History

IMDb Rating:

8.1/10 (1,747 votes)

Tagline:

An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.

Description:

The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.

Starring:

Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen

Genre:

Drama | History

Director:

Steve McQueen

Release Date:

26 November 2008

Runtime:

96 minutes

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

6.9/10 (26,245 votes)

Description:

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

Starring:

Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Ray Barrett

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War | Western

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Release Date:

26 November 2008

Runtime:

165 minutes

MPAA Rating:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

7.4/10 (564 votes)

Description:

A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

Starring:

David Tennant, Richard McCabe, Patrick Kennedy

Genre:

Drama | History

Director:

Philip Martin

Release Date:

23 November 2008

Runtime:

90 minutes

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

8.1/10 (14,714 votes)

Tagline:

To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

Description:

A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.

Starring:

Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, Michelle Martin

Genre:

Crime | Drama | History | Mystery

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Release Date:

12 November 2008

Runtime:

141 minutes

MPAA Rating:

Rated R for some violent and disturbing content, and language.

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

7.4/10 (192 votes)

Description:

Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they...

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

Release Date:

02 November 2008

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

6.9/10 (1,470 votes)

Tagline:

"Vysshiy sostav" ("The Highest Command")

Description:

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia.

Starring:

Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Director:

Andrei Kravchuk

Release Date:

09 October 2008

Runtime:

124 minutes

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

7.4/10 (4,616 votes)

Description:

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s. Based on Stefan Aust's best-selling nonfiction book.

Starring:

Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek

Genre:

Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | History

Director:

Uli Edel

Release Date:

25 September 2008

Runtime:

150 minutes

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

7.0/10 (9,856 votes)

Tagline:

There were three people in her marriage

Description:

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Starring:

Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling

Genre:

Drama | History

Director:

Saul Dibb

Release Date:

05 September 2008

Runtime:

110 minutes

MPAA Rating:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

5.7/10 (99 votes)

Description:

16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.

Starring:

Jason Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Jürgen Prochnow, Jordi Mollà

Genre:

Drama | History

Director:

Antonio del Real

Release Date:

05 September 2008

Runtime:

128 minutes

Category:

Movies

IMDb Rating:

6.8/10 (17,162 votes)

Tagline:

The only thing that could come between these sisters... is a kingdom.

Description:

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Starring:

Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Romance

Director:

Justin Chadwick

Release Date:

02 April 2008

Runtime:

115 minutes

MPAA Rating:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images.

Category:

Movies