16 Movies in the History genre.
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Zero Dark Thirty [R]
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011. - USA
Jason Clarke, Reda Kateb, Jessica Chastain, Kyle Chandler
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The King's Speech [R]
The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. - UK, USA, Australia
Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Robert Portal
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The Way Back [PG-13]
Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India. - USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland
Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Alexandru Potocean
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Jesus Christ Superstar [G]
Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner. - USA
Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen
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Les Misérables [PG-13]
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever. - UK, USA, France
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
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Selma [PG-13]
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. - UK, USA, France
David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone
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Pirates of Silicon Valley [NOT RATED]
History of Apple and Microsoft. - USA
Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, J.G. Hertzler, Anthony Michael Hall
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12 Years a Slave [R]
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. - USA, UK
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt
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Slavery by Another Name [N/A]
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition. - USA
Laurence Fishburne, Turron Kofi Alleyne, Douglas A. Blackmon, Mary Ellen Curtin
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A Moment in History: The Inauguration of Barack Obama [NOT RATED]
N/A - USA
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Jimmy Carter
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Southside with You [PG-13]
The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side. - USA
Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear
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The Civil War [TV-14]
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War. - USA
Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman
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Roots [TV-14]
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. - USA
Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynda Day George
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Roots [TV-MA]
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African man sold to slavery in America, and his descendants. - USA
Herbert Cavalier Jr., Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker
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Roots: The Next Generations [N/A]
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots. - USA
Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw
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Ancient Aliens [TV-PG]
Science and mythology - and how they are the same thing. - USA
Robert Clotworthy, Giorgio Tsoukalos, David Childress, Jonathan Young
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