Last updated March 2024
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The Legend Of Maula Jatt (2022)
Plot Summary:
Maula Jatt 2 is an upcoming Pakistani action drama film directed and written by Bilal Lashari, co-produced by Faisal Rafi and Bilal Lashari under production banner of Crew Motion Pictures. It is a sequel to 1979 cult-classic Maula Jatt. The revealed cast includes Fawad Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi playing the lead roles along with Mahira Khan, Adnan Jaffar, Shamoon Abbasi and Humaima Malik
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, History, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Plot tags: heroes, gang, murder, gangster, violence, death, battles, brutality, chase, vengeance, rivalry, society, danger, criminal underworld, gang war, criminal's revenge, martial arts, punjabi, deadly, crimes
Argentina, 1985 (2022)
Plot Summary:
In a David-vs-Goliath battle and under constant threat, Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Argentina, UK, USA
Plot tags: courtroom, court, lawyer, human rights, biopic, world history, brutality, cold war era, military dictatorship, military, investigation, bodyguard, kidnapping, politics, torture, murder, hospital, boy, judge, bible, old man, theater, father daughter relationship, prosecutor, mother daughter relationship
She Said (2022)
Plot Summary:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Plot tags: biopic, sexual abuse, hollywood, journalism, real life, sexual harassment, sexual assault, abuse of power, communication, judiciary, new york times, rape, train, investigation, pregnancy, quest, rapist, cancer, sex maniac, beach, restaurant, investigative journalism, african american, violence against women, believe in yourself
Till (2022)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder, women, relationship problems, bereavement, mother, funeral, grief, black, son, black history, racist, death of son, abduction, train, food, life, kidnapping, torture, photographer, court, racial discrimination, church, boy, father, judge
She Said (2022)
Plot Summary:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: sexual harassment, rape, female protagonist, sexism, sexual assault, abuse of power, based on real people, investigation, sexual abuse, women's rights, female journalist, sexual predator, journalism, women, journalist, writers, racism, feminist, dialogue, reporter, woman, social justice, rapist, restaurant, investigative journalism
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown. Described as a film set in Houston during the summer of 1969
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: coming of age, astronaut, galaxy, moon landing, childhood, nasa, pain, spaceship, planet, teenager, life, moon, summer, family life, journey, rocket, space program, mission, child, nostalgia, exploration, space, apollo program, teenage boy, secret mission
Babylon (2022)
Plot Summary:
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s
Duration: 189 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: orgy, hedonism, film history, gambling, party, graphic violence, filmmaking, cocaine, hollywood, movie star, female nudity, alcoholic, film industry, art, moving, elephant, entertainment industry, animal, dancing, sex scene, unrequited love, profanity, counterfeit money, cigarette smoking, drinking
The Northman (2022)
Plot Summary:
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Plot tags: viking, revenge, medieval, fight, prince, vengeance, sex scene, murder of father, sword, death of father, ship, male protagonist, female pubic hair, nudity, violence, male nudity, battles, barbarian, norse mythology, past, shakespeare, king, scandinavian culture, knight, monster
The Woman King (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Plot tags: female warrior, fight, slave trade, female soldier, military training, female protagonist, queen, warrior, kingdom, military, battles, soldier, women, woman, martial arts, african, friend, knight, tough guy, friends, real life, resistance, fight club, femme fatale, propaganda
Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat (2022)
Plot Summary:
April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German leader is dealt with his first defeat
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway
Plot tags: winter, world war two, cold weather, french soldier, world war, military, young girl, bombing, war, economist, nordic, betrayal, patriotism, husband wife relationship, french army, translator, pow, surgery, luftwaffe, german occupation, railroad, british navy, railway, gun, hindi
Against the Ice (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Plot tags: snow, survival, cold, struggle for survival, island, winter, ship, camp, captain, crew, arctic, new year, monster, bear, hiking, survivalist, survivor, wilderness, mental health, biopic, wilderness survival, blaster, husky dog, violence, blood
Amsterdam (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in North American history
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: investigation, murder, lawyer, friendship, death, doctor, corpse, nurse, friend, friends, experiment, hospital, conspiracy, murder mystery, real life, framed for murder, fascism, political conspiracy, world war one veteran, dog, dancing, swinger, attorney, prospector, nazi
Medieval (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire
Duration: 125 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Plot tags: warrior, battles, czech history, medieval, sword fight, european history, vengeance, historical character, commander, religion, danger, heroes, death, church, escapades, society, folk hero, tough heroes, murder, violence, ancient, fight, king, aristocrat, lion
Blonde (2022)
Plot Summary:
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves
Duration: 167 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: traumatic childhood, fame, abortion, bare breasts, hand job, biopic, threesome, actress, hollywood, women, sexual abuse, female nudity, domestic violence, celebrity, feminist, mother daughter relationship, historical event, overdose, disorder, absent father, lost soul, oral sex, suicide, psychological abuse, starlet