As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.

Machine-Gun Kelly

1958

English

6.1

♡ 4

Roger Corman Director

Susan Cabot as Florence 'Flo' Becker

Charles Bronson as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly

Mitzi McCall as Harriet

Jack Lambert as Howard

George Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After a botched robbery, Flo, Kelly and his gang try their hand at a more lucrative job: kidnapping.

Buddha: The Great Departure

2011

Japanese

6.3

♡ 6

Kôzô Morishita Director

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Maya

Sayaka Ohara as Pajapati

Hiroyuki Endô as (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai as (voice)

Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world. Meeting the young outcast girl Migaila, Siddhartha experiences love for the first time but also witnesses the suffering that afflicts humankind. Meanwhile, in Kosala, Chapra rises through the military, despite his lowly origins, to become a hero and general of the army. A final showdown between the two kingdoms forces Siddhartha to re-evaluate the path he is following.

June Zero

2022

Hebrew

6.5

♡ 2

86%

87%

Action

co-workers relationship

holocaust (shoah) survivor

Jake Paltrow Director

Yoav Levi as

Tom Hagi as

Koby Aderet as

Joy Rieger as

Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of European Jews, is sentenced to death.

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

2022

German

7.1

♡ 8

96%

Thomas von Steinaecker Director

Nicole Kidman as Self

Patti Smith as Self

Robert Pattinson as Self

Christian Bale as Self

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.

John Paul Jones

1959

English

6.3

♡ 3

28%

John Farrow Director

Thomas Gomez as Esek Hopkins

David Farrar as John Wilkes

Alfred Brown as Lt. Landais

Frank Latimore as Lt. Richard Dale

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Princess Kaiulani

2009

English

6.2

♡ 1

21%

Marc Forby Director

Barry Pepper as Lorrin Thurston

Q'orianka Kilcher as Princess Ka'iulani

Will Patton as Sanford Dole

Julian Glover as Theo Davies

Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American businessmen. After being sent to England as a child by her Scottish father, Ka'iulani returns to Hawaii and becomes a political activist who fights to retain her throne, even though she must leave her English paramour.

The Music Lovers

1971

English

7.2

♡ 3

59%

Ken Russell Director

Harry Fielder as Gentleman

Kenneth Colley as Modeste

Glenda Jackson as Nina

Richard Chamberlain as Tchaikovsky

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky nymphomaniac Nina, whom he is unable to satisfy.

Sisi & I

2023

German

6.4

63%

Frauke Finsterwalder Director

Annette Badland as

Anthony Calf as Earl Spencer

Sandra Hüller as Irma

Tom Rhys Harries as Smythe

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

2006

Hindi

8.0

♡ 66

90%

Rajkumar Hirani Director

Vidya Balan as Jhanvi

Boman Irani as Lakhbir 'Lucky' Singh

Sanjay Dutt as Murliprasad 'Munna Bhai' Sharma

Abhishek Bachchan as Sunny Kkhurana

Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.

Galileo

1975

English

6.5

♡ 3

Joseph Losey Director

Judy Parfitt as Angelica Sarti

Margaret Leighton as Elderly Court Lady

Vernon Dobtcheff as First Secretary

Aileen Lewis as Woman

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

English

6.6

♡ 14

75%

Roger Corman Director

Ralph Meeker as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Leo Gordon as Heitler

Ron Nyman as Hood

Patrick Whyte as Judge at Party

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

Lost in the Arctic

2023

English

5.2

♡ 3

historical reinterpretation

missing expedition

sailing ship

Renan Ozturk Director

Jacob Keanik as Self - Expedition Guide

Mark Synnott as Self - Expedition Leader

Tom Gross as Self - Franklin Historian

Renan Ozturk as Self - Nat Geo Filmmaker

Sir John Franklin set off from England in 1845 with two ships and 129 men to be the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, a new trade route over the top of the world, when Franklin’s ships vanished without a trace. Now, a team of explorers attempts to solve the mystery by retracing Franklin’s route in search of his long-lost tomb.

Born to Be Blue

2015

English

♡ 62

88%

Robert Budreau Director

Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker

Callum Keith Rennie as Dick

Barbara Eve Harris as Elsie Azuka

Tony Nappo as Officer Reid

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

The Babe

1992

English

5.9

♡ 9

47%

Arthur Hiller Director

John Goodman as Babe Ruth

Shannon Cochran as Flapper

Robert Swan as George Ruth Sr.

Ron Dean as Umpire Owens

A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.

Agatha

1979

English

6.2

♡ 9

67%

husband wife relationship

Michael Apted Director

Timothy Dalton as Archie Christie

Timothy West as Kenward

Tony Haygarth as Man Drinking Tea

Dustin Hoffman as Wally Stanton

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

Coup 53

2019

English

7.8

♡ 10

100%

teheran (tehran), iran

Taghi Amirani Director

Ralph Fiennes as Norman Darbyshire

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Winston Churchill as Self

Allen Dulles as Self

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

English

7.1

♡ 23

87%

70%

Action

arizona

based on a true story

John Sturges Director

Frank Hagney as Bartender

Dennis Hopper as Billy Clanton

John Ireland as Johnny Ringo

Rhonda Fleming as Laura Denbow

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

You Don't Know Jack

2010

English

7.5

♡ 20

83%

Barry Levinson Director

Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian

Susan Sarandon as Janet Good

Deirdre O'Connell as Linda

John Goodman as Neal Nicol

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Amistad

1997

English

7.3

♡ 56

78%

Steven Spielberg Director

Arliss Howard as John C. Calhoun

Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams

Matthew McConaughey as Roger Sherman Baldwin

Morgan Freeman as Theodore Joadson

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

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