The Way Back (2011)
An adventure movie starring Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris and Saoirse Ronan
At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.
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The Weight
A western movie starring Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe and Julia Jones
In 1933 Oregon, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. Warden Clancy tempts him with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness, but betrayal festers within the crew, and Murphy questions how far he’ll go to see his child again.
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The White Ribbon (2009)
A rated R drama starring Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi and Leonie Benesch
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
The Wonder
A drama starring Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy and Tom Burke
Set in the Irish Midlands in 1859 as an English nurse, Lib Wright, goes to a tiny village to observe what some see as a medical anomaly and others a miracle, that a girl has survived without food for months. Tourists flock to see 11-year-old Anna O’Donnell, and a journalist has come to cover the sensation as two strangers transform each other’s lives in a story of love pitted against evil.
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
A documentary
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
Throne of Blood (1957)
A drama starring Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada and Takashi Shimura
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place ... (more)