The Professor and the Madman (2019)
A drama starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Natalie Dormer
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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Viceroy's House (2017)
A history movie starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson and Michael Gambon
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Bigger (2018)
A drama starring Tyler Hoechlin, Aneurin Barnard and Colton Haynes
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.
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Macbeth (2015)
A history movie starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Paddy Considine
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
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A United Kingdom (2016)
A history movie starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike and Jack Davenport
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland, and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments ... (more)
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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
A war movie starring Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn and Teresa Palmer
HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong ... (more)