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1. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,478
2. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 212
3. Witches of Salem (2019)
TV-14 | 168 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This documentary mini-series chronologically unravels the rapid descent of a town into madness, using reenactments to capture the day-to-day hysteria that unfolds and puts an affluent New England community under siege.
Stars: Sylvain Plasse, Kayla Jo Farris, Elle Ryann Mcadam, David Parisian
Votes: 199
4. Daniel Boone (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Biography, Drama, Family
In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 328
5. Badge 373 (1973)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a suspended New York City cop's ex-partner is murdered, he vows to clean up the streets.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Eddie Egan
Votes: 910
6. Close to the Bone (2022)
Documentary, History
A film and related exhibition exploring legacies of violence from Australia's pastoral frontier, developing as a collaborative project with Jared Thomas and others for ABC TV and the South Australian Museum.
Directors: Malcolm McKinnon, Jared Thomas | Stars: Mike Brown, Jackie Crawford, Ken McKenzie, Regina McKenzie
7. The Patriot Game (1979)
93 min | Documentary, History
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.
Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall
Votes: 177
8. De vergeten krijgers (2017)
74 min | Documentary
When the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the colony of the Dutch East Indies, the grandsons of African warriors fought for the Dutch flag.
Director: Griselda Molemans | Stars: Daniel Cordus, Joyce Cordus, Wouter Neuhaus
9. Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In pre-revolutionary war days, Daniel Boone captures the white renegade Simon Gerty but lets him go. After Boone moves from North Carolina to homestead in Kentucky, Gerty reappears. This ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Roy Stewart, Kathleen Collins, Edward Hearn, Jay Morley
Votes: 19
10. By Poison (2006)
11 min | Short
Phillis and Mark are two souls trapped in limbo. Two servants in 1755 Boston occupying an ominous and dynamic landscape, struggle to make sense of the memories of their past lives. Who were... See full summary »
Director: Wendy Ward | Stars: Frances Uku, Emanuel Ward
11. Rudolf Duala Manga Bell - a German Story (2021)
Documentary, Short
This film tells the true story of a Cameroonian King who used peaceful protests to fight the brutal German colonial regime. For his resistance against their apartheid plans, the German Empire executed him in 1914.
Director: Henrik Langsdorf
12.
Docs interdits (2011– )
Episode:
La France est Notre Patrie
(2015)
Documentary, History
Director: Rithy Panh
Votes: 33
13.
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (2018– )
Episode:
Zimbabwe
(2019)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Romesh is in the post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. He takes a dip in the Niagara Falls, meets amazing animals, explores the Great Zimbabwe ruins, visits the capital Harrare, makes beer and learns about the country's divisive colonial history.
Stars: Romesh Ranganathan, Chipo Chikara, Eleonora Andronaco
Votes: 53