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The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.8

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pul...

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Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 7.8

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distanc...

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Glory

Glory

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

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Maurice

Maurice

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.6

After his lover rejects him, a young man in early 20th century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

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Henry V

Henry V

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

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Reds

Reds

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.3

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, hi...

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Evil Angels

Evil Angels

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria...

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Het gezin van Paemel

Het gezin van Paemel

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.8

The family patriarch Van Paemel is a farmer on baron de Wilde's estate. His mild-mannered son Désire is accidentally shot during a hunting party on the estate and remains an invalid. Eduard, the eldes...

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The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 6.7

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife, Kitty, or remember their years together. While Baldry...

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Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.7

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout...

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