Sunday, May 5, 2013

Historical Movies

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Apollo 13 (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995) 3.06/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Plot: A group of US astronauts deal with a catastrophe in outer space. With the country and NASA's help they try to get back home. 
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Glory (1989)
Glory (1989) 3.08/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman
Plot: The first all black volunteer army is confronted by hatred, racism and fear from both the Union and the Confederates. A white man is in charge of controlling the company.
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All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976) 3.11/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards
Plot: A leaked report to Washington Post reporters causes Bernstein and Woodward to investigate further into the Watergate Scandal to force Nixon to resign.
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The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network (2010) 3.07/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Joseph Mazzello
Plot: Follows the exploits of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckenberg, Sean Parker and Eduardo Saverin as they create Facebook, which has since become the web's most popular social network.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 3.22/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: David Lean
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness
Plot: A British officer leads a charge in Africa to discuss politics. While he was once British, is he now part of the African culture he tried to create?
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda (2004) 3.08/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Terry George
Actors: Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo
Plot: A hotel manager tries to save the lives tutsi refugees while the Hutu militia take over Rwanda.
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Ten Commandments, The (1956)
Ten Commandments, The (1956) 3.08/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner
Plot: One of Charlton Hesston's great roles as Moses along side Yul Brynner as Ramsey. An epic tale of Moses being cast away by the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramese and trying to fulfill his destiny of freeing the Jews from bondage. 
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) 3.00/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Drama
MPAA rating: R
Director: George Clooney
Actors: David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Alex Borstein
Plot: A telvision station uses it's news anchors to try and bring down Joseph McCarthy using truthful information and the public while trying not to get pulled from the air.
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Frost/Nixon (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008) 2.97/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon
Plot: After three years of silence following Watergate, Richard Nixon agrees to an all-inclusive interview with an unlikely choice of interviewer: British showman David Frost. Each man wants to have the upper hand but all the planning and preparation will come down to one historical interview.
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JFK (1991)
JFK (1991) 2.96/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Mystery
MPAA rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon
Plot: Jim Garison (Costner) is the DA that is covering the JFK murder case when he deeply suspects that there is much more to the case than first thought as it consumes his personal life and professional life.

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