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Colonia

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Poster for the movie "Colonia"

Colonia (2015)

R 120 min - Drama, Romance, History - 13 September 2015
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A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Director:  Florian Gallenberger
Writers:  Florian Gallenberger, Torsten Wenzel

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A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infa...

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Spotlight

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Spotlight (2015)

R 128 min - Drama, History, Thriller - 6 November 2015
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The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Director:  Tom McCarthy
Writers:  Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

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Emperor

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Emperor (2012)

PG-13 105 min - Drama, History, War - 14 September 2012
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As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

Director:  Peter Webber

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Zero Dark Thirty

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

R 157 min - Thriller, Drama, History - 19 December 2012
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A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Director:  Kathryn Bigelow
Writers:  Mark Boal
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We Were Soldiers

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We Were Soldiers (2002)

R 138 min - Action, History, War - 1 March 2002
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The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Director:  Randall Wallace
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Valkyrie

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Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 121 min - Drama, Thriller, History, War - 25 December 2008
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Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Director:  Bryan Singer
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Selma

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Selma (2014)

PG-13 127 min - History, Drama - 25 December 2014
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

Director:  Ava DuVernay
Writers:  Paul Webb
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Saving Private Ryan

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

R 169 min - Drama, History, War - 24 July 1998
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As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Director:  Steven Spielberg
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Saving Mr. Banks

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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

PG-13 125 min - Comedy, Drama, History - 20 December 2013
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Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

Director:  John Lee Hancock
Writers:  Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith

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Red Army

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Red Army (2014)

PG 76 min - Documentary, History - 13 August 2014
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From Oscar and Emmy award winning filmmakers, Red Army highlights the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy. The film turns a unique lens on the social and cultural transformation of the Soviet Union leading up to the fall of Communism, mirroring the rise and fall of the Red Army team. A film by Gabe Polsky and Executive Producers Werner Herzog and Jerry Weintraub.

Director:  Gabe Polsky
Stars:  Vyacheslav Fetisov,...
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