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Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars
IMDb: 8.6
121 min

In their attempt to stop the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire, the Imperial Forces have taken Princess Leia hostage under the orders of the cruel Darth Vader. Han Solo (Captain…

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Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
IMDb: 8.3
218 min

British Lieutenant T.E. was chosen because of his extensive knowledge about the Bedouin tribes. Lawrence is assigned to Arabia as the liaison between the British and Arabs in the fight…

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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago
IMDb: 8.0
197 min

During the Russian Revolution Dr. Yuri Zhivago is a young physician who was raised by his aunt after his father committed suicide. Yuri is in love with Lara Guishar, played…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDb: 8.2
161 min

In WW II, POWs from the Allies are sent to a Japanese Interment Camp to construct a bridge for the Burma–Siam Railway. They instinctively want to destroy the bridge but…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Murder by Death
IMDb: 7.3
95 min

Lionel Twain invites the world’s five greatest detectives to a ‘dinner and murder’. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more…

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A Passage to India

A Passage to India

A Passage to India
IMDb: 7.3
164 min

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela…

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets
IMDb: 8.0
106 min

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit
IMDb: 7.3
85 min

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material,…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob
IMDb: 7.6
78 min

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
IMDb: 6.7
188 min

Intent on securing peace and prosperity throughout the mighty Roman Empire, the wise diplomat, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, calls together the local governors from all over the Empire, after conquering the…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum
IMDb: 6.3
104 min

Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neo-Nazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neo-Nazi chief "Oktober"…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Prisoner

The Prisoner

The Prisoner
IMDb: 6.9
91 min

A Cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a Prince of his church, and a popular hero of this people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the…

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Genre: Drama
Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic
IMDb: 5.1
115 min

A group of Americans are interested in raising the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic from its watery grave. One of them finds out the Russians also have plans to do so….

Genre: Adventure
Scrooge

Scrooge

Scrooge
IMDb: 7.5
113 min

In 1860, cranky old miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, loathes people, and defends the decrease of the surplus of poor population, runs his bank exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and…

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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill
IMDb: 6.9
87 min

Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors, but is all too susceptible to seasickness. After the war, he buys himself a nautical command on shore, a decrepit…

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Genre: Comedy
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers
IMDb: 7.7
91 min

A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana
IMDb: 7.2
111 min

Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn't very successful so he accepts an offer…

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Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory
IMDb: 7.5
106 min

Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During World War II, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Now the…

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Genre: Drama
Cromwell

Cromwell

Cromwell
IMDb: 7.0
139 min

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into…

Genre: Drama, History
The Card

The Card

The Card
IMDb: 7.1
85 min

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing, some honest, some not quite so. If he can just…

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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
IMDb: 6.5
108 min

A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.

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Genre: History, War
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
IMDb: 7.8
105 min

The immortal characters of Charles Dickens' classic novel, Oliver Twist…A penniless orphan in 17th century London – Poor but honest Oliver is fleeing the cruelty of the workhouse when he's…

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Genre: Drama, Family
The Captain’s Paradise

The Captain’s Paradise

The Captain’s Paradise
IMDb: 6.9
94 min

Mediterranean ferryboat Captain Henry St. James has things well organized, a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving, if rather more hot-blooded mistress, Nita in Tangiers….

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Genre: Drama, Romance
H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant
IMDb: 7.1
101 min

H.M.S. Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's…

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Genre: History
A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money
IMDb: 6.5
83 min

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers…

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Genre: Comedy
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
IMDb: 7.2
121 min

In early-13th-century Assisi in Italian Umbria, the son of a rich merchant, Francesco Bernardone, returns ill from war. In his delirium, he goes back in his memories to the days…

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Genre: History, War