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Black Hawk Down (2001)
Plot Summary:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 417000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: war, courage, combat, battles, shooting, gunfight, chaos, sniper, military, survival, army, american soldier, rescue mission, u.s. military, mission, warrior, helicopter, conflict, shootout, violent, team, special forces, marine, tough heroes, u.s. marine
61* (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: baseball, friendship, rivalry, fan, fame, contests and competitions, against the odds, success, society, ambition, lifestyle, underdog, buddies, obsessive quest, athlete's life, rising to stardom, uninhibited rivalry, new york yankees, mother son relationship, athlete, entrepreneur, catholic, danger, melancholy, nfl
Conspiracy (2001)
Plot Summary:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: holocaust, genocide, nazi, world war two, politics, nazism, third reich, ss officer, war crime, racism, anti semitism, ss, world war, brutality, military, human spirit, wartime life, state affairs, soldier, leadership, against humanity, war, wartime, german history, international relations
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Plot tags: world war two, friendship, childhood, holocaust, exile, farm, culture clash, immigrant, family relations, wartime life, anti semitism, understanding, survival, starting over, nazi, society, human nature, hopes, judge, boarding school, food shortage, hockey, racism, adultery, emigrant
The Warrior (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert
Duration: 158 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea, China
Plot tags: martial arts, medieval, war, desert, samurai, kung fu, survival, battles, master warrior, exile, fight, wuxia, betrayal, heroic mission, empire, love affair, tragic hero, sword fight, rescue, danger, state affairs, heroes, soldier, emperor, daring rescue
The Grey Zone (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, redemption, war, nazi concentration camp, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy, auschwitz, prison, human spirit, against humanity, ss, gas chamber, pow, danger, anti semitism, confined, moral dilemma, rebelliousness, hopes, death
Ashoka the Great (2001)
Plot Summary:
In India, about 260 BC in the Empire of Magadha, the Prince Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) survives to many betrayals of his brothers, leaded by the evil Susima (Ajit Kumar), who wants to kill him to inherit the throne. His mothers orders Asoka to leave Magadha, and while traveling, he meets Princess Kaurwaki (Karriena Kapoor) and her brother, Prince Aryan (Sooraj Balaji) from Kalinga, who are undercover and protected by General Bheema (Rahul Dev). Asoka and Kaurwaki falls in love for each other, but the mother of Asoka calls him back to Magadha. When he returns, he does not find Kaurwaki, who was attacked by traitors of Kalinga. When Asoka's mother is killed by a man of Susima, Asoka becomes mad, kills all his evil brothers but Sugatra, who escapes to Kalinga. Asoka decides to conquer Kalinga, but in the end, he concludes that he has not built an empire, but conquered only corpses and destroyed everything, and he decides to spread love and the Buddhism
Duration: 180 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Plot tags: buddhism, ancient history, indians, emperor, ancient world, betrayal, battles, ruler, rise to the top, fall in love, leadership, hidden identity, royal family, state affairs, assassination attempt, medieval, dishonesty, ancient, antiquity, princess, royalty, indian history, redemption, fratricide, indian war
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Plot Summary:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
Duration: 183 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: world war two, war, love, military, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance, u.s. air force, historical event, aerial combats, combat, warship, love story, tragic event, battles, secret mission, army, friendship, propaganda, patriotism, friends