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1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,688 | Gross: $44.82M
2. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Votes: 214,969 | Gross: $122.01M
3. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,559 | Gross: $47.84M
4. Thirteen Days (2000)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Shawn Driscoll, Drake Cook
Votes: 62,747 | Gross: $34.59M
5. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,364 | Gross: $7.96M
6. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,297
7. Outrage (2010)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 14,672
8. Katyn (2007)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, History, War
An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka
Votes: 17,424 | Gross: $0.12M
9. The Putin Interviews (2017)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary, Biography
Academy Award-winning film-maker Oliver Stone interviews Russian president Vladimir Putin about divisive issues related to U.S.-Russia relations.
Stars: Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Chudinov, Fernando Sulichin
Votes: 5,270
10. Chief of Staff (2019)
60 min | Drama
As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Shin Min-a, Kim Dong-jun, Kim Kap-su
Votes: 727
11. The Long Road to War (2018)
117 min | Documentary
A month after the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne begins the First World War. But this stake had been prepared decades before.
Director: Milos Skundric | Stars: Oleg Airapetov, Dusan T. Batakovic, Jean-Paul Bled, Stig Förster
Votes: 1,612
12. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,548
13. No End in Sight (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, War
A comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke, Ali Fadhil, Omar Fekeiki
Votes: 8,631 | Gross: $1.43M
14. Cold War (1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 1,039
15. Don't Tell (2017)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
With help from a local lawyer, a young abuse survivor finds the courage to speak out when having a voice is her only option.
Director: Tori Garrett | Stars: Jack Thompson, Aden Young, Sara West, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 419
16. Why We Fight (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft
Votes: 10,233 | Gross: $1.44M
17. The Club (1980)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy, Frank Wilson, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 1,122
18. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 225
19. Man in a Cocked Hat (1959)
TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy
A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty.
Directors: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Ian Bannen
Votes: 868
20. Bismarck (1940)
118 min | Biography, Drama
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack
Votes: 246
21. La case du siècle (2010– )
Documentary, History, War
Dive into the history of the 20th century in France and around the world.
Stars: François Hollande, Michel Rocard, Hubert Védrine, Pierre Joxe
Votes: 27
22. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Brian Cox, Henry Kissinger, Anna Chennault, Daniel Davidson
Votes: 2,094 | Gross: $0.52M
23. Vice: Deleted Scenes (2019 Video)
17 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
Three deleted scenes from Adam McKay's Vice (2018): "High School" (aka "Best of All, He Loves Me Back"), "Musical", and "Bunker".
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Alex MacNicoll, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dawson Fletcher
Votes: 51
24. The Guns of August (1964)
100 min | Documentary, History, War
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Director: Nathan Kroll | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Winston Churchill, Georges Clemenceau
Votes: 181
25. Le souper (1992)
90 min | Drama, History
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holgado
Votes: 642
26. Countdown to Zero (2010)
PG | 91 min | Documentary
A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Graham Allison, James Baker III, Bruce Blair, Tony Blair
Votes: 2,315 | Gross: $0.27M
27. The American President (2000– )
Documentary, History
We take a look at how the Presidents of the United States changed the nature of the country.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Morley Safer, Andrew Young, Dale Bumpers
Votes: 74
28. Putin, Russia and the West (2011)
60 min | Documentary
Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
Stars: Rupert Graves, Condoleezza Rice, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Prikhodko
Votes: 425
29. Our Own Private Bin Laden (2006)
63 min | Documentary
ourownpriv@tebinladen is a film about understanding the creation of the Osama bin Laden as a phenomenon of the interplay between history, politics, global economics and the media. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Samira Goetschel | Stars: Saad Al-Fagih, Stéphane Allix, Milton Bearden, Benazir Bhutto
Votes: 50
30. The Conquerors (2005)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Retired Marine Captain Dale Dye shows how famous conquerors, such as Cortes, Andrew Jackson and Caesar, rose to power and how they won their key battle or campaign which secured their place in history.
Stars: Dale Dye, Roger McGrath, Victor Davis Hanson, J. David Markham
Votes: 39
31. Alex Jones Explains the Star Wars Prequels (2017 Video)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, is surprised and amused to find that Alex Jones's interpretation of the "Star Wars" prequels makes them sound more interesting than they actually are.
Stars: Carl Benjamin, Alex Jones
Votes: 22
32. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
33. Miroporyadok-2018 (2018)
93 min | Documentary
Directors: Darya Bylinushkina, Mikhail Chervyakov, Saida Medvedeva, Violetta Sergeeva, Vladimir Solovyov | Stars: Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Shinzo Abe, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Votes: 46
34. Reichsgründung/Die nervöse Großmacht (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | History
Director: Bernd Fischerauer | Stars: Torsten Lennie Münchow, Bibiana Beglau, Michael Mendl, Undine Brixner
Votes: 26
35. Dr. Teller's Very Large Bomb (2006 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
As scientists race to perfect the atomic bomb, Dr. Teller has a bigger idea.
Director: Michael Lennick | Stars: Hans Bethe, Freeman Dyson, Reed Hadley, Richard Rhodes
Votes: 18
36. Miroporyadok (2015)
107 min | Documentary
The documentary film by journalist Vladimir Solovyev "World order", based on an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several interviews of Vladimir Putin were used in the film, ... See full summary »
Directors: Vadim Chernoshtan, Andrey Garyanin, Saida Medvedeva, Anastasiya Popova, Violetta Sergeeva | Stars: Pervez Musharraf, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Votes: 97
37. Rethink Afghanistan (2009)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, War
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation deliver a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Tariq Ali, Faiysal Alikhan, Andrew Bacevich, Robert Baer
Votes: 102
38. Conquest of Peter the Great (1938)
96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The second part of the story is about the life and state activity of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Simonov, Alla Tarasova, Nikolay Cherkasov, Irina Zarubina
Votes: 153
39. Henry Kissinger - Geheimnisse einer Supermacht (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The Hamburg documentary filmmaker Stephan Lamby succeeded in persuading Kissinger to have a detailed conversation about his life in front of the camera.
Director: Stephan Lamby | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carl Bernstein, Willy Brandt, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 28
40. Vive la bombe! (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | History, War
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Cyril Descours, Olivier Barthélémy, Matthieu Boujenah, Damien Jouillerot
Votes: 69
41. Wind of Change
Short, Comedy, Drama | Pre-production
After suffering sexual harassment at work, a female office employee gets revenge on her attacker in the most fulfilling (and for him, embarrassing) way possible.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
42. Krieg in Europa - Das Ukraine-Drama (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The conflict in the Donbas, a secessionist region of Ukraine, began in 2014, after the fall of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych and the election of Petro Poroshenko. Playing on the ... See full summary »
Director: Claire Walding | Stars: Marieluise Beck, Nadja Berlinghoff, Jill Biden, Joe Biden
Votes: 70
43. Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009)
30 min | Documentary, Short, War
In a land under international supervision, in the heart of Europe, at the beginning of the 21st century, in Kosovo, one man attempts to expose human rights violations unlike anything you can imagine.
Director: Boris Malagurski
Votes: 891
44. Iran, une puissance dévoilée (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Iran is on the rise after a century of political upheaval. For the first time, access has been granted to Iranian national archives and rare footage, looking back over 100 years of Iranian ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Michel Vecchiet | Stars: Abbas Abdi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hossein Ala, Osama bin Laden
Votes: 55
45. Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History
This is a documentary about the historical context of the Cuban Missile Crisis, that is available on the DVD for the film, Thirteen Days (2000). Using archival footage and new interviews ... See full summary »
Director: Alita Holly | Stars: Sam Donaldson, Ernest R. May, Sergei Khrushchev, Marvin Kalb
Votes: 61
46. Deh Namaki-ha (2008)
62 min | Documentary
Pegah Ahangarani sets out to a one woman manhunt for Masoud Dehnamaki.
Director: Pegah Ahangarani | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Pegah Ahangarani, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Votes: 114
47. Our Friend Saddam (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary that examines relationship that US, French & German politicians had with Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and how western countries supplied him with weapons.
Stars: Said Aburish, Jacques Attali, Tariq Aziz, Robert Byrd
Votes: 10
48. Facing Berlin
Drama, History | Announced
President John F. Kennedy's firm stance against Soviet pressure to control and govern West Berlin becomes one of the many strengths of his Cold War administration. From the first 30 days in... See full summary »
49. Planspiel Atomkrieg - Adenauers Kampf um die Bombe (2008– )
45 min | History
Stars: Konrad Adenauer, Joseph Stalin, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower
50. Trond Giske - Makta rår (2021)
101 min | Documentary
One of Norway's most promising politicians is close to becoming the next prime minister, until scandalous stories of his past surface in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Director: Håvard Bustnes | Stars: Trond Giske, Haddy Njie
Votes: 125