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Jesus of Nazareth (Italian: Gesù di Nazareth) is a 1977 British-Italian epic film and television drama serial directed by Franco Zeffirelli and co-written by Zeffirelli, Anthony Burgess, and Suso Cecchi ...
Release date: 27 March 1977
Genre:
History, Drama, Biography
A reverent depiction of the life of Christ using the Gospel accounts.
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Shogun
1980 American television miniseries
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Shōgun is an American television miniseries based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, who also was the executive producer of the miniseries. It was first broadcast in the United States ...
Release date: 15 September 1980
Genre:
Drama, Adventure, History, War
A English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
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The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Claudia Cardinale, with Jack Palance, Ralph ...
Release date: 2 November 1966
Genre:
Western, Action, Adventure
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
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The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction of the same name about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ...
Release date: 25 September 1962
Genre:
Action, Drama, History, War
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
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Mandingo
1975 American historical melodrama film
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Mandingo is a 1975 American historical drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, and boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton. The film was released by Paramount ...
Genre:
Action, Romance, Drama
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Miller and Terry Hayes. In this sequel to Mad Max 2: The ...
Release date: 10 July 1985
Genre:
Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the ...
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Ghost
Film by Jerry Zucker
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Ghost is a 1990 American romantic fantasy thriller film directed by Jerry Zucker, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, and Rick Aviles. The ...
Release date: 13 July 1990
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.
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Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion. Starring Glenn Close, Michael ...
Release date: 11 September 1987
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
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Doctor Zhivago (Italian: Il dottor Živago) is a 1965 epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt. It is set in Russia between the years prior to World War I and the ...
Release date: 22 December 1965
Genre:
Drama, Romance, War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during ...
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Barbarella is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the comic series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest. The film stars Jane Fonda as Barbarella, a space-traveler and repre ...
Release date: 10 October 1968
Genre:
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil ...
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Witness
1985 American neo-noir crime drama film by Peter Weir
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Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, and Lukas Haas. Jan Rubeš, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Patti ...
Release date: 8 February 1985
Genre:
Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder while visiting Philadelphia with his mother, police detective John Book tries to protect the boy until ...
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The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Andre Gregory, and River Phoenix. It is based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Paul ...
Release date: 26 November 1986
Genre:
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life and times of Judge ...
Release date: 18 December 1972
Genre:
Comedy, Romance, Western
In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
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Taps
1981 American drama film by Harold Becker
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Taps is a 1981 American drama film starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton, with Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, and Evan Handler in supporting roles. Hutton was nominated for a Golden Globe award ...
Release date: 9 December 1981
Genre:
Drama, Action
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean. The film, set in August 1917–January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British ...
Release date: 9 November 1970
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
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Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, through his British company Horizon Pictures ...
Release date: 10 December 1962
Genre:
Adventure, Biography, Drama, War, History
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to ...
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Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American teen drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir, and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school ...
Release date: 2 June 1989
Genre:
Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
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A Walk in the Clouds is a 1995 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giancarlo Giannini, and Anthony Quinn. Written by Robert Mark Kamen ...
Release date: 27 May 1995
Genre:
Drama, Romance
A married soldier returning from World War II poses as a pregnant woman's husband to save her from her father's anger and honor.
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Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman. It was filmed in multiple locations, including ...
Release date: 4 November 2001
Genre:
War, Drama
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
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Topaz
1969 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on the 1967 Cold War novel Topaz by Leon Uris, the film is about a French intelligence agent who becomes entangled in ...
Release date: 17 December 1969
Genre:
Crime, Thriller
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and ...
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