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Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975)

Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975)

10.0/10 Biography

The candor and wit of Harry S. Truman is portrayed in a one-man show revealing his public and private sides.

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The Last Days of Patton (1986)

The Last Days of Patton (1986)

6.9/10 Drama, Biography

Based on a true story, this film finds Gen. George S. Patton (George C. Scott) working a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dramatic change of lifestyle, Patton is involved in an auto wreck that leaves him in critical condition. While his body fails him, Patton introspectively reminisces about his relationship with his spouse, Beatrice (Eva Marie Saint) ; his childhood; and his days on the battlefields of World War I.

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Resistance (2020)

Resistance (2020)

6.3/10 Biography, Drama, History

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

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The Pianist (2002)

The Pianist (2002)

8.5/10 War, Drama, Biography, Music

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

8.1/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

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Desert Flower (2009)

Desert Flower (2009)

7.4/10 Drama, Biography

Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 when sold as 4th wife. She's maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then McDonald's, where she's discovered and becomes int'l top model. 1997, she speaks up against female genital mutilation.

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Testament of Youth (2014)

Testament of Youth (2014)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama, History, War

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

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John Rabe (2009)

John Rabe (2009)

7.2/10 War, Biography, Drama, History

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

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The Railway Man (2013)

The Railway Man (2013)

7.1/10 Biography, Drama, Romance, War

A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.

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Hamsun (1996)

Hamsun (1996)

7.1/10 Biography

Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during WW2 and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.

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PT 109 (1963)

PT 109 (1963)

6.6/10 Biography

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.

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Der Rote Baron (2008)

Der Rote Baron (2008)

6.4/10 Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, War

German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.

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Ned Kelly (1970)

Ned Kelly (1970)

5.1/10 Biography

The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.

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Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)

Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)

4.9/10 Drama, Biography, Romance

Writer Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman).

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No Man's Land (2001)

No Man's Land (2001)

7.9/10 War, Drama

Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.

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Ford Transit (2003)

Ford Transit (2003)

7.3/10 Documentary

The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we experience the frustrating situation the Palestinian need to deal with. On our trips from the roadblock in Ramallah to the roadblock in Jerusalem, we get to hear analysis of the situati...Read all

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Hope and Glory (1987)

Hope and Glory (1987)

7.3/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War II. For a young boy, this time in history was ...

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Brother (2000)

Brother (2000)

7.2/10 Thriller, Drama, Crime

A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.

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