Valkyrie (2008)
A drama starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy
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.
Woodstock (1970)
A documentary starring Richie Havens, Joan Baez and Roger Daltrey
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of ... (more)
Black Hawk Down (2002)
A war movie starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
A drama starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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Melchior the Apothecary
A history movie starring Märten Metsaviir, Alo Kõrve and Maarja Johanna Mägi
In medieval Tallinn, a famous knight who is freed from the pirates of the Baltic Sea is murdered. The hero's head is cut off and his mouth is stuffed with coins. The gold chain he bought the same day is missing. The bailiff orders Melchior, an apothecary, to investigate the crime ... (more)
Apocalypto (2006)
An action movie starring Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Max Trujillo and Gerardo Taracena
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.