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The Elephant Man

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The Elephant Man (1980)

124 min - Drama, History - 9 October 1980
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Director:  David Lynch
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Braveheart

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Braveheart (1995)

178 min - Action, Drama, History, War - 24 May 1995
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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Director:  Mel Gibson
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Apocalypto

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Apocalypto (2006)

139 min - Action, Drama, History - 7 December 2006
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Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

Director:  Mel Gibson
Writers:  Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia
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The Message

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The Message (1976)

178 min - Adventure, Drama, Action, History - 9 March 1976
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Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed.

Director:  Moustapha Akkad
Writers:  H.A.L. Craig, Mohammad Ali Maher, Tewfik El-Hakim, A.B. Rahman El-Sharkawi, A.B. Jawdat El-Sahhar

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The Post

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The Post (2017)

116 min - Drama, History - 22 December 2017
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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Director:  Steven Spielberg
Writers:  Josh Singer, Liz Hannah
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The 13th Warrior

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The 13th Warrior (1999)

102 min - Adventure, History, Action - 13 August 1999
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A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan, the more cultured outsider grows to respect the tough, if uncouth, warriors. During their travels together, ibn Fadlan and the Vikings get word of an evil presence closing in, and they must fight the frightening and formidable force, which was previously thought to exist only in legend.

Director:  John McTiernan
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Seven Years in Tibet

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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

136 min - Adventure, Drama, History - 12 September 1997
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Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Director:  Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Schindler’s List

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Schindler's List (2025)

195 min - Drama, History, War - 12 January 2025
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The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II. **He is immersed in and adopts the Zionist point of view

Director:  Steven Spielberg
Writers:  Steven Zaillian
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Sacco & Vanzetti

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Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

125 min - Drama, History - 16 March 1971
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Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.

Director:  Giuliano Montaldo

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Munich

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Munich (2005)

164 min - Drama, Action, History, Thriller - 23 December 2005
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During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

Director:  Steven Spielberg
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