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61) Genius
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and Thomas Wolfe.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
63) Anthropoid
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the code name for the secret Czechoslovakian mission to assassinate Nazi SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution to the Jewish question, was the Reich's third in command and the leader of Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2005, 1994
Description
Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what...
66) Frantz
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave.
67) Phantom thread
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
68) Diplomacy
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
69) The last duel
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Magazine writer Schuyler 'Phil' Green, a widower who has just arrived with his mother and young son in New York, is assigned the task of writing an expose of anti-Semitism. As he searches for a new angle on the topic, he decides to pass as a Jew for several months, which causes no end of trouble for his ailing mother and young son. It also puts his new society girlfriend on the spot, since despite all her intellectual convictions, she cannot quite...
71) Cleopatra
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2005, 1963
Description
Cleopatra tries to increase her power with help from the Roman Empire. Both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony fall for her. After Caesar's death Cleopatra seduces Mark Antony, but the couple soon face certain doom.
72) Truth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the ensuing firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.
On the morning of September 9, 2004, veteran CBS News producer Mary Mapes believed she had every reason to feel proud of a broadcast journalism job well done. By the end of the day, Mapes, CBS News, and the venerable CBS News...
73) Empire of light
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
74) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
75) Saving Mr. Banks
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
76) Killing Reagan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A look at John Hinckley Jr.'s 1981 assassination attempt against U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
77) Colette
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing...
78) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
79) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
In the first century A.D., Flavius Silva, commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There, the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazer ben Yair and his people.
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