Fiction set in the past and built on research, from falling empires to quiet villages. History supplies the stakes; the stories supply the people who had to live them.
HistoricalOn the most beautiful morning he can remember, a young fisherman sees three great vessels with white wings that were not there the night before, and little boats putting out from them toward his shore. He watches the strangers come…
DocumentaryNewly discovered 65mm footage of 1969 moon landing. Apollo 11 is Todd Douglas Miller's 2019 American documentary depicting the July 1969 Apollo 11 lunar landing mission through previously unreleased seventy-millimeter footage from NASA archives combined with mission audio.
BiopicChristopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.
BiopicRichard Attenborough's 1982 Gandhi biopic. Three-hour epic of nonviolent resistance.
BiopicSpielberg's 1993 Holocaust drama. Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, Fiennes as Goeth.
DramaRidley Scott's 2021 fourteenth-century rape trial drama. Damon, Driver, Affleck, Comer.
AdventureAnthony Mann's 1961 Spanish reconquista epic. Charlton Heston as Rodrigo Diaz, Sophia Loren.
DramaKenneth Branagh's 1989 directorial debut. Mud and blood Agincourt instead of Olivier's pageantry.
DramaMel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic. Historical accuracy abandoned for emotional impact.
DramaPeter Glenville's 1964 Anouilh play adaptation. Their friendship-to-rivalry through theatrical dialogue.
BiopicWarren Beatty's 1981 John Reed biopic. American journalist who covered the Russian Revolution.
DramaStanley Kubrick's 1960 Roman epic. Kirk Douglas as the slave revolt leader.
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