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History Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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2012 · History
Lincoln
2012 · Biography
A Royal Affair
2012 · Drama
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012 · Drama
Asura
2012 · History
Masquerade
2012 · Drama
How to Survive a Plague
2012 · History
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012 · Drama
Resident Evil: Retribution
2012 · Action
White Deer Plain
2012 · History
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · History
I Am The King
2012 · History
God Loves Caviar
2012 · History
Sacrifice
2012 · Drama
Farewell, My Queen
2012 · Drama
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012 · Action
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Mystery
Pray for Japan
2012 · History
Aravaan
2012 · Drama
Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood
2012 · Drama
Kusa Pabha
2012 · Fantasy
Red Tails
2012 · Action
The Flowers of War
2011 · Drama
Coriolanus
2011 · Drama
The Tragedy of Man
2011 · Drama
Mister Bob
2011 · History
Position Among the Stars
2011 · History
War of the Arrows
2011 · Drama
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011 · Drama
Josef
2011 · Action
Polytechnique
2011 · Drama
17 Miracles
2011 · Drama
The Butcher of Prague
2011 · War
True Legend
2011 · Action
City of Life and Death
2011 · Drama
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
2011 · History
The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Action
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2011 · Action
The Princess of Montpensier
2011 · Action
Guerrilla
2011 · Drama
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