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Horrible Histories

by Philipp_Flersheim • Created 3 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • U-571 (2000)

    1. U-571

    20001h 56mPG-1362Metascore
    6.6 (90K)
    A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
    DirectorJonathan MostowStarsMatthew McConaugheyBill PaxtonHarvey Keitel
  • Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

    2. Land of the Pharaohs

    19551h 46mApproved65Metascore
    6.6 (5.1K)
    A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsJack HawkinsJoan CollinsDewey Martin
  • Ben-Hur (1959)

    3. Ben-Hur

    19593h 32mG90Metascore
    8.1 (265K)
    A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen Boyd
  • 10,000 BC (2008)

    4. 10,000 BC

    20081h 49mPG-1334Metascore
    5.1 (138K)
    In the prehistoric past, D'Leh is a mammoth hunter who bonds with the beautiful Evolet. When warriors on horseback capture Evolet and the tribesmen, D'Leh must embark on an odyssey to save his true love.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsCamilla BelleSteven StraitMarco Khan
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    5. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
  • Stalag 17 (1953)

    6. Stalag 17

    19532hApproved84Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    After two American prisoners are killed by the guards in the act of escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto Preminger
  • Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961)

    7. El Cid

    19613h 2mApproved79Metascore
    7.2 (17K)
    The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsCharlton HestonSophia LorenRaf Vallone
  • Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2017)

    8. Darkest Hour

    20172h 5mPG-1375Metascore
    7.4 (234K)
    In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
    DirectorJoe WrightStarsGary OldmanLily JamesKristin Scott Thomas
  • 300 (2006)

    9. 300

    20061h 57mR52Metascore
    7.6 (896K)
    In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid Wenham
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)

    10. Downton Abbey

    2010–201552 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (237K)
    A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
    CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovern
  • Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare (1968)

    11. Where Eagles Dare

    19682h 38mM63Metascore
    7.6 (66K)
    Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary Ure
  • Errol Flynn in Objective, Burma! (1945)

    12. Objective, Burma!

    19452h 22mApproved79Metascore
    7.3 (5.8K)
    A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnJames BrownWilliam Prince
  • Heinrich George and Veit Harlan in Burning Hearts (1945)

    13. Burning Hearts

    19451h 51m
    6.0 (827)
    During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
    DirectorsVeit HarlanWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHeinrich GeorgeKristina SöderbaumHorst Caspar
  • Emily Browning and Kit Harington in Pompeii (2014)

    14. Pompeii

    20141h 45mPG-1341Metascore
    5.5 (121K)
    A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
    DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsKit HaringtonEmily BrowningKiefer Sutherland
  • Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

    15. Exodus: Gods and Kings

    20142h 30mPG-1352Metascore
    6.0 (184K)
    The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsChristian BaleJoel EdgertonBen Kingsley
  • Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, and Clive Owen in King Arthur (2004)

    16. King Arthur

    20042h 6mPG-1346Metascore
    6.3 (180K)
    A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
    DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsClive OwenStephen DillaneKeira Knightley
  • Orson Welles, Honor Blackman, Laurence Harvey, Harriet Andersson, Robert Hoffmann, and Sylva Koscina in The Last Roman (1968)

    17. The Last Roman

    19681h 43mNot Rated
    6.0 (467)
    Cethegus, leader of the Roman nobility, travels to Bizantium and its leader Justinian, in an attempt to raise an army to march on the Goths under Narses. Cethegus would like to set the two sides to war against each other, that his own forces might take control at the outcome.
    DirectorsRobert SiodmakAndrew MartonSergiu NicolaescuStarsLaurence HarveyOrson WellesSylva Koscina

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