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Rating: 63 %
Awards:
5 wins & 13 nominations.
Length: 158 mins
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: 73 %
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations.
Length: 65 mins
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
May 23rd , 1430, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake
January 9th , 1431, Joan of Arc's trial begins
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Rating: 57 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations.
Length: 121 mins
The Black Dahlia (2006)
August 1st , 1926, Emmett Linscott makes his first million dollars
December 10th , 1943, Madeleine Linscott is arrested for drink driving
January 15th , 1947, Elizabeth Short's dismembered body is found
Rating: 56 %
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations.
Length: 113 mins
Diana (2013)
November 20th , 1995, Diana talks to Panorama about her deteriorating relationship with Charles
January 15th , 1997, Princess Diana visits a minefield in Angola
August 31st , 1997, Princess Diana dies after being involved in a car crash
Rating: 63 %
Length: 103 mins
The Program (2015)
January 17th , 2013, Lance Armstrong admits publicly to Oprah Winfrey about his cheating
Rating: 65 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 17 nominations.
Length: 100 mins
A Mighty Heart (2007)
January 23rd , 2002, Daniel Pearl is abducted
February 1st , 2002, Daniel Pearl is beheaded
Rating: 72 %
Awards:
2 nominations.
Length: 128 mins
Modigliani (2004)
January 24th , 1920, Amedeo Modigliani dies
January 26th , 1920, Jeanne Hébuterne commits suicide
Rating: 76 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
Length: 80 mins
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
February 1st , 1966, Dieter Dengler is shot down and crash lands in Laos
June 29th , 1966, Dieter Dengler escapes from the Pathet Lao
February 7th , 2001, Dieter Dengler dies
Rating: 67 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 52 nominations.
Length: 119 mins
Bright Star (2009)
April 3rd , 1819, Fanny Brawne moves in next door to John Keats
October 18th , 1819, John Keats and Fanny Brawne are engaged
August 10th , 1820, John Keats moves in with Fanny Brawne before leaving for Italy
September 13th , 1820, John Keats and Fanny Brawne say their last goodbye
February 23rd , 1821, John Keats dies in Rome
Rating: 76 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 10 nominations.
Length: 143 mins
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
August 22nd , 1962,
March 11th , 1963, Bastien-Thiry is executed for his part in the assassination attempt
August 25th , 1963, the Jackal attempts to assassinate General Charles de Gaulle
Rating: 63 %
Awards:
6 nominations.
Length: 105 mins
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
March 21st , 2040, the first purge without exemptions begins
May 26th , 2040, senator Charlene Roan wins the election in a landslide
Rating: 66 %
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.
Length: 123 mins
Marie Antoinette (2006)
May 16th , 1770, Marie Antoinette marries the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste
May 10th , 1774, Louis XV dies
December 19th , 1778, Marie Antoinette gives birth to a baby girl, Marie Thérèse Charlotte
November 29th , 1780, Marie Antoinette's mother dies
October 22nd , 1781, Marie Antoinette gives birth to Louis-Joseph
March 27th , 1785, Marie Antoinette gives birth to Louis-Charles
July 9th , 1786, Marie Antoinette gives birth to Sophie
June 19th , 1787, Princess Sophie dies
July 14th , 1789, the Bastille is stormed
October 5th , 1789, the royal family escape to Tuileries Palace
Rating: 67 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 19 wins & 29 nominations.
Length: 120 mins
Of Gods and Men (2010)
December 24th , Ali Fayattia agrees to protect the monks
March 27th , 1996, seven Algerian monks are kidnapped
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations.
Length: 150 mins
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
June 2nd , 1967, the Shah of Iran visits West Berlin
April 2nd , 1968, Frankfurt department stores are firebombed
July 15th , 1971, Petra Schelm is killed in a shootout with police
April 24th , 1975, the Red Army Faction take over the West German Embassy in Stockholm
September 5th , 1977, Hanns-Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by the Red Army Faction
October 18th , 1977, Hanns-Martin Schleyer is murdered by the Red Army Faction
Rating: 75 %
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 46 wins & 61 nominations.
Length: 140 mins
La Vie en Rose (2007)
April 6th , 1936, Louis Leplée is killed
October 28th , 1949, Marcel Cerdan dies in a plane crash
October 24th , 1960, Charles Dumont offers his song "Non, je ne regrette rien" to Édith Piaf
October 10th , 1963, Édith Piaf dies
Rating: 75 %
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 16 nominations.
Length: 143 mins
Chaplin (1992)
April 10th , 1972, Charlie Chaplin receives a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars
Rating: 64 %
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 47 nominations.
Length: 105 mins
The Iron Lady (2011)
May 4th , 1979, Margaret Thatcher becomes the UK's first female Prime Minister
April 11th , 1981, the "Bloody Saturday" riot occurs in Brixton
May 2nd , 1982, The General Belgrano is sunk in the Falklands Islands
October 12th , 1984, The Conservative Party Conference is bombed
November 28th , 1990, Maragret Thatcher leaves 10 Downing Street in tears
Rating: 61 %
Awards:
3 wins & 14 nominations.
Length: 110 mins
Ned Kelly (2003)
April 15th , 1878, Constable Fitzpatrick is shot
October 26th , 1878, Ned Kelly and his gang are involved in a shootout with Victorian police
November 11th , 1880, Ned Kelly is hanged
Rating: 64 %
Awards:
3 wins & 12 nominations.
Length: 101 mins
Catch a Fire (2006)
May 31st , 1980, a Secunda CTL site is attacked, and Patrick Chamusso is wrongly accused of the attack
October 21st , 1981, Patrick Chamusso bombs a Secunda CTL site
Rating: 71 %
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations.
Length: 84 mins
Diplomacy (2014)
August 23rd , 1944, Hitler orders Dietrich von Choltitz to destroy Paris
August 24th , 1944, Dietrich von Choltitz talks with Raoul Nordling
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
9 wins & 15 nominations.
Length: 130 mins
Flame & Citron (2008)
September 19th , 1944, Flammen and Citronen are arrested after disguising themselves as policemen
October 15th , 1944, Citronen is killed by the Nazis
October 18th , 1944, Flammen kills himself with a cyanide pill
Rating: 68 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 19 nominations.
Length: 110 mins
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
December 22nd , 1919, Arthur Capel dies in a car crash on his way to meet Coco Chanel
Rating: 13 %
Length: 58 mins
Das Frankfurter Kreuz (1998)
December 31st , 1999, a group of regulars meet at the Frankfurt Junction
Rating: 69 %
Awards:
12 wins & 22 nominations.
Length: 91 mins
Last Night (1998)
December 31st , 1999, a group of friends and family prepare for the end of the world
Rating: 75 %
Length: 68 mins
The Sanguinaires (1997)
December 31st , 1999, a group of friends retreat to an uninhabited island in preparation for the new millennium
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
8 wins & 7 nominations.
Length: 75 mins
Midnight (1998)
December 31st , 1999, a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher are brought together
