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  • Magnetic Beats (2021)

    1. Magnetic Beats

    20211h 38m
    6.4 (1.1K)
    A kid living in Brittany in the 1980s is called up for military service and drafted to West Berlin.
    DirectorVincent Maël CardonaStarsThimotée RobartMarie ColombJoseph Olivennes
  • Dawn of War (2020)

    2. Dawn of War

    20201h 40m
    6.9 (1.3K)
    A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
    DirectorMargus PajuStarsPriit VõigemastKaspars ZnotinsAgnese Budovska
  • Labyrinth of Peace (2020)

    3. Labyrinth of Peace

    20206 epsTV Mini Series
    7.2 (434)
    1945. Finally, there is peace in Europe. In Switzerland too, a whole generation breathes a sigh of relief as it faces a new and hopeful future. Peacetime, although long awaited and promising, also holds unforeseen challenges.
    CreatorPetra Biondina VolpeStarsAnnina WaltMax HubacherDimitri Stapfer
  • Yuliya Vysotskaya in Dear Comrades! (2020)

    4. Dear Comrades!

    20202h 1m82Metascore
    7.3 (6.3K)
    When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
    DirectorAndrei KonchalovskyStarsYuliya VysotskayaSergei ErlishYuliya Burova
  • Skies of Lebanon (2020)

    5. Skies of Lebanon

    20201h 32m
    6.7 (1.2K)
    In the 1950s, Alice leaves her Swiss homeland for Lebanon. There, the best years of her life are marred by the threat of war.
    DirectorChloé MazloStarsAlba RohrwacherWajdi MouawadIsabelle Zighondi
  • Sophie Cookson in The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019)

    6. The Trial of Christine Keeler

    2019–20206 epsTV Series
    6.9 (2.2K)
    Story of Christine Keeler, who found herself at the heart of a political sex scandal that rocked British government in the 1960s.
    StarsSophie CooksonJames NortonEllie Bamber
  • Timothy Spall, Keeley Hawes, and Toby Stephens in Summer of Rockets (2019)

    7. Summer of Rockets

    20196 epsTV Mini Series
    7.0 (2.3K)
    Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.
    StarsToby StephensKeeley HawesLily Sacofsky
  • Song Without a Name (2019)

    8. Song Without a Name

    20191h 37mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.0 (1.2K)
    Georgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.
    DirectorMelina LeónStarsPamela MendozaTommy PárragaLucio Rojas
  • The Humorist (2019)

    9. The Humorist

    20191h 40m
    6.5 (1.2K)
    The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.
    DirectorMichael IdovStarsAleksey AgranovichYuri KolokolnikovAlisa Khazanova
  • Peter Sarsgaard, James Norton, and Vanessa Kirby in Mr. Jones (2019)

    10. Mr. Jones

    20191h 59m68Metascore
    6.9 (18K)
    A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
    DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsJames NortonVanessa KirbyPeter Sarsgaard
  • Christian Bale in Vice (2018)

    11. Vice

    20182h 12mR61Metascore
    7.2 (170K)
    The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
    DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleAmy AdamsSteve Carell
  • State of Happiness (2018)

    12. State of Happiness

    2018–202424 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.8 (3.7K)
    The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.
    StarsMads Sjøgård PettersenAnne Regine EllingsæterMalene Wadel
  • Maria João Bastos, Soraia Chaves, and Victoria Guerra in Três Mulheres (2018)

    13. Três Mulheres

    2018–202223 epsTV Series
    7.8 (258)
    The series follows three women - Natália Correia, Snu Abecassis, Vera Lagoa - who became major players in the cultural revolution that preceded the fall of the dictatorship that ruled Portugal for more than 40 years. Based on true events.
    CreatorsLuís AlvarãesElsa GarciaFernando VendrellStarsMaria João BastosSoraia ChavesVictoria Guerra
  • Karoline Schuch, Friedrich Mücke, and Tilman Döbler in Balloon (2018)

    14. Balloon

    20182h 5mPG-1353Metascore
    7.5 (14K)
    East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
    DirectorMichael HerbigStarsFriedrich MückeKaroline SchuchDavid Kross
  • Robinson Stévenin, Jan Krauter, Michalina Olszanska, and Charlotte Merriam in Clash of Futures (2018)

    15. Clash of Futures

    20188 epsTV Mini Series
    7.7 (334)
    "Clash of Futures" created by Jan Peter and Gunnar Dedio explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and '30s. The eight-part series follows the fates of extraordinary men, women and children from France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, Poland and the Soviet Union using their own diary entries, letters and memoirs. These are people drawn into the war by their convictions, who with their loves and decisions bring the history of Europe with all its contradictions to life.
    CreatorsGunnar DedioJan PeterStarsBernt HahnWenzel BanneyerHüseyin Michael Cirpici
  • Alba Rohrwacher and Irene Maiorino in My Brilliant Friend (2018)

    16. My Brilliant Friend

    2018–202434 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.6 (22K)
    A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
    CreatorSaverio CostanzoStarsAlba RohrwacherAnnarita VitoloMargherita Mazzucco
  • Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Yalitza Aparicio, Daniela Demesa, Diego Cortina Autrey, and Carlos Peralta in Roma (2018)

    17. Roma

    20182h 15mR96Metascore
    7.6 (175K)
    A year in the life of a upper-middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina Autrey
  • Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw in A Very English Scandal (2018)

    18. A Very English Scandal

    20183 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.7 (18K)
    British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
    StarsHugh GrantBen WhishawAlex Jennings
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose (2018)

    19. Patrick Melrose

    20185 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.0 (34K)
    This series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
    StarsBenedict CumberbatchJennifer Jason LeighHugo Weaving
  • Leto (2018)

    20. Leto

    20182h 6mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.3 (8.3K)
    A love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
    DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsRoman BilykIrina StarshenbaumTeo Yoo
  • Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018)

    21. Murer: Anatomy of a Trial

    20181h 50m
    7.0 (743)
    The prestigious politician and large-scale farmer Franz Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of Vilnius as SS leader and NSDAP functionary from 1941-1943, stands trial in Graz, Austria. Survivors of the mass murder arrive to testify and obtain justice: to no avail.
    DirectorChristian FroschStarsKarl FischerAlexander E. FennonMelita Jurisic
  • Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, Asher Keddie, Julian McMahon, Radha Mitchell, and Jeremy Sims in Swinging Safari (2018)

    22. Swinging Safari

    20181h 37mR69Metascore
    5.6 (2.9K)
    A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.
    DirectorStephan ElliottStarsGuy PearceKylie MinogueJesse Denyer
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pierre Niney in Promise at Dawn (2017)

    23. Promise at Dawn

    20172h 11m
    7.1 (4.1K)
    A man recounts his life, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone.
    DirectorEric BarbierStarsPierre NineyCharlotte GainsbourgDidier Bourdon
  • Charlie Gustafsson and Hedda Stiernstedt in The Restaurant (2017)

    24. The Restaurant

    2017–202032 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (6.1K)
    Stockholm, the day of peace in Europe 1945. A spontaneous kiss between two strangers, during the celebration at Kungsgatan, will have major consequences.
    CreatorsUlf KvenslerMalin NevanderJohan RosenlindStarsHedda StiernstedtCharlie GustafssonAnna Bjelkerud
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)

    25. Babylon Berlin

    2017–202548 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.4 (32K)
    Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
    CreatorsHenk HandloegtenTom TykwerAchim von BorriesStarsVolker BruchLiv Lisa FriesLars Eidinger

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