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Spartacus(1960)

3h 17min | History, War, Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 914 votes)

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, ...
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The Scalphunters(1968)

NR
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Western
3.2/5 (with 39 votes)

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

Directed by Sydney Pollack - With Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters, Dabney Coleman, Paul Picerni, ...
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Spartacus(2004)

2h 54min | Action, Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

Directed by Robert Dornhelm - With Goran Višnjić, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, James Frain, ...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1939)

NR
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram, Clara Blandick, Elisabeth Risdon, ...
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Son of Ali Baba(1952)

G
| 1h 15min | Fantasy, Action, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

Directed by Kurt Neumann - With Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Harry Guardino, Gerald Mohr, ...

Sudan(1945)

NR
| 1h 16min | Adventure, Action, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.

Directed by John Rawlins - With Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine, George Zucco, Robert Warwick, ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin(1914)

54min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

The first screen adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel to star a black man in the title role.

Directed by William Robert Daly - With Fern Andra, Irvin Willat, Irving Cummings, Marie Eline, Paul Scardon

Uncle Tom's Cabin(1910)

25min | Drama

The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and leading up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central figure in the drama is Uncle Tom, a slave initially in the possession of the Shelbys of Kentucky. A 1927 re-release of this film cut the original runtime in half, and in its extant, fragmentary state, it runs 14 minutes.

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton - With Florence Turner, Mary Fuller, Flora Finch, Carlyle Blackwell, Charles Kent, Maurice Costello, ...

The Dark Side of Chocolate(2010)

46min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

Directed by Miki Mistrati - With David Bateson

Nego Fugido(2009)

16min | Drama

Two young artists leave the capital to see an old ritual that depicts the runaway slaves, in the interior of Brazil. There, they are involved with the celebration in an unexpected way.