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    May 18 2007 POSTER

    May 18

    2007

    Korean

    6.9

    9

    61%

    61%

    1980s

    Action

    democratization movement

    Drama

    gwangju

    gwangju uprising

    historical event

    History

    Ji-hoon Kim Ji-hoon Kim Director Ji-hoon Kim Ji-hoon Kim as Tae-won Kwon Tae-won Kwon as General Choi Joon-Gi Lee Joon-Gi Lee as Kang Jin-woo Sung-kee Ahn Sung-kee Ahn as Park Heung-su
    The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
    Collapse 2009 POSTER

    Collapse

    2009

    English

    7.7

    23

    83%

    83%

    Action

    capitalism

    Documentary

    economics

    financial crisis

    historical event

    oil industry

    prediction

    Chris Smith Chris Smith Director Michael Ruppert Michael Ruppert as Himself
    From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the crises in economics, energy, environment and more.
    Tai-Pan 1986 POSTER

    Tai-Pan

    1986

    English

    5.6

    8

    14%

    38%

    Action

    Adventure

    british colonial

    china

    historical event

    hong kong

    interracial relationship

    Daryl Duke Daryl Duke Director Bert Remsen Bert Remsen as Pat Gorman Pat Gorman as British Merchant 2 Patrick Ryecart Patrick Ryecart as Captain Glessing Joan Chen Joan Chen as May-May
    The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
    Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead 2019 POSTER

    Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead

    2019

    English

    6.5

    9

    ancient history

    Documentary

    historical event

    History

    natural disaster

    pompeii

    scientific study

    volcanic eruption

    Ben Finney Ben Finney Director Maite Jáuregui Maite Jáuregui as Narrator Kayla Iacovino Kayla Iacovino as Self - Volcanologist
    Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.
    The Hindenburg 1975 POSTER

    The Hindenburg

    1975

    English

    6.3

    13

    31%

    39%

    Action

    Adventure

    airship

    based on true story

    disaster

    Drama

    hindenburg

    historical event

    History

    Thriller

    tragic event

    Robert Wise Robert Wise Director Norman Alden Norman Alden as Det. Baker, N.Y.P.D. Joe Turkel Joe Turkel as Detective Moore Joanna Moore Joanna Moore as Mrs. Channing Vic Perrin Vic Perrin as Travel Agency's Representative
    Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
    United 2011 POSTER

    United

    2011

    English

    7.3

    1

    71%

    71%

    airplane crash

    Drama

    football (soccer)

    historical event

    History

    Sport

    sports documentary

    James Strong James Strong Director Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield as Alma George Sam Claflin Sam Claflin as Duncan Edwards David Tennant David Tennant as Jimmy Murphy Werner Daehn Werner Daehn as Professor Maurer
    United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
    1987: When the Day Comes 2017 POSTER

    1987: When the Day Comes

    2017

    Korean

    7.7

    33

    82%

    65%

    Action

    democracy

    Drama

    historical event

    History

    military dictatorship

    protest

    student protest

    students' movement

    Thriller

    Joon-Hwan Jang Joon-Hwan Jang Director Kim Yun-Seok Kim Yun-Seok as Park Cheo-Won Na Chul Na Chul as Public Security Office Investigator Lee Hee-Jun Lee Hee-Jun as Reporter Yoon Sang-Sam Tae-ri Kim Tae-ri Kim as Yeon-Hee
    In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
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