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drama film, historical film, romance film
In 1918, Rangoon is a city under British colonial rule. Civil servant Edward abandons his fiancée Molly on the day they are to be married. He flees in a state of melancholy, contemplating Molly's condition.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, trial film
In 1832, a family traveling through New Salem, Illinois in their wagon need groceries from Lincoln's store, and the only thing of value that they have to trade is a barrel of old books including a law book, Blackstone's Commentaries. After…
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Historical drama
In 1859, after the plantation on which Shields "Emperor" Green works in Charleston, South Carolina, is gambled away by his master, a cruel new overseer tortures Shields and whips his son Tommy. In retaliation, Shields kills the overseer an…
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drama film, historical film
On the French-Spanish frontier, a French patrol led by Colonel Leroux of Napoleon's Imperial Guard overtakes a carriage containing a priest and three nuns. The priest is the confessor of El Mirador, Wellington's top secret agent in Spain; …
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Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, drama film, historical film, romance film, swashbuckler film
The film begins with a narrator telling the viewer that Cromwell's tyranny is coming to an end, as several men approach on horseback. King Charles II and several of his Cavaliers have been on an exploratory tour in England, checking to see…
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Action, Drama, action film, drama film, historical film, thriller film
On June 27, 1976, four terrorists belonging to a splinter group of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the orders of Wadie Haddad boarded and hijacked an Air France Airbus A300 in Athens, Greece. With the permission of …
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Adventure, adventure film
Balam is the son of the ruler of a Mayan city-state whose people use wooden swords with obsidian edges. His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel. Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by hi…
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Historie, Romance Film, drama film, historical film, romance film
Ukrainian Cossack Ivan Kachaniuk defends his family in Central Ukraine's wheat and sunflower farming outskirts of Smila. Years later, in 1932, Ivan's artist grandson Yuriy marries his childhood sweetheart, Natalka, and studies at the Kyiv …
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Dark Fantasy, Drama, drama film, fantasy film
In the film, the fate of humanity is decided in a court of law. The Devil is the prosecutor, and the Spirit of Man acts as the defense lawyer. Historical figures and eras are used as evidence for and against humanity's right to salvation.
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Animation, Historie, drama film, historical film, magic realist film
"A year from now" in Amsterdam, the glass casing over the first volume of Anne Frank's diaries in the Anne Frank House shatters. As ink from a fountain pen drips onto the pages, the words lift off and manifest into Kitty, a 14-year-old red…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Komödie
After the rebel village of Gauls defeat another Roman army, a humiliated Julius Caesar angrily devises a plan to cut them off from the magic potion that gives them super-human strength. Caesar's instructs his most loyal patrician, Lucullus…
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Historical drama, historical drama
In Egypt, messengers from Rome arrive to inform Mark Antony, a Roman general and member of the Second Triumvirate, of Rome's political affairs. Antony, who has fallen in love with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, is uninterested but Cleopatr…
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drama film, historical film
In 1810, Major Brand, a British officer serving with Richard Sharpe, is seen by his men to risk his life under extreme French fire to rescue a stranded soldier, the reality however, is that it is a ruse. The French are not trying to kill B…
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Historical drama
After World War II, budding musician Jerry Herst (Leo Marks) returns to Los Angeles for one more go at becoming a successful film composer. In Los Angeles, Herst studies with the famed instructor Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Xander Berkeley)…
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Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
The story takes place in 1671. In the context of the Franco-Dutch War, a financially struggling prince of Condé is visited by King Louis XIV for three days of festivities at the Château de Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as an arm…
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The film, in two parts, begins in 1876 when the Terry-Gibbon column relieves the remnants of the 7th Cavalry that had survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They discover Custer's Squadron has been annihilated, and the film 'flashes ba…
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drama film, historical film
In 1813, Napoleon is reeling from his disastrous invasion of Russia the year before, and Lord Wellington is preparing to drive the French out of Spain. Richard Sharpe is mourning the death of his wife Teresa. Sharpe's archenemy, French Maj…
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drama film
The film opens in 1932 during an historical event, known as the Bonus March. World War I veterans are protesting and rallying in Washington, D.C., demanding immediate cash redemption of bonus certificates that were due to be paid in 1945. …
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Drama Documentary, Political Thriller, docudrama, historical film, political thriller
In October 1962, United States U-2 flights reveal the Soviet Union is placing ballistic missiles in Cuba, only 90 miles from the continental United States. President John F. Kennedy collects a group of advisors from his cabinet and the mil…
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drama film, historical film
While on patrol, Sharpe and his men rout some French soldiers who have raped and murdered the inhabitants of a Spanish village. Sharpe and his men rescue a survivor, Miranda, and capture two French soldiers. The French soldiers' commander,…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film
thumb|thumbtime=5|upright=1.3|alt=Black and white film clip showing period scenes|Abraham Lincoln (1930) The first act of the film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann R…
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War Film, historical film
In late 1682 northern Italy, Catholic monk Marco d'Aviano is known far and wide for his ability to perform miracles. Crowds gather to watch him speak, hoping that he can perform a miracle to stop the advancing Ottoman Empire. The ruler of …
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, war film
The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child. The film looks back to the effect of the 1940s Greek Civil Wa…
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biographical film, documentary film, historical film