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In The Realm Of The Senses

Genres: Drama, History

Country: Japan, France

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

Duration: 109 min

Year: 1976

Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima

Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor they forsake all even life...

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The Ten Commandments (1956)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Country: United States

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Duration: 220 min

Year: 1956

Actors: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter

To escape the edict of Egypts Pharoah Rameses I condemning all newborn Hebrew males the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaohs daughter Bithiah he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Setis favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri as well as the hatred of Setis son Rameses. When his...

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The Right Stuff

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Country: United States

Director: Philip Kaufman

Duration: 193 min

Year: 1983

Actors: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris

Tom Wolfes book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling funny charming and electrifying all at...

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The Prince Of Egypt

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, ...

Country: United States

Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner

Duration: 99 min

Year: 1998

Actors: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer

This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses one born of royal blood and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth and the other the chosen leader of his people!...

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Mission

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Roland Joffé

Duration: 125 min

Year: 1986

Actors: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally

Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese...

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The Last Samurai

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Country: United States

Director: Edward Zwick

Duration: 154 min

Year: 2003

Actors: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Ray Godshall Sr., Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Masato Harada

Storyline: In the 1870s Captain Nathan Algren a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinets first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai...

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The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States

Director: Michael Mann

Duration: 112 min

Year: 1992

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Roëves, Patrice Chéreau

Storyline: British and French troops do battle in colonial America with aid from various native American war parties. The British troops enlist the help of local colonial militia men who are reluctant to leave their homes undefended. A budding romance between a British officers daughter and an independent man who was reared as a Mohican complicates things for the British officer as the...

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The Way Back

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Country: United States, United Arab Emirates, Poland

Director: Peter Weir

Duration: 133 min

Year: 2010

Actors: Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Dragos Bucur, Zahary Baharov

Storyline: In 1941 three men reach India from Tibet having walked 4000 miles after escaping a Siberian gulag. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The groups natural leader is Janusz a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife; he knows how to live in the wilds. They escape under cover of a...

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The Bounty (1984)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Director: Roger Donaldson

Duration: 132 min

Year: 1984

Actors: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette, Philip Martin Brown

Storyline: 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...

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Seven Years In Tibet

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Duration: 136 min

Year: 1997

Actors: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema, Ama Ashe Dongtse, Sonam Wangchuk

Storyline: After the death of 11 climbers Austrian Heinrich Harrer Brad Pitt decides to add glory to his country and to the German pride by climbing Nanga Parbat in British India and leaves his expectant wife behind. Egoist and a loner he does not get along with others on his team - but must bend to their wishes after bad weather threatens them. Then WWII breaks out they are arrested and...

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Red Cliff 2

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Country: China

Director: John Woo

Duration: 142 min

Year: 2009

Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Shidô Nakamura, Chiling Lin, Yong You, Yong Hou, Dawei Tong, Jia Song, Ba Sen Zha Bu

Storyline: In this sequel to Red Cliff first minister Cao Cao convinces Emperor Han to initiate a battle against the two Kingdoms of Xu and Wu who have become allied forces against all expectations. Red Cliff will be the site for the gigantic...

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Red Cliff

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: China

Director: John Woo

Duration: 150 min

Year: 2008

Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Shidô Nakamura, Chiling Lin, Yong You, Yong Hou, Dawei Tong, Jia Song, Ba Sen Zha Bu

Storyline: In 208 A.D. in the final days of the Han Dynasty shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale led by the Prime Minister himself. Left with no other hope for survival the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu...

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Pathfinder (2007)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States

Director: Marcus Nispel

Duration: 107 min

Year: 2007

Actors: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Jay Tavare, Nathaniel Arcand, Ralf Moeller, Kevin Loring, Michelle Thrush, Nicole Muñoz, Burkely Duffield

Storyline: A young Viking boy is left behind at a hostile tribe of American Indians whom eventually accept him into the tribe and raise him. A personal war begins for the young Viking when the Vikings return 15 years later and initiate a barbaric attack on the tribe and the woman he...

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Lawrence Of Arabia

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, ...

Country: United Kingdom, United States

Director: David Lean

Duration: 216 min

Year: 1962

Actors: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit

Storyline: An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero to charlatan to sadist Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in Dorset at the age of 46 then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young...

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King Arthur

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Duration: 126 min

Year: 2004

Actors: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ray Stevenson, Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane, Til Schweiger, Sean Gilder

Storyline: Based on a more realistic portrayal of Arthur than has ever been presented onscreen. The film will focus on the history and politics of the period during which Arthur ruled -- when the Roman empire collapsed and skirmishes over power broke out in outlying countries -- as opposed to the mystical elements of the tale on which past Arthur films have...

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Flyboys

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: United Kingdom, United States

Director: Tony Bill

Duration: 140 min

Year: 2006

Actors: James Franco, Scott Hazell, Mac McDonald, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce, Karen Ford, Ruth Bradley, Abdul Salis, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tyler Labine

Storyline: Before the USA entered World War I young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher an eager Nebraska kid a Black boxer already in France and a New York swell as they arrive green for training get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission and graduate to...

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Das Boot

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: West Germany

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Duration: 209 min

Year: 1981

Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht

Storyline: It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called Battle of the Atlantic to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class however German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. Das Boot is the story of one such U-Boat crew with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers...

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Conquest 1453

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: Turkey

Director: Faruk Aksoy

Duration: 160 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Cengiz Coskun, Erden Alkan, Recep Aktug, Raif Hikmet Cam, Naci Adigüzel, Sedat Mert, Mustafa Atilla Kunt, Ozcan Aliser

Storyline: In 1453 the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empires ever receding coffers while the Ottoman Empire continues to grow rich. After years of tolerating the existance of Byzantium the ambitious sultan Mehmet II launches his campaign to end the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople for the...

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Ben-hur (1959)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States

Director: William Wyler

Duration: 212 min

Year: 1959

Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, André Morell

Storyline: Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judahs house and...

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Agora

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance

Country: Spain

Director: Alejandro Amenábar

Duration: 127 min

Year: 2009

Actors: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Homayoun Ershadi, Sami Samir, Richard Durden, Omar Mostafa, Manuel Cauchi, Oshri Cohen, Charles Thake, Harry Borg, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid

Storyline: Alexandria 391 AD: Hypatia teaches astronomy mathematics and philosophy. Her student Orestes is in love with her as is Davus her personal slave. As the citys Christians led by Ammonius and Cyril gain political power the great institutions of learning and governance may not survive. Jump ahead 20 years: Orestes the citys prefect has an uneasy peace with Christians led by...

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1911 Revolution

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, ...

Country: China, Hong Kong

Director: Li Zhang, Jackie Chan

Duration: 121 min

Year: 2011

Actors: Jackie Chan, Winston Chao, Bingbing Li, Chun Sun, Joan Chen, Wu Jiang, Jaycee Chan, Ge Hu, Jing Ning, Shaoqun Yu, Yu-Hang To, Zhi-zhong Huang, Ting Mei, Duobuji, Simon Dutton

Storyline: A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing...

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Hyde Park On Hudson

Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Roger Michell

Duration: 94 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Wilson, Martin McDougall, Andrew Havill, Eleanor Bron, Nancy Baldwin, Tim Beckmann

Storyline: The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the UK visited upstate New...

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Endgame (2009)

Genres: Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Pete Travis

Duration: 109 min

Year: 2009

Actors: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, Clarke Peters, John Kani, Derek Jacobi, Timothy West, Matthew Marsh, Mike Huff, Stephen Jennings, Patrick Lyster, Ramon Tikaram, Danny Scheinmann, Porteus Xandau Steenkamp

Storyline: A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South...

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Lincoln (2012)

Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War

Country: 150 min

Director: Steven Spielberg

Duration: DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film Co

Year: 2012

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Tim Blake Nelson, Joseph Cross, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Peter McRobbie

Storyline: In 1865 as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the USA. However his task is a race against time for peace may come at any time and if it comes before the amendment is passed the returning southern states will stop it before...

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The Countess

Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, ...

Country: Germany, France, United States

Director: Julie Delpy

Duration: 98 min

Year: 2009

Actors: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, Sebastian Blomberg, Adriana Altaras, Charly Hübner, Andy Gatjen, Maria Simon, Frederick Lau, Katrin Pollitt, Anna Maria Mühe, Rolf Kanies, Christine Mayer, Henriette Confurius

Storyline: A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her...

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Hatfields And Mccoys: Bad Blood

Genres: Drama, History

Country: United States

Director: Fred Olen Ray

Duration: 90 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Jeff Fahey, Christian Slater, Perry King, Priscilla Barnes, Tim Abell, Sean Flynn, Lisa Rotondi, Kassandra Clementi, Ted Monte, Dylan Vox, John Wells, John Shockley, Addy Miller, Scott Thomas Reynolds, Jim Dougherty

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Night Of The Templar

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, ...

Country: United States

Director: Paul Sampson

Duration: 100 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Paul Sampson, David Carradine, Udo Kier, Norman Reedus, Billy Drago, Max Perlich, Nick Jameson, Jack Donner, Ingrid Sonray

Storyline: A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night identities will be revealed destinies met and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally...

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Into The White

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Country: Norway, Sweden

Director: Petter Næss

Duration: 100 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Lachlan Nieboer, Rupert Grint, Kim Haugen, Knut Joner, Morten Faldaas, Sondre Krogtoft Larsen

Storyline: English and German pilots shoot each other down and later find themselves at the same cabin. In order to survive the tough winter in the Norwegian wilderness they have to stand together. Its the start of a long and unlikely...

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Cadillac Records

Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music, ...

Country: United States

Director: Darnell Martin

Duration: 109 min

Year: 2008

Actors: Beyoncé, Joshua Alscher, Tim Bellow, Tony Bentley, Tammy Blanchard, Eric Bogosian, Marc Bonan, Adrien Brody, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Douglas Crosby, Dexter Darden, Veronika Dash

Storyline: In this tale of sex violence race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago Cadillac Records follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of Americas musical legends including Muddy Waters Leonard Chess Little Walter Howlin Wolf Etta James and Chuck...

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