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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



Woman in Gold(2015)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.



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.



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.



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.



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.



Boston Strangler(2023)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.



The Twilight Samurai(2002)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A 19th-century samurai tries to protect a battered wife.



The Stanford Prison Experiment(2015)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.




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