The Woman King(2022)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.



The New World(2005)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.



World Trade Center(2006)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.



The Founder(2016)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence and ruthlessness.



Patriots Day(2016)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.



Troy(2004)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.



Dark Waters(2019)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.



The Dig(2021)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.



Greyhound(2020)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.



We Were Soldiers(2002)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.



The Last Samurai(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 71

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.



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.



Bloody Sunday(2002)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.



Shattered Glass(2003)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.



The Good Shepherd(2006)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.



A Mighty Heart(2007)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.



Valkyrie(2008)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.



Defiance(2008)

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Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.



The Way Back(2010)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.




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