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1. 12 Days of Terror (year: 2004) |
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A vicious shark terrorizes the New Jersey shore in this tale of terror at the beach starring Colin Egglesfield and John Rhys-Davies and based on the a ...
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2. A Cry In The Dark (year: 1988) |
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3. A Mighty Heart (year: 2007) |
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Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, in director Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Mariane's memoir recoun ...
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4. All the President's Men (year: 1976) |
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Conspiracy film specialist Alan J. Pakula turned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their Watergate investigation i ...
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5. Alpha Dog (year: 2006) |
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A drug dealer moves on to bigger crimes in an effort to settle a score with disastrous results in this drama inspired by actual events. Though barely ...
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6. And the Band Played On (year: 1993) |
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The late journalist Randy Shilts' best-selling book on the burgeoning AIDS crisis was adapted for cable TV by Arnold Schulman. In 1981, researchers be ...
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7. Antarctica (year: 1984) |
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8. Archer's Adventure (year: 1985) |
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Not to be confused with the like-vintage "sword and sorcery" TV pilot of the same name, director Denny Lawrence's Archer's Adventure was len ...
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9. Awakenings (year: 1990) |
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Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. ...
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10. Band of Brothers (year: 2001) |
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Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO, Band of Brothers is a ten-part miniseries based on the book Band of Brothers: E Company, ...
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11. Battle for Haditha (year: 2007) |
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The fate of two cultures becomes locked on a tragic collision course in director Nick Broomfield's dramatization of the events that led to the massacr ...
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12. Beaufort (year: 2007) |
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The title of Joseph Cedar's war drama Beaufort refers to the name of a fortress held by Israeli troops, during that country's contentious occupation o ...
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13. Black August (year: 2007) |
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Filmmakers Samm Styles and TCinque Sampson collaborate to explore the life and death of prison rights activist George L. Jackson in this biographical ...
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14. Bloody Sunday (year: 2002) |
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Paul Greengrass (The Theory of Flight) wrote and directed this powerful look at January 30, 1972 — better known as "Bloody Sunday." ...
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15. Boxcar Bertha (year: 1972) |
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Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha is a Bonnie and Clyde-like yarn set during the Depression. The title character ...
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16. Boys Don't Cry (year: 1999) |
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Based on a true story, this drama was adapted from the life of Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, a woman who chose to live her life as a man and suff ...
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17. Brave New World (year: 1980) |
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18. Breach (year: 2007) |
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Shattered Glass director Billy Ray directs Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe in this fact-based drama concerning the FBI traitor who carried out what man ...
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19. Brubaker (year: 1980) |
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Fact-based drama starring Robert Redford as Henry Brubaker, the new inmate at a run-down Southern prison that's become notorious for corruption and vi ...
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20. Buddy (year: 1997) |
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21. Charlie Wilson's War (year: 2007) |
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Produced by Tom Hanks, written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Mike Nichols, this adaptation of George Crile III's incendiary bestseller tells the re ...
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22. Citizen X (year: 1995) |
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Stephen Rea stars as a relentless Russian investigator in this made-for-cable thriller. Based on an actual case, this taut film tells the story of Bur ...
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23. Coach Carter (year: 2005) |
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The true-life story of a coach who tries to teach his players that there's more to life than basketball is brought to the screen in this sports drama. ...
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25. Death Defying Acts (year: 2007) |
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My Brilliant Career and Oscar and Lucinda director Gillian Armstrong explores the final feat of the greatest illusionist ever to deceive a live audien ...
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26. Doomsday Gun (year: 1994) |
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This HBO docudrama tells the real-life story of Dr. Gerald Bull (Frank Langella), a genius weapons designer whose services were used by the CIA for so ...
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27. Encounter with the Unknown (year: 1973) |
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This film is another amateurish, low-rent pseudo-documentary (of the kind prevalent in the mid-1970s) which marked the unfortunate nadir of Twilight Z ...
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28. Erin Brockovich (year: 2000) |
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Julia Roberts stars in this legal drama based on the true story of a woman who helped win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit. ...
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29. Exodus (year: 1960) |
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Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, Exodus is a 212-minute screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by Leon Uris. The film is concerned with t ...
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30. Fat Man & Little Boy (year: 1989) |
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"Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the nicknames given the atomic bombs that were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the waning d ...
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31. Fire in the Sky (year: 1993) |
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One of the most famous real-life UFO abduction cases on record becomes this character-driven drama from sci-fi screenwriter Tracy Torme. D.B. Sweeney ...
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32. Flight 93 (year: 2006) |
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Although al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners on September 11, 2001, only three reached their intended targets. United Airlines Flig ...
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33. Freeway (year: 1988) |
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34. Friendly Fire (year: 1979) |
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35. Goodbye Bafana (year: 2007) |
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Bille August's inspirational docudrama Goodbye Bafana begins in 1968, with South Africa buried neck-deep in the horrors of apartheid and Nelson Mandel ...
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36. Haven (year: 2001) |
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37. Hoosiers (year: 1986) |
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An unexpected late-1986 box-office hit, Hoosiers tells the true story of a group of underdogs who become champions. Set in the 1950s, Hoosiers is abou ...
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38. Hotel Rwanda (year: 2004) |
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Hotel Rwanda tackles one of the most horrifically ugly events in recent history, when the Hutu extremists of Rwanda initiated a terrifying campaign of ...
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39. Human Trafficking (year: 2005) |
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For naïve audiences under the impression that sexual slavery is a thing of the past, director Christian Duguay's Golden Globe-nominated tale of the mu ...
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40. Identity Theft (year: 2004) |
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41. In Cold Blood (year: 1967) |
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Richard Brooks wrote and directed this stark black-and-white (with brilliantly evocative cinematography by Conrad Hall) study of two drifters who murd ...
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42. In the Name of the Father (year: 1993) |
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The My Left Foot team of star Daniel Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan were reunited to make this political docudrama about Irish citizen Gerry Conl ...
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43. Into the Wild (year: 2007) |
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Into the Wild is writer/director Sean Penn's adaptation of the popular book by Jon Krakauer, a nonfiction account of the post-collegiate wanderings of ...
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44. Iron Jawed Angels (year: 2004) |
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German filmmaker Katja von Garnier directs the HBO original movie Iron Jawed Angels, inspired by a pivotal chapter in American history. Hilary Swank p ...
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45. Kozara (year: 1963) |
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For a long time, virtually the only Yugoslavian-made films to reach American shores concerned the anti-German partisans of World War II. The title Koz ...
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46. Lorenzo's Oil (year: 1992) |
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Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaki ...
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47. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (year: 1997) |
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Clint Eastwood directed this adaptation of John Berendt's non-fiction best-seller about a Savannah, Georgia, murder case. When this film was released, ...
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48. Mission of the Shark (year: 1991) |
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When a top secret naval mission leads to the torpedoing of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of WWII, it began one of the most scandalous court-marti ...
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49. Munich (year: 2005) |
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Much as Steven Spielberg followed 1993's special-effects blockbuster Jurassic Park with a far more downbeat and personal project later the same year, ...
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50. Nattbuss 807 (year: 1997) |
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The story is drawn directly from the files of the Stockholm police, and, from three distinct viewpoints, chronicles the racially-motivated and brutal ...
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