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  • Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)

    1. The King's Speech

    20101h 58mR88Metascore
    8.0 (723K)
    The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
    DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham Carter
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    2. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

    3. Jesus Christ Superstar

    19731h 46mG64Metascore
    7.3 (32K)
    Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne Elliman
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York (2002)

    4. Gangs of New York

    20022h 47mR72Metascore
    7.5 (491K)
    In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCameron DiazDaniel Day-Lewis
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)

    5. JFK

    19913h 9mR72Metascore
    8.0 (177K)
    New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack Lemmon
  • Richard Vuu in The Last Emperor (1987)

    6. The Last Emperor

    19872h 43mPG-1376Metascore
    7.7 (117K)
    Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatization of China's eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.
    DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'Toole
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)

    7. The Last King of Scotland

    20062h 3mR74Metascore
    7.6 (202K)
    Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
    DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsJames McAvoyForest WhitakerGillian Anderson
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    8. A Bridge Too Far

    19772h 55mPG63Metascore
    7.4 (65K)
    Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael Caine
  • Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

    9. All the President's Men

    19762h 18mPG84Metascore
    7.9 (132K)
    "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden
  • Milk (2008)

    10. Milk

    20082h 8mR83Metascore
    7.5 (183K)
    The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
    DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean PennJosh BrolinEmile Hirsch
  • Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Mosa Kaiser, Sophie Okonedo, Ofentse Modiselle, and Mathabo Pieterson in Hotel Rwanda (2004)

    11. Hotel Rwanda

    20042h 1mPG-1379Metascore
    8.1 (386K)
    Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
    DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin Phoenix
  • Downfall (2004)

    12. Downfall

    20042h 36mR82Metascore
    8.2 (391K)
    Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
    DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich Matthes
  • Zeitgeist (2007)

    13. Zeitgeist

    20071h 58mNot RatedVideo
    8.1 (51K)
    Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
    DirectorPeter JosephStarsChogyam TrungpaJordan MaxwellGeorge Carlin
  • Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

    14. Zeitgeist: Addendum

    20082h 3mNot RatedVideo
    8.2 (19K)
    Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
    DirectorPeter JosephStarsJacque FrescoRoxanne MeadowsJohn Perkins
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)

    15. Lincoln

    20122h 30mPG-1387Metascore
    7.3 (280K)
    As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid Strathairn
  • The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)

    16. The Nazis: A Warning from History

    19976 epsTV Mini Series
    8.7 (1.8K)
    An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
    StarsSamuel WestKarl Boehm-TettelbachJohannes Zahn
  • The Sixties (2014)

    17. The Sixties

    201410 epsTV Mini Series
    8.4 (1.8K)
    Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
    StarsTim NaftaliRobert DallekJohn Heilemann
  • Inventing History (2007)

    18. Inventing History

    2007– 10 epsTV Series
    7.4 (27)
    Ronald Top travels Europe, investigating the history of home entertainment, money, personal transport, light, furniture, writing, time, security, communications and heating.
    StarRonald Top
  • Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai (2003)

    19. The Last Samurai

    20032h 34mR55Metascore
    7.8 (492K)
    In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly Connolly
  • Empire of the Sun (1987)

    20. Empire of the Sun

    19872h 33mPG62Metascore
    7.7 (139K)
    A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda Richardson
  • Air Crash Investigation (2003)

    21. Air Crash Investigation

    2003– 238 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.8 (6.5K)
    Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
    CreatorsBernard VaillotAndre BarroGreg GransdenStarsJonathan ArisStephen BogaertJohn Cox
  • Time Team (1994)

    22. Time Team

    1994– 311 epsNot RatedTV Series
    8.5 (1.9K)
    A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain.
    CreatorTim TaylorStarsTony RobinsonPhil HardingJohn Gater
  • Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder (1982)

    23. Blackadder

    1982–19837 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.0 (43K)
    In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
    CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet Gray
  • Horizon (1964)

    24. Horizon

    1964– 1239 epsTV Series
    8.5 (1.2K)
    British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
    CreatorsNicola CookAdriana TimcoCatherine WylerStarsPaul VaughanJack FortuneDilly Barlow
  • Stephen Fry in Wilde (1997)

    25. Wilde

    19971h 58mR70Metascore
    6.9 (19K)
    The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
    DirectorBrian GilbertStarsStephen FryJude LawVanessa Redgrave

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