The Professor and the Madman (
2019) | IMDb:
7.2
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Directed by:
Farhad Safinia
Darkest Hour (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Starring:
Gary Oldman
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Lily James
,
Ronald Pickup
,
Stephen Dillane
Zero Dark Thirty (
2012) | IMDb:
7.4
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
,
Jason Clarke
,
Kyle Chandler
,
Jennifer Ehle
,
Mark Strong
,
Joel Edgerton
The Greatest Game Ever Played (
2005) | IMDb:
7.4
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Directed by:
Bill Paxton
King Arthur (
2004) | IMDb:
6.3
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Starring:
Clive Owen
,
Ioan Gruffudd
,
Keira Knightley
,
Mads Mikkelsen
,
Joel Edgerton
,
Hugh Dancy
The Hours (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Julianne Moore
,
Meryl Streep
,
Stephen Dillane
,
Miranda Richardson
,
George Loftus
Spy Game (
2001) | IMDb:
7.1
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Brad Pitt
,
Catherine McCormack
,
Stephen Dillane
,
Larry Bryggman
,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste