Fraser's book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, 'Marie Antoinette' tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.
Actors
Louis XVIJason Schwartzman
Marie AntoinetteKirsten Dunst
Comtesse de NoaillesJudy Davis
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Last King of Scotland

IMDB Rating: 7.80
14190 votes

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In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.
Actors
General Idi Amin DadaForest Whitaker
Dr. Nicholas GarriganJames McAvoy
Kay AminKerry Washington
Also posted in 2006, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Catch a Fire

IMDB Rating: 6.70
1869 votes

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A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
Actors
Colonel Nic VosTim Robbins
Patrick ChamussoDerek Luke
Precious ChamussoBonnie Mbuli
Also posted in 2006, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman

IMDB Rating: 8.00
158 votes

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In 1938, two aspiring comic strip talents, Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster, published a character that would create a new genre of fantasy, Superman, the first superhero. This film explores the creation of the character and his subsequent evolution over the decades through various media. With various interviews of noted creative luminaries, the film shows how the character has adapted to the times and bounced back from times when he felt irrelevant to always regain his prominence as one of the great heroes of popular culture.
Actors
HimselfForrest J Ackerman
HimselfGilbert Adler
Himself/Young Clark KentStephan Bender
Also posted in 2006, Documentary, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

300

IMDB Rating: 7.90
105513 votes

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In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers. The battle is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that doesn't stop the Spartans from throwing their hearts into the fray, determined to take as many Persians as possible with them.
Actors
King LeonidasGerard Butler
Queen GorgoLena Headey
TheronDominic West
Also posted in 2006, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)