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1. United 93 (2006)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson
Votes: 111,036 | Gross: $31.57M
2. 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
3. Dance of the 41 (2020)
TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the end of the 19th century, Ignacio de la Torre married the daughter of the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz. Ignacio leads a double life: he rises in the traditional world of politics while being a member of a clandestine society.
Director: David Pablos | Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Emiliano Zurita, Mabel Cadena, Fernando Becerril
Votes: 5,397
4. The Last Alaskans (2015– )
41 min | Reality-TV
An eight-part special event that documents the lives of some of the most isolated people in America - the last of their kind - as they struggle and thrive in Alaska's untouched wilderness ... See full summary »
Stars: Bob Harte, Edna Korth, Heimo Korth, Ray Lewis
Votes: 1,078
5. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,125
6. House at the End of the Drive (2014)
R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
The aftermath of the Manson Murders the victims of their heinous vrimes comes to a man that just built a home 150' from where they died! Now the spirits of these victims infest David Oman's home on Cielo Dr.
Director: David Worth | Stars: James Aaron Oliver, Jonathan Mangum, Alison Raimondi, Angela Jones
Votes: 400
7. Omar Killed Me (2011)
85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou, Salomé Stévenin
Votes: 1,609
8. The Real Peaky Blinders (2022 TV Special)
104 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A historical presentation of the gang movements and organized crime from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century in England.
Director: Harvey Lilley | Stars: Mark Frost, Steven Knight, Carl Chinn, Corinne Brazier
Votes: 72
9. The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera (2012 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized after striking an underwater rock on January 13, 2012, This is a firsthand account, including cell phone footage, from passengers of this terrifying event.
Stars: Kirsty Cheslin-Nuttall, Ian Donoff, Janice Donoff, Derek Ebbage
Votes: 43
10. Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Directors: Paul O'Connor, Marc Tiley | Stars: Rupert Graves, Nick Bates, Francesco Boaria, Kirsty Cheslin-Nuttall
Votes: 52
11. Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Drama, Reality-TV
Series presented by Nick Knowles which shows the split-second moments when everyday events are transformed into disasters and meets the people who lived to tell the tale.
Stars: Nick Knowles, David Cradduck, Alex Jones, Richard Cooper
Votes: 21
12. Nahla (1979)
111 min | Drama
In January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war in Lebanon. He witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population.
Director: Farouk Beloufa | Stars: Yasmine Khlat, Youssef Saiah, Lina Tebbara, Nabila Zeitouni
Votes: 49
13. The Axeman of Henderson County (2014)
Crime, Horror, Thriller
A small town is terrorized by an axe-wielding serial killer in this campy, tongue in cheek thriller/comedy.
Director: Larry Parmiter | Stars: Jim Duggan, Major Harris, Rush Whitacre, Jeremy Ambler
Votes: 55
15. Party Bus (2023)
30 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Alex is a bus driver for provincial psychiatry. He has to transfer a group of mentally ill patients to the clinic where he works at. It is a routine task, but the stakes are high. The ... See full summary »
Director: Dilyana Daneva | Stars: Assen Karanikolov, Ralitza Tudzharo, Maria Ilieva, Iva Karamancheva
Votes: 19
16. The Miracle of Carriage 346 (2008 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Directors: Paul Berczeller, Steve Humphries | Stars: Russell Boulter, Heather Duckworth, Philip Duckworth, Susan Harrison
17. Penyberth (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
In 1936, three prominent Welsh nationalists set fire to an RAF bombing school at Penyberth in protest against English dominance in Wales. They are subsequently tried and imprisoned.
Director: Peter Edwards | Stars: Owen Garmon, Dyfan Roberts, W.J. Phillips, Ynyr Williams
18. Double Top Secret: Blackout
Thriller | Pre-production
A Cold War US Army Intelligence Officer and his team must combat Russian spies and a top secret US group to expose a secret so powerful it will change our world (based on actual events).
19. The Dreamcatcher (II) (2019)
76 min | Documentary
A real-life story about what it means to follow your dream.
Director: Kevin van den Heuvel | Star: Kevin van den Heuvel
20. Der Evangelimann (1964 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Karlheinz Hundorf | Stars: Heinz Herrmann, Hedi Klug, Eva-Maria Görgen, Heinz Friedrich
21. The Angels of Edgware Rd (2008 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Directors: Paul Berczeller, Nick Maddocks | Stars: Russell Boulter, Tim Coulson, David Gardner, Susanna Pell
Votes: 7