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1965

Battle of the Bulge

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.


- #Drama
- #History
- #War
Battle of the Bulge

1963

Kings of the Sun

On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
Kings of the Sun

1964

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.


- #Drama
- #History
- #War
The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

Zulu

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.


- #Drama
- #History
- #War
Zulu

1963

The Great Escape

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
- #War
The Great Escape

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
Mutiny on the Bounty

1963

Tom Jones

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.


- #Adventure
- #Comedy
- #History
Tom Jones

1963

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.


- #History
- #Documentary
- #News
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1962

The Longest Day

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.


- #Drama
- #Action
- #History
- #War
The Longest Day

1962

The 300 Spartans

A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #War
The 300 Spartans

1960

Inherit the Wind

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.


- #Drama
- #History
Inherit the Wind

1959

Solomon and Sheba

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
- #War
Solomon and Sheba

1958

The Buccaneer

During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.


- #Adventure
- #Drama
- #History
- #Romance
- #War
The Buccaneer

1959

The Diary of Anne Frank

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Family
- #War
The Diary of Anne Frank

2008

Bathory: Countess of Blood

With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.


- #Fantasy
- #Drama
- #History
Bathory: Countess of Blood

1959

Compulsion

Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.


- #Drama
- #History
- #Thriller
- #Crime
Compulsion

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.


- #Drama
- #Action
- #History
- #War
Sink the Bismarck!

1959

Jack the Ripper

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.


- #Horror
- #History
- #Thriller
- #Crime
- #Mystery
Jack the Ripper

1958

A Night to Remember

On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.


- #Drama
- #History