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History Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
2003 · Comedy
Luther
2003 · Biography
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Drama
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003 · Drama
Seabiscuit
2003 · Drama
The Nazi Officer's Wife
2003 · History
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · History
Gods and Generals
2003 · Action
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003 · Drama
Gangs of New York
2002 · Drama
Twin Sisters
2002 · Drama
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002 · Adventure
Russian Ark
2002 · Drama
Bowling for Columbine
2002 · History
Bloody Sunday
2002 · Drama
Mad Love
2002 · Biography
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Drama
Windtalkers
2002 · Action
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2002 · Crime
23rd March 1931: Shaheed
2002 · History
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002 · Drama
Path to War
2002 · Drama
The Lady and the Duke
2002 · Drama
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Drama
We Were Soldiers
2002 · Action
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Action
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
2002 · History
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2002 · Action
The Lost Battalion
2001 · War
The Affair of the Necklace
2001 · Drama
In Love and War
2001 · History
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001 · Thriller
The Endurance
2001 · History
Wisconsin Death Trip
2001 · Drama
The Legend of Suriyothai
2001 · Action
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2001 · Comedy
Lumumba
2001 · Biography
Sri Manjunatha
2001 · Drama
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
2001 · Romance
Conspiracy
2001 · Drama
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