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Plot Summary:
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: political
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The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
Plot Summary:
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: jidai geki, weird
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Eros + Massacre (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 216 min
Plot tags: erotic, erotic drama, avant garde, political, weird
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February 15, 1839 (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels rot in prison. The morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang learn that they will be hung in 24 hours, with three other comrades. While they await their hour of death the condemned spend time and consult with companions and loved ones as well as entrust to those their last wills. At dawn, the five Patriots find the courage to walk with dignity towards the scaffold, knowing that will they die in the name of a just causewww.tribute.ca.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: political
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Woman of the Lake (1966)
Plot Summary:
A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The Revolt (1962)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating
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Heroic Purgatory (1970)
Plot Summary:
Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: avant garde, weird
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Mandara (1971)
Plot Summary:
About two student couples who become members of an obscure sect. The cult seeks a prehistoric utopia with free sex and without society's norms and values. The students are torn between ambient pressure and the sect leader's authority to organ music in the creative camera angles.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: independent film, weird
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Himiko (1974)
Plot Summary:
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, esoteric, weird, cult film
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Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
Plot Summary:
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags:
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)
Plot Summary:
In a Japanese colony, children overthrow their parental guardians and attempt to form a new society. Their plan spirals out of control and they are soon lost in a web of sexual deviation and violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: experimental, disturbing, controversial, avant garde
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Sergio (2020)
Plot Summary:
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: political, psychological thriller, sexy
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Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
Plot Summary:
1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czech Republic, Poland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: political, epic, period drama
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Buya Hamka Vol. 1 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Discover the life of renowned Muslim scholar Buya Hamka, from his humble West Sumatra origins to his political achievements.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: period piece, period drama
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General Nil (2009)
Plot Summary:
Generał Nil is a Polish historical film, based on the life of general Emil August Fieldorf, pseudonym "Nil". The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and was released in 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Edo Porn (1981)
Plot Summary:
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai, a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: manga, jidai geki, erotic
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Death of a Tea Master (1989)
Plot Summary:
Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: jidai geki
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Eva Peron: The True Story (1996)
Plot Summary:
Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crying
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Rikyu (1989)
Plot Summary:
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan's most powerful warlord, unifying the country. Rikyu, through the tea ceremony and floral arrangements, tempers his lord, helping Hideyoshi focus on a single flower or be in a simple room where the shape of a cup is of most importance. But other forces fuel Hideyoshi's ambitions: the Portuguese bring a globe and guns, and he believes he can conquer Korea and China. When Rikyu raises doubts about invading China, Hideyoshi demands an apology, and Rikyu himself must find courage in the way of tea.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative, stylized, jidai geki
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Sade (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, sensual, tense, erotic, independent film
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Catherine the Great (1995)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political, period piece, epic, serious, realistic, stylized, baroque, period drama
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)
Plot Summary:
A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: political
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Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Plot Summary:
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: political
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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Plot Summary:
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, touching, visually appealing
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476 A.D. Chapter One: The Last Light of Aries (2014)
Plot Summary:
After General Flavius Aetius frees the Roman Empire from the clutches of Attila the Hun, Rome is once again secure. However, this assurance is short-lived, as Attila is no longer a threat, it only brings the Germanic tribes to once again unite against Rome. As the growing power of General Flavius Aetius becomes a threat to the Roman Senate, and the Emperor of Rome, Flavius becomes a victim of assassination to the Roman political hierarchy, which leaves Rome to two decades of corruption and turmoil. This unrest causes an intense decline in its infrastructure, finally brings the Empire to its inevitable demise. Leaving the Barbarians to finally fulfill their 400 years old dream, to destroy Rome once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Croatia, USA, Italy
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film
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Becket (1964)
Plot Summary:
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: epic, period piece, tense, clever, realistic, talky, retro, breathtaking, spiritual, political
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Colonel Redl (1985)
Plot Summary:
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: political, clever, serious, realistic, witty, cynical, biting, suspense, period drama, queer cinema
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LBJ (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: political, serious, emotional, suspense, realistic, historical drama, political drama
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: visually stunning, epic, political, breathtaking, visually appealing, period piece, emotional, historical drama, historically accurate, erotic
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Oppenheimer (2023)
Plot Summary:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 548000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: epic, period piece, historical drama, surprise ending, suspense, non-linear, tension, inspirational, period drama, interesting