The Last Emperor(1987)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

The story of the final Emperor of China.



Apollo 13(1995)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 72

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.



The Young Victoria(2009)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.



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.



Reds(1981)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.



The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 70

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.



Mississippi Burning(1988)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.



Silkwood(1983)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.



Evita(1996)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 44

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.



Gandhi(1982)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.



Braveheart(1995)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 34

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.



Elizabeth(1998)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.



Becket(1964)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 50

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.



Les Misérables(2012)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 32

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.



Marie Antoinette(2006)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.



Barry Lyndon(1975)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.



The Duchess(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.



All the President's Men(1976)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 29

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.



Pearl Harbor(2001)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.



Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.




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