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Trumbo (2007), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), The Front (1976), Marshall (2017), Free State of Jones (2016), Harriet (2019) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Trumbo (2007)

Trumbo (2007)

7.5/10 Documentary

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow T...Read all

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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

7.4/10 Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

6.5/10 Drama

David Merrill (Robert De Niro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood Director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and he is unable to work until cleared. Before being called, his highest priority had been his work to the extent of leaving his wife (Annette Bening) and s...Read all

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The Front (1976)

The Front (1976)

7.3/10 Comedy, Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

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Marshall (2017)

Marshall (2017)

7.2/10 Biography, Crime, Drama, History

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

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Free State of Jones (2016)

Free State of Jones (2016)

6.9/10 Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

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Harriet (2019)

Harriet (2019)

6.6/10 Action, Biography, Drama, History

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

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12 Years a Slave (2013)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

8.1/10 Drama, Biography, History

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

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Marshall (2017)

Marshall (2017)

8.0/10 Drama, Biography, History

Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. He teams up with lawyer Sam Friedman to defend Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur whose employer accuses him of sexual assault and attempted murder.

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First Man (2018)

First Man (2018)

7.3/10 Drama, Science Fiction, Biography, History

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

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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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Loving (2016)

Loving (2016)

7.0/10 Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

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Mr. Jones (2019)

Mr. Jones (2019)

6.9/10 Mystery, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.

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Hitchcock (2012)

Hitchcock (2012)

6.8/10 Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

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Safe Conduct (2002)

Safe Conduct (2002)

6.8/10 Drama, History

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in between the wolf's teeth and avoid being chewed up". Fast-living screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses every possible argument to avoid working for the enemy. For both, wartime is a battl...Read all

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I Was an American Spy (1951)

I Was an American Spy (1951)

6.6/10 Drama, History, War

During WW2, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.

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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 Fighting Preacher (2019)

The Fighting Preacher (2019)

5.9/10 Drama, Biography, History

In 1905 champion boxer Willard Bean travels to upstate New York to serve as a preacher for five years.

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