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Film Theme: Political Unrest
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The list Film Theme: Political Unrest includes
Caligula, Braveheart, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Blood Diamond.
The list consists of 326 members.
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Braveheart
1995 American epic drama directed by Mel Gibson
Overview: Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical fiction war film directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film depicts the life of ...
Release date: 18 May 1995Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War, HistoryDirector: Mel GibsonProducer: Bruce Davey, Mel GibsonWriter: Randall WallaceScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 film directed by Sergio Leone
Overview: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint ...
Release date: 23 December 1966Genre: Action, Adventure, WesternDirector: Sergio LeoneProducer: Alberto GrimaldiWriter: Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio LeoneA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. 0
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 American epic space-opera film directed by George Lucas
Overview: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel ...
Release date: 15 May 2005Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, AdventureDirector: George LucasCast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy SmitsProducer: George Lucas, Rick McCallumWriter: George Lucas, John OstranderThree years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the ... 0
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Blood Diamond
2006 film by Edward Zwick
Overview: Blood Diamond is a 2006 political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which ...
Release date: 8 December 2006Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, ActionDirector: Edward ZwickCast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Anthony ColemanProducer: Len Amato, Kevin De La NoyWriter: Charles Leavitt, C. Gaby MitchellA fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. 0
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Rome
Historical drama television series
Overview: Rome is a historical drama television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The show's two seasons were broadcast on HBO, BBC Two, and Rai 2 between 2005 and 2007, and ...
Release date: 28 August 2005Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, WarDirector: Michael Apted, Mikael SalomonProducer: Bruno Heller, Todd LondonWriter: Bruno Heller, William J. MacDonaldA down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic. 0
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Zulu Dawn
1979 film by Douglas Hickox
Overview: Zulu Dawn is a 1979 American adventure war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa. The screenplay was by Cy Endfield, from his book, and ...Release date: 15 May 1979Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, WarDirector: Douglas HickoxCast: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Christopher CazenoveProducer: James Faulkner, Nate KohnWriter: Cy Endfield, Anthony StoryA dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation. 0
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Year One
2009 American adventure comedy film
Overview: Year One is a 2009 American adventure comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was written by Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jack ...
Release date: 18 June 2009Genre: Adventure, ComedyDirector: Harold RamisProducer: Judd Apatow, Andrew EpsteinWriter: Harold Ramis, Gene StupnitskyAfter being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom. 0
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Valkyrie
2008 film by Bryan Singer
Overview: Valkyrie is a 2008 thriller film directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and depicts the ...
Release date: 25 December 2008Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, WarDirector: Bryan SingerProducer: Gilbert Adler, Nathan AlexanderWriter: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan AlexanderA dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II. 0
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La historia oficial
1985 film
Overview: The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine drama historical film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna ...Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Luis PuenzoCast: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela RuízProducer: Aída Bortnik, Luis PuenzoAlicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife in Buenos Aires... 0
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The Last King of Scotland
2006 film
Overview: The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British historical drama film based on Giles Foden's novel The Last King of Scotland (1998), adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by ...
Release date: 1 September 2006Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, HistoryDirector: Kevin MacdonaldCast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, David OyelowoProducer: Ros Borland, Lisa BryerWriter: Peter Morgan, Jeremy BrockBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. 0
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The Kite Runner
2007 American film
Overview: The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a ...
Release date: 5 October 2007Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Marc ForsterCast: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub, Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan MahmoodzadaProducer: William Horberg, Sidney KimmelWriter: David Benioff, Khaled HosseiniAfter spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. 0
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 American epic film by Anthony Mann
Overview: The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 American epic film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston, with a screenplay by Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina and Philip Yordan. The film stars ...
Release date: 24 March 1964Genre: Drama, History, WarDirector: Anthony MannProducer: Samuel Bronston, Jaime PradesWriter: Ben Barzman, Basilio FranchinaThe death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything ... 0
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Ryan's Daughter
1970 British epic romantic drama film by David Lean
Overview: 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 1970Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: David LeanProducer: Anthony Havelock-Allan, Roy StevensWriter: Robert BoltSet in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer. 0
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Of Love and Shadows
1994 film
Overview: Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania ...
Release date: 6 October 1994Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Betty KaplanCast: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff, Camilo Gallardo, Patricio ContrerasProducer: Aníbal Esmoris, Paula FranchiniWriter: Isabel Allende, Donald FreedChile 1973 is ruled by the dictator Pinochet. The wealthy don't see the violence, terror, executions etc. including Irene. She's engaged to an officer ... 0
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Mississippi Burning
1988 film by Alan Parker
Overview: Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi. The ...
Release date: 9 December 1988Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Alan ParkerProducer: Robert F. Colesberry, Frederick ZolloWriter: Chris GerolmoTwo F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists. 0
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Marie Antoinette
2006 film directed by Sofia Coppola
Overview: Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is based on the life of Queen Marie Antoinette, played by Kirsten Dunst, in the years leading up to the French ...
Release date: 24 May 2006Genre: Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Sofia CoppolaProducer: Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia CoppolaWriter: Sofia CoppolaThe retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 ... 0
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Lust, Caution
2007 film
Overview: Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè; Jyutping: SikGaai) is a 2007 erotic espionage period film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. The story is set in Hong ...
Release date: 30 August 2007Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, WarDirector: Ang LeeProducer: Lloyd Chao, William KongWriter: Eileen Chang, James SchamusDuring World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee ... 0
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Indochine
1992 film by Régis Wargnier
Overview: Indochine is a 1992 French period drama film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter ...
Release date: 15 April 1992Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Régis WargnierProducer: Alain Belmondo, Gérard CrosnierWriter: Erik Orsenna, Louis GardelEliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later ... 0
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House of Flying Daggers
2004 film by Zhang Yimou
Overview: House of Flying Daggers (Chinese: 十面埋伏) is a 2004 wuxia romance film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unlike other wuxia films, it is more of a love story ...
Release date: 19 May 2004Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Yimou ZhangProducer: William Kong, Sook YhunA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem. 0
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History of the World: Part I
1981 film by Mel Brooks
Overview: History of the World, Part I is a 1981 American sketch comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher ...
Release date: 12 June 1981Genre: Comedy, MusicalDirector: Mel BrooksProducer: Mel Brooks, Joel ChernoffWriter: Mel BrooksMel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of ... 0
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