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Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

1968 · D.A. Pennebaker

IndieDocumentaryHistoryMusic
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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

1967 · Richard Brooks

BiographyCrimeDrama
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The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965 · Carol Reed

BiographyDramaHistory
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El Cid

El Cid

1961 · Anthony Mann

BiographyDramaHistory
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The Alamo

The Alamo

1960 · John Wayne

AdventureDramaHistory
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
WorldDramaHistoryWar
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The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

1955 · Michael Anderson

IndieDramaHistoryWar
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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Jack Conway

DramaHistoryRomance
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The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild

1934 · Alfred L. Werker

BiographyDramaHistory
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A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

1958 · Roy Ward Baker

DramaHistory
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MacArthur

MacArthur

1977 · Joseph Sargent

BiographyDramaHistory
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A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Richard Attenborough

DramaHistoryWar
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972 · Werner Herzog

IndieWorldActionAdventureBiography
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The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969 · Marcel Ophüls

IndieWorldDocumentaryHistoryWar
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The Color of Pomegranates

The Color of Pomegranates

1969 · Sergei Parajanov

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
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Salvatore Giuliano

Salvatore Giuliano

1962 · Francesco Rosi

WorldCrimeDramaHistory
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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960 · Stanley Kramer

IndieBiographyDramaHistory
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

1944 · Sergei Eisenstein

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
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