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1. The Right Stuff (1983)
PG | 193 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 65,680 | Gross: $21.50M
2. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 66,291 | Gross: $58.97M
3. Evita (1996)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 37,778 | Gross: $50.05M
4. Now or Never! (2024)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
On March 15, 1848, a young firebrand poet, Sándor Petöfi ignites the Hungarian Revolution with his passionate 'National Song', prompting the Austrians to dispatch a ruthless secret agent to assassinate him and suppress the uprising.
Director: Balázs Lóth | Stars: Nándor Berettyán, Sára Mosolygó, Balázs Koltai-Nagy, Tibor Fehér
Votes: 15,951
5. El Cid (1961)
Approved | 182 min | Biography, Drama, History
The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page
Votes: 15,733 | Gross: $26.62M
6. Sergeant York (1941)
Passed | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
Votes: 19,909 | Gross: $16.40M
7. To Hell and Back (1955)
Approved | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly
Votes: 6,005
8. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken
Votes: 29,988
9. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,885 | Gross: $5.10M
10. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 6,665 | Gross: $4.49M
11. Danny Deckchair (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
An Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon
Votes: 5,268 | Gross: $0.16M
12. The Red Baron (2008)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
Director: Nikolai Müllerschön | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Votes: 13,218 | Gross: $0.04M
13. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov
Votes: 12,324
14. The Resistance Banker (2018)
TV-MA | 123 min | Biography, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.
Director: Joram Lürsen | Stars: Jacob Derwig, Barry Atsma, Fockeline Ouwerkerk, Pierre Bokma
Votes: 10,705
15. Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)
350 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
Director: Dennis Wise | Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 6,258
16. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Approved | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson
Votes: 8,686
17. Crossbow (1987–1989)
26 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Switzerland in the 14th Century, William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's ... See full summary »
Stars: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Nick Brimble, David Barry Gray
Votes: 519
18. Christmas in Connecticut (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Elizabeth, the star of a successful cooking show, is set to do a live show on Christmas, where she'll cook a Christmas dinner. But what no one knows is that she can't cook.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 1,617
19. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,649
20. Gagarin. Pervyy v kosmose (2013)
108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 106 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.
Director: Pavel Parkhomenko | Stars: Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Vladimir Steklov, Vadim Michman
Votes: 3,595
21. Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The wartime adventures of Scotish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor during the reign of King George I in the 18th century.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough
Votes: 662
22. The Cup (2011)
PG | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race, brotherly love and the triumph of the human spirit. A true story.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Bryan Martin, Stephen Curry, Jodi Gordon, Daniel MacPherson
Votes: 859
23. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, War
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal
Votes: 1,766
24. Being Evel (2015)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
The real story behind the myth of American icon Robert 'Evel' Knievel and his legacy.
Director: Daniel Junge | Stars: Ken Berg, Seth Enslow, Ray Gunn, George Hamilton
Votes: 1,222
25. Skanderbeg (1953)
95 min | Action, Drama, History
This is the true story of the National Hero of Albanians, George Kastrioti Scanderbeg, from his birth to his death. 1405-1468. Based mainly upon the monk writer Marin Barleti, the movie ... See full summary »
Director: Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Akaki Khorava, Besa Imami, Adivie Alibali, Semyon Sokolovsky
Votes: 783
26. Willem van Oranje (1984)
438 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the Dutch title indicates, this series chronicles magnificently the life of William I "the Silent" of Orange, who grew up with his Lutheran family in the princely castle of a minor ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Willem Nijholt, Alex Wilequet, André van den Heuvel
Votes: 186
27. Wilhelm Tell (1960)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by Michel Dickoff and Karl Hartl and starring Robert Freitag, Wolfgang Rottsieper and Alfred Schlageter. It is based on the traditional folk story of ... See full summary »
Directors: Michel Dickoff, Karl Hartl | Stars: Robert Freitag, Alfred Schlageter, Heinz Woester, Hannes Schmidhauser
Votes: 84
28. Kartini: Princess of Java (2017)
TV-G | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Family
This movie follows the story of the Indonesian heroine named Kartini. In the early 1900s, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands, women weren't allowed to get higher education. Kartini grew up to fight for equality for women.
Director: Hanung Bramantyo | Stars: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ayushita, Acha Septriasa, Deddy Sutomo
Votes: 666
29. Lancer Spy (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and returns to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Dolores Del Río, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field
Votes: 210
30. Jan Zizka (1956)
105 min | Drama, War
Empowered by the teachings of Jan Hus, Jan Zizka launches a relentless guerrilla war against the followers of Emperor Sigismund as he attempts to unite the people of Prague behind the Hussite cause.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Horák, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
Votes: 178
31. De Gaulle (2006– )
210 min | Biography, History
This film is a labor of love, delicious to watch and full of tenderness for General de Gaulle as a person. Made for TV, (two episodes 1 hour 3/4 each), it retraces some of the most salient ... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Farcy, Danièle Lebrun, David Ryall, Grégoire Oestermann
Votes: 142
32. ...a pozdravuji vlastovky (1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, War
Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine days of grace of ... See full summary »
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek, Václav Helsus
Votes: 182
33. Zabana! (2012)
107 min | Drama, History, War
Algeria's entry for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, "Zabana" chronicles the life of Ahmed Zabana, a man who fought for Algerian freedom in the Battle of Algiers. This film chronicles ... See full summary »
Director: Saïd Ould Khelifa | Stars: Imad Benchenni, Khaled Benaïssa, Abdelkader Djeriou, Nicolas Pignon
Votes: 60
34. Élve vagy halva (1980)
80 min | Drama, History, Western
The ex-revolutionary Gáspár Noszlopy escapes from prison in 1852. His plan to capture the emperor Franz Joseph and force him to sign the Declaration of Hungarian Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men.
Director: Tamás Rényi | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, György Cserhalmi, Dezsö Garas, Djoko Rosic
Votes: 195
35. The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
89 min | Drama
A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl who he thinks resembles the painting and she wants him to become famous he has the idea of robbing the painting. Based on the 1911 real robbery.
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Willi Forst, Trude von Molo, Gustaf Gründgens, Max Gülstorff
Votes: 81
36. Taras Shevchenko (1951)
118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biopic about a national hero of the Ukraine.
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Igor Savchenko | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Ivan Pereverzev, Pavel Shpringfeld, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 177
37. General Suvorov (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Doller, Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Nikolay P. Cherkasov, Aleksandr Khanov, Mikhail Astangov, Apollon Yachnitskiy
Votes: 221
38. Jan Hus (1955)
125 min | Drama
During the Great Papal Schism, protestant reformer, Jan Hus, speaks out against the rampant corruption of the Church in Rome, kickstarting a religious revolution in Bohemia.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová, Ladislav Pesek
Votes: 226
39. Héroes (2007–2009)
75 min | Drama, History
Heroes, a series of films that show for the first time the secrets and life of the most important heroes of Chile as never seen before. They will be shown with virtues, flaws, passions, and... See full summary »
Stars: Benjamín Vicuña, Julio Milostich, Ingrid Isensee, Maricarmen Arrigorriaga
Votes: 93
40. General Nil (2009)
125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak
Votes: 890
41. Victor (2008 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Despite having dreams of being a world record breaststroker since he was a child, Canadian Victor Davis came out of virtual obscurity to win the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Mark Lutz, Ron Lea, Peter MacNeill, Polly Shannon
Votes: 147
42. Proti vsem (1957)
112 min | Drama, War
As the Hussite Wars spread across Bohemia, Jan Zizka rallies the people of Prague to beat back Emperor Sigismund's mercenary crusaders at Vítkov Hill.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Gustav Hilmar, Vlasta Matulová, Bedrich Karen
Votes: 132
43. The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (2015)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from all over a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of a national hero whose tears of joy once united their troubled country, the gold-winning figure skater Oksana Baiul.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Kseniia Nechyporuk, Vlada Kogan, Margaryta Sydelnykova, Sasha Bespalova
Votes: 63
44. Lieutenant Rakoczy (1954)
114 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Historical drama about the Austrian occupation at the beginning of the 18th century.
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass, Endre Gyárfás, Ferenc Zenthe
Votes: 118
45. The Promised Land (1973)
80 min | Drama, History
In 1930 Chile, amidst the economic crisis, syndicalist Jose spearheads the battle against landlords and the government.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Marcelo Gaete, Rafael Benavente, Shenda Román
Votes: 91
46. Admiral Nakhimov (1947)
89 min | Biography, Drama, History
Admiral Pavel Nakhimov, one of the most acclaimed admirals in Russian history, fights the Turkish fleet during the Crimean War of 1853.
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Aleksei Dikij, Evgeniy Samoylov, Vladimir Vladislavskiy, Vsevolod Pudovkin
Votes: 153
47. Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey (1999)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Examines the controversial legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the revolutionary Turkish leader.
Director: Tarquin Olivier | Stars: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 518
48. Karadjordje (1911)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is the oldest found dramatic film from Serbia made in 1911. "Karadjordje" is a biography of a famed leader of a rebellion against the Turkish empire in 1804. We can see his whole life ... See full summary »
Director: Ilija Stanojevic-Cica | Stars: Jovan Antonijevic-Djedo, Teodora Arsenovic, Vitomir Bogic, Mileva Bosnjakovic
Votes: 240
49. Tak nachinalas legenda (1976)
Not Rated | 65 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Biopic of Yuri Gagarin, the first man who flew around the Earth, from his birth to his dream of flying since he saw combat airplanes over his small village, during the German occupation in WWII.
Director: Boris Grigorev | Stars: Larisa Luzhina, Georgiy Burkov, Oleg Orlov, Svetlana Ponomaryova
Votes: 20
50. Minin i Pozharskiy (1939)
110 min | Drama, History
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Aleksandr Khanov, Boris Livanov, Boris Chirkov, Anatoliy Goryunov
Votes: 118