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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials(2015)

PG-13
| 2h 11min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 4,688 votes)

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

Directed by Wes Ball - With Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki-hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, ...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1(2014)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 7,434 votes)

Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

Directed by Francis Lawrence - With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...
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Allied(2016)

R
| 2h 4min | Action, Drama, War, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 2,059 votes)

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis - With Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode, Jared Harris, Camille Cottin, ...
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Pan's Labyrinth(2006)

1h 58min | Fantasy, Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 4,773 votes)

Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro - With Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Álex Angulo, ...
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The Pianist(2002)

R
| 2h 30min | Drama, War
4.2/5 (with 4,313 votes)

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Udo Kroschwald, Maureen Lipman, ...
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The Sound of Music(1965)

G
| 2h 55min | Drama, Kids & Family, Music, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 1,506 votes)

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Directed by Robert Wise - With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Nicholas Hammond, ...
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Casablanca(1942)

PG
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 2,329 votes)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Directed by Michael Curtiz - With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, ...
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Star Trek: First Contact(1996)

PG-13
| 1h 51min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 756 votes)

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes - With Gates McFadden, James Cromwell, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Alfre Woodard, ...
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Valkyrie(2008)

PG-13
| 2h 1min | Drama, Thriller, War
3.5/5 (with 1,712 votes)

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.

Directed by Bryan Singer - With Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Terence Stamp, ...
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Equilibrium(2002)

R
| 1h 47min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 2,098 votes)

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

Directed by Kurt Wimmer - With Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Sean Bean, William Fichtner, ...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)

PG
| 2h 41min | Drama, History, War
3.9/5 (with 945 votes)

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

Directed by David Lean - With Jack Hawkins, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa, Alec Guinness, James Donald, Percy Herbert, ...
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Cobra(1986)

R
| 1h 27min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 731 votes)

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Directed by George P. Cosmatos - With Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, Art LaFleur, ...
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The Eternal Memory(2023)

1h 25min | Documentary
4.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.

Directed by Maite Alberdi - With Augusto Góngora, Paulina Urrutia

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar(1999)

1h 49min | Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 804 votes)

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.

Directed by Claude Zidi - With Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Michel Galabru, Claude Piéplu, Daniel Prévost, ...

The Longest Day(1962)

PG
| 2h 58min | War, Action, Drama
3.8/5 (with 398 votes)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day".

Directed by Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Gerd Oswald - With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, ...
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006)

NR
| 2h 7min | Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 317 votes)

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Directed by Ken Loach - With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Roger Allam, Seán McGinley, ...
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Bacurau(2019)

2h 11min | Mystery, Western, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 462 votes)

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho - With Udo Kier, Sônia Braga, Bárbara Colen, Silvero Pereira, Karine Teles, Antonio Saboia, ...

The Interpreter(2005)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 633 votes)

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

Directed by Sydney Pollack - With Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, George Harris, ...
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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade(1999)

R
| 1h 42min | Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 193 votes)

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura - With Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Eri Sendai, Kōsei Hirota, Yoshisada Sakaguchi
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The Exception(2017)

R
| 1h 47min | War, Drama
3.5/5 (with 190 votes)

A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

Directed by David Leveaux - With Jai Courtney, Lily James, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer, Martin Swabey, Eddie Marsan, ...
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1900(1976)

R
| 5h 17min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 271 votes)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci - With Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster, Donald Sutherland, Dominique Sanda, Alida Valli, ...
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Lion of the Desert(1981)

PG
| 2h 53min | History, War, Drama
3.7/5 (with 73 votes)

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Directed by Moustapha Akkad - With Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Raf Vallone, Irene Papas, John Gielgud, ...
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Half Past Dead(2002)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Crime, Action, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 150 votes)

A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.

Directed by Don Michael Paul - With Steven Seagal, Claudia Christian, Linda Thorson, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Kurupt, ...

Romper Stomper(1992)

1h 34min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 212 votes)

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Directed by Geoffrey Wright - With Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tony Le-Nguyen, Alex Scott, Daniel Wyllie, ...
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Au Revoir les Enfants(1987)

PG
| 1h 45min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 271 votes)

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Directed by Louis Malle - With Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejtö, François Berléand, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Francine Racette, Arnaud Henriet, ...

Rome, Open City(1945)

1h 43min | Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 361 votes)

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini - With Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Francesco Grandjacquet, Giovanna Galletti, ...
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Ned Kelly(2003)

R
| 1h 50min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 155 votes)

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Directed by Gregor Jordan - With Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Kerry Condon, ...
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days(2005)

1h 57min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 183 votes)

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.

Directed by Marc Rothemund - With Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Florian Stetter, André Hennicke, Johanna Gastdorf, ...
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Is Paris Burning?(1966)

PG
| 2h 55min | War, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 85 votes)

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.

Directed by René Clément - With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakiris, Bruno Cremer, ...
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Wonderful Days(2003)

1h 26min | Animation, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 64 votes)

Civilization has been destroyed by war and pollution, but the survivors have built the last city of Ecoban. As most natural resources have been exhausted, Ecoban is powered by pollution. The citizens of Ecoban need to continue creating this pollution leading them into conflict with the inhabitants of Marr while one man just wants to clear away the clouds and see the sky.

Directed by Kim Moon-saeng
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