Biographies
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1. On the Basis of Sex (2018)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston
Votes: 38,329 | Gross: $24.62M
2. The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about Ben Bradlee, the iconic editor of The Washington Post.
Director: John Maggio | Stars: Marion Barry Jr., Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee Jr., Ben Bradlee
Votes: 554
3. Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
R | 108 min | Drama, History, Mystery
A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Theo James, Ben Kingsley, Belçim Bilgin, Jacqueline Bisset
Votes: 5,876
4. Official Secrets (2019)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 54,568 | Gross: $0.40M
5. War Dogs (2016)
R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner
Votes: 253,859 | Gross: $43.03M
6. The Outpost (2019)
R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
A small team of U.S. soldiers battles against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy
Votes: 40,523
7. 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: 162,386 | Gross: $47.84M
8. Red Platoon
Action, Adventure, Biography | Announced
An American Sergeant leads a small squad of soldiers in a counterattack battle in Afghanistan in 2009.
Director: Daniel Espinosa
9. Fallen Angel: Call Sign - Extortion 17 (2021)
93 min | Documentary
On a moonless night, an Army helicopter carrying 17 members of the elite Navy SEAL Team 6, the unit that killed Osama Bin Laden, is shot down in Afghanistan. But why? The military's public contradictions raise more questions than answers.
Directors: Karl Horstmann, Stephen Spivey | Stars: Sean Hannity, Raj Kala, Vee Bhakta, Cyrus Leisy
Votes: 79
10. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,074 | Gross: $45.06M
11. The Post (2017)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History
A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 162,238 | Gross: $81.90M
12. The Kill Team (2019)
R | 87 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A young American soldier in Afghanistan is disturbed by his commanding officer's behavior and is faced with a moral dilemma.
Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell
Votes: 7,601
13. Koursk: Un sous-marin en eaux troubles (2004 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 77 min | Documentary
A remarkable documentary that delves deep into the mysterious and murky circumstances surrounding the Kursk submarine sinking.
Director: Jean-Michel Carré | Stars: Peter Coyote, Bernard Giraudeau, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 273
14. Kursk (2012)
117 min | Drama
An explosion on a nuclear-powered Russian submarine kills most of the men aboard and causes the few survivors to huddle in waterlogged and oxygen
Director: Amanda Boyle | Stars: Keir Charles, Ian Aspinall, Jonah Russell, Laurence Mitchell
Votes: 292
15. The Command (2018)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl
Votes: 21,442
16. Kursk (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
A documentary about the Russian submarine Kursk after the terrible accident in the North-Sea in 2000.
Directors: Øystein Bogen, Per Christian Magnus
Votes: 28
17. The Raising of the Kursk (2002 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Gary Lang | Stars: Norman Polmar, Tom Clancy, Dmitri Kolesnikov, Olga Kolesnikov
Votes: 29
18. The Last Full Measure (2019)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. "Pits" Pitsenbarger is awarded the nation's highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Sebastian Stan, Alison Sudol, Asher Miles Fallica, LisaGay Hamilton
Votes: 14,077
19. Truth (I) (2015)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: James Vanderbilt | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss
Votes: 21,232 | Gross: $2.54M
20. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Sport
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee
Votes: 24,084 | Gross: $1.74M
21. 13 Hours (2016)
R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale, David Denman
Votes: 160,718 | Gross: $52.85M
22. Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett
Votes: 39,852 | Gross: $0.00M
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