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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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Rating: 8.3/10 A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)

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Rating: 7.5/10 A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d’If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

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Rating: 7.8/10 At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside. The film is based on the classic novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930)

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Rating: 5.9:10 Trace the early events in the life of the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, starting from his birth, to education and his personal life till his involvement in the Civil War. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

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Rating: 7.6/10 The Allied armies concocted a plan to win the World War II at Arnhem. Disaster ensues when the area around Arnhem, including the key bridges of Germany, is loaded with armoured assaults. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Esoteric Agenda (2015)

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Rating: 7.8/10 The more humanity strays from its’ origin, the more we deny our bond with nature, the farther from perfection we become. We are the only creatures on the planet that use symbols in reference to something else. This documentary shows that we use symbols for absolutely everything the mind can conceive of. There is at least one word or icon or gesture to insinuate everything our five senses can detect and then some. But along with this beautiful gift comes a flaw. Most people are unwilling to seek and create their own interpretations of these symbols. Instead, they blindly submit to preconceived definitions and connotations given by sources unknown. Because of this, many things have been predetermined in our understanding of life without our knowledge. Words can be perverted and used to manipulate rather than to inform. Symbols can be used to segregate rather than unite. And those given the responsibility and authority to disseminate information to the pu...

The True Story of Che Guevara (2007)

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Rating: 7.3/10 This documentary surveys the life of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara, from early formative experiences to his final hours. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!