Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (
2008) | IMDb:
7.4
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Starring:
Vincent Cassel
,
Ludivine Sagnier
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Gérard Lanvin
,
Samuel Le Bihan
,
Olivier Gourmet
Directed by:
Jean-François Richet
The Great Debaters (
2007) | IMDb:
7.5
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Starring:
Denzel Whitaker
,
Denzel Washington
,
Nate Parker
,
Jurnee Smollett
,
Forest Whitaker
,
Kimberly Elise
Gandahar (
1987) | IMDb:
7
On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.
Starring:
Catherine Chevallier
,
Pierre-Marie Escourrou
,
Anny Duperey
,
Christine Paris
,
Georges Wilson
,
Jean-Pierre Ducos
The Three Musketeers (
1973) | IMDb:
7.1
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the King. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the Cardinal.
Starring:
Michael York
,
Oliver Reed
,
Richard Chamberlain
,
Frank Finlay
,
Faye Dunaway
,
Raquel Welch
The Longest Day (
1962) | IMDb:
7.7
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"