Thirteen Days(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A dramatization and a fictionalized account of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.



The Lost Bus(2025)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.



Enemy at the Gates(2001)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.



The Birth of a Nation(2016)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.



JFK(1991)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.



Quo vadis, Aida?(2020)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.



Testament of Youth(2014)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.



The Promise(2016)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.



The Other Boleyn Girl(2008)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.



The Death of Stalin(2017)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Follows the Soviet dictator's last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death.



12 Strong(2018)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.



Being the Ricardos(2021)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.



Malcolm X(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.



The Girl with the Needle(2024)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.



Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.



The 33(2015)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.



The Conspirator(2010)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.



The Zookeeper's Wife(2017)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 70

The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion.



Truth(2015)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.



Under sandet(2015)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 73

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.




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