In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin’s closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin’s increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.
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Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Forest Whitaker; James McAvoy; Kerry Washington; Gillian Anderson; Simon McBurney; David Oyelowo; Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga; Adam Kotz; Barbara Rafferty; David Ashton; Giles Foden; Andy Williams; Martina Amati; Peter Salmon; Michael Wawuyo;
IMDB Rating: 7.80 out of 10 (14190 votes)
A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero’s journey to freedom. In the country’s turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country’s oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos’ lives.
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Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Tim Robbins; Derek Luke; Bonnie Mbuli; Mncedisi Shabangu; Tumisho Masha; Sithembiso Khumalo; Terry Pheto; Michele Burgers; Mpho Lovinga; Mxo; Jessica Anstey; Charlotte Savage; Nomhlé Nkyonyeni; Michael Mabizela; Eduan van Jaarsveldt;
IMDB Rating: 6.70 out of 10 (1869 votes)
It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peace–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
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Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Martin Hancock; Eva Green; Brendan Gleeson; Michael Sheen; Nathalie Cox; Jeremy Irons; Eriq Ebouaney; Edward Norton; Jouko Ahola; David Thewlis; Liam Neeson; Philip Glenister; Orlando Bloom; Bronson Webb; Kevin McKidd; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; Steven Robertson; Marton Csokas; Alexander Siddig;
IMDB Rating: 6.90 out of 10 (23180 votes)
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
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Actors: Eric Bana; Daniel Craig; Ciarán Hinds; Mathieu Kassovitz; Hanns Zischler; Ayelet Zorer; Geoffrey Rush; Gila Almagor; Michael Lonsdale; Mathieu Amalric; Moritz Bleibtreu; Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Meret Becker; Marie-Josée Croze; Yvan Attal;
IMDB Rating: 7.80 out of 10 (38449 votes)
In the early 1950’s, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator ‘Joseph McCarthy (II)’ (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter ‘Edward R. Murrow (I)’ (qv) and his producer ‘Fred W. Friendly’ (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.
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Director: George Clooney
Actors: David Strathairn; Robert Downey Jr.; Patricia Clarkson; Ray Wise; Frank Langella; Jeff Daniels; George Clooney; Tate Donovan; Thomas McCarthy; Matt Ross; Reed Diamond; Robert John Burke; Grant Heslov; Alex Borstein; Rose Abdoo;
IMDB Rating: 7.80 out of 10 (23224 votes)
In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto’s Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo’s bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha’s mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha’s world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.
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Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Suzuka Ohgo; Togo Igawa; Mako; Samantha Futerman; Elizabeth Sung; Thomas Ikeda; Li Gong; Tsai Chin; Kaori Momoi; Zoe Weizenbaum; David Okihiro; Miyako Tachibana; Kotoko Kawamura; Karl Yune; Eugenia Yuan;
IMDB Rating: 7.00 out of 10 (19841 votes)
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