The Army Of Crime (2009) (French)

Genre: Drama | History | War
Country: France
Language: French

Plot: The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin.

Chariots Of Fire (1981)

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

Genre: Drama | History | Sport
Plot: The story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Olympics.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_Fire

Invictus (2009)

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Sport
Tagline: His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon

Plot: Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictus_(film)

Milk (2008)

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Tagline: His life changed history. His courage changed lives.
Plot: The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

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Posse (1993)

Genre: Western
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Paul Bartel, Stephen J. Cannell, and Richard Edson
Tagline: The Untold Story of the Wild West
Plot: A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107863/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_(1993_film)

Flyboys (2006)

Flyboys (2006)

Director: Tony Bill
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War
Runtime: 140 min || Country: UK | USA || Language: English | French
Starring: James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, David Ellison, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester and Tyler Labine.
Plot: The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454824/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyboys_(film)

Frost Nixon (2008)

Frost Nixon (2008)

TiTLE.........[ Frost/Nixon
YEAR..........[ 2008
GENRE.........[ Drama | History
iMDB URL......[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/

PLOT SUMMARY
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

We Were Soldiers (2002)

We Were Soldiers (2002)

Director: Randall Wallace
Genre: Action | History | War
Runtime: 138 min
Country: USA | Language: English
Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, and Sam Elliott

Plot: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Soldiers

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When We Were Kings (1996)

When We Were Kings (1996)

Director: Leon Gast
Genre: Documentary | History | Sport
Runtime: 89 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Starring: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, and James Brown

Plot Summary:
It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set. A musical festival, featuring the America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King, is also planned.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118147/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Were_Kings

The Messenger - The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999) ~ (2CD)

The Messenger - The Story Of Joan Of Arc (1999)

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a 1999 historical drama film directed by Luc Besson. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by Éric Serra.

Director: Luc Besson
Genre: Biography | Drama | History | War
Runtime: 158 min | USA:148 min
Country: France
Language: English
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich

Plot:
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/

Windtalkers (2002)

Windtalkers (2002)

Director: John Woo
Genre: Action | History | Romance | War
Runtime: 134 min | Argentina:132 min | USA:153 min (director's cut)
Country: USA
Language: English
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Roger Willie, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, and Christian Slater

Plot: Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245562/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windtalkers

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Public Enemies (2009)

Public Enemies (2009)

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STARRiNG:..: Johnny Depp.James Russo.David Wenham
GENRE:.....: Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
COUNTRY:...: USA 2009
LANGUAGE:..: ENGLISH
RUN.TiME...: 02:20:17
SiZE:......: 1 x 901,02 MB
ViDEO:.....: XviD/ 761 kb/s /640 x 272 / 2.35 / 23,976
AuDIO:.....: Mp3 128 kb/s / 48000 Hz / 2 chnls
iMDB:......: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemies_(2009_film)

The Untouchables (1987)

he Untouchables (1987)

Genre: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Oscar Fraley
Plot: Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team...
Runtime: 119 min
Country: USA
Language: English

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film)

Plot:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is deternimed to take down Al Capone but he learns that it's not going to be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. But Ness meets Jimmy Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one in the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war. They recruit academy cadet, George Stone and Treasury agent Oscar Wallace, who is also an accountant, who wants to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they make headway, Capone tries to get them but they are untouchable.

The Duchess (2008)

The Duchess (2008)

The Duchess is a 2008 British drama film based on Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography of the 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It was released in September 2008 in the UK. Originally to be directed by Susanne Bier, The Duchess was directed by Saul Dibb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_(film)

TiTLE.........[ The Duchess
YEAR..........[ 2008
GENRE.........[ Drama | History
RUNTiME.......[ 1:50:02
iMDB RATE.....[ 7.2/10 (3,022 votes)
FXG RATE......[ 7.9/10 (2 votes)
iMDB URL......[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/

PLOT SUMMARY

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Hunger (2008)

Hunger (2008)

Genre: Drama | History
IMDB rating: 8.0/10 (1,734 votes)
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham

The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.

# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(2008_film)
# http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986233/

Valkyrie (2008)

TiTLE.........[ Valkyrie
YEAR..........[ 2008
GENRE.........[ History | Thriller | War
RUNTiME.......[ 2:00:20
iMDB RATE.....[ 7.4/10 (24,787 votes)
FXG RATE......[ 8.5/10 (2 votes)
iMDB URL......[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/

PLOT SUMMARY

Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

See: Valkyrie (film) at Wikipedia