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.



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.



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.



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.



Michael(2026)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

The early life of musician Michael Jackson, from the discovery of his talent as the lead of the Jackson Five to the artist whose creative ambition fueled a pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.



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.



Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man(2026)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

During World War II, Tommy Shelby returns to a bombed Birmingham and becomes involved in secret wartime missions facing new threats as he reckons with his past.



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.



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.




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