The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005), Apocalypse Now (1979), Gandhi (1982), Zulu (1964), The Home and the World (1984), The Four Feathers (1939), A Passage to India (1984), The Captain From Koepenick (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Imperialism movies.
Storyline: In 1870, Yankee sea captain O'Keefe finds himself stranded after a mutiny on the Micronesian island of Yap, where the financial potential of copra (dried cocoanut) excites him. But a German company already has a monopoly...and very low production because hard work is alien to dwellers in paradise. On a later voyage, between affairs with island maidens, O'Keefe struggles to find the key to the wealth of Yap. But before he can carve out the empire of his dreams, he must also contend with assorted villains...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: sea captain, trader, medicine man, chief, slave trader, love interest, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Blue Springs, Montana, high school student Roy Chutney is beginning to lose his way in life largely the result of two simultaneous events. The first is that his father, Nelson Chutney, dies. Roy hadn't seen his father much since his parents divorced and his father remarried. Nelson was run over by a train, but Roy's mother, Evangeline Chutney, with who Roy has a somewhat emotionally distant relationship, believes he committed suicide. The second is that because funding to the school has reduced the football program to just a varsity team with no junior varsity, Roy, along with half the other players, is cut from the football squad, as his coach doesn't believe he is mentally tough enough despite he being a skilled player. The two incidents combined make the situation even worse for Roy as football was his primary connection to his father. Into Roy's life enters Gideon Ferguson, the local newspaper seller, who asks Roy to be part of his newly formed football team, which will play in a six-man back field league. Gid ends up being that father figure that is missing in Roy's life. That guidance is especially important as Roy begins his first sexual relationship, with Skyla Sisco, a local barmaid. However, Roy and Gid's relationship begins to change when rumors abound that Gid is gay and is romantically interested in Roy. Roy has to wade through the rumors and his own feelings both for Gid and Skyla in figuring out what to do regarding his relationships with them.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: military officer, concubine, soldier, beautiful woman, love interest, native, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: major, crazy horse, ulysses s. grant, native american, profound, rousing, battlefield ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A government lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) tries to help a poor Jewish handyman (Alan Bates) railroaded for murder in czarist Russia.
Plot Keywords: prisoner, lawyer, pretty woman, bleak, disheartening, somber, russia ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 is scrutinized in this documentary. According to several of the military, diplomatic and intelligence insiders in the film, some Bush staffers knowingly misled the public when they claimed that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was close to acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The documentary also suggests that the press too often took the Bush administration at its word instead of investigating the White House's contentions.
Plot Keywords: president, george w. bush, cia agent, government official, saddam hussein, iraqi, profound ...
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