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My Grandfather's People (2011)
Plot Summary:
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange
Duration: 126 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: grandparent grandchild relationship, kids and family, family relations, immigration, lifestyle, immigrant family, immigrant, turk, world war one, cemetery, suicide, greek, coup d'etat, funeral, heart attack, political corruption, message in a bottle, town, barter, grandfather grandson relationship, city, turkish, family, immigrants
The Flowers of War (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Plot tags: world war two, atrocity, war, japanese occupation of china, prostitution, sino japanese war, holocaust, prostitute, wartime, genocide, oppression, survival, rape, military, brothel, suffering, courage, life is a bitch, clergy, brutality, death, friendship, tragedy, justice, student
United (2011)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK
Plot tags: soccer, air disaster, football, loss of friend, dying young, friends, human spirit, sport team, athlete and trainer, athlete, entrepreneur, post war, historical event, real life, racing, disaster, overcoming, danger, passenger, social relations, untimely death, hopes, soccer coach, catastrophe, football player
Too Big to Fail (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: financial crisis, wall street, finance, politics, greed, economics, economic crisis, business, stock broker, stock market, bankruptcy, moral dilemma, capitalism, society, social problems, senator, race against time, corporate world, state affairs, loan, crisis, dialogue, trading, economist, power
War Horse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Plot tags: world war one, horse, war, friendship, military, animal, battles, animal training, human spirit, wartime, danger, survival, great war, cavalry charge, farm, human animal relationship, hopes, world war two, medieval, adaptation, courage, battlefield, world war, soldier, execution
The Lady (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film is about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Yeoh) who spent more than a decade under house arrest. David Thewlis portrays Suu Kyi's husband, Dr. Michael Aris. Rebecca Frayn began working on the project after she and her husband, producer Andy Harries, visited Burma in the early 1990s.Harries' production company Left Bank Pictures began development of the script in 2008 under the working title Freedom from Fear. Harries wanted Michelle Yeoh as the lead and had the script sent to her
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Thailand
Plot tags: resistance, politics, military dictatorship, election, human spirit, leadership, tragic love, social activist, selflessness, idealism, revolution, society, social problems, confined, oppression, political unrest, forceful separation, biopic, supportive spouse, democrat, diplomacy, women, human rights, nobel prize winner, militant
Black Gold (2011)
Plot Summary:
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Italy, Qatar, Tunisia
Plot tags: tribe, desert, sheik, oil, state affairs, muslim, bedouin, parents and children, political intrigue, arab, family relations, royal family, rivalry, society, manipulation, head of state, political unrest, conservative, intrigue, ruler, sex, business, world war one, military, desire
W.E. (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: forbidden love, royal family, true love, royalty, infidelity, obsession, love and romance, couples, love affair, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, brother brother relationship, monarch, monarchy, world war two, queen, rich man, romantic relationship, destiny, post war, flirting, biopic, abusive husband, ruler, heir
Ironclad (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany
Plot tags: knight, medieval, siege, crusader, castle, sword fight, warrior, battles, evil king, king, evil man, rebellion, rebel, brutality, nobility, knights templar, strong violent content, sword and shield, gore, battlefield, british royal family, danger, military, cruelty, heroes
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: missing person, teenage girl, murder, serial killer, partners against crime, dysfunctional family, partner, police partner, life is a bitch, uncover truth, woman in jeopardy, torture, killer, police investigation, street kid, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder investigation, mother daughter relationship, police, religion, killing, murderer, children, police officer