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Rating: 75 %
Awards:
3 wins & 15 nominations.
Length: 136 mins
Coach Carter (2005)
January 4th , 1999, coach Ken Carter locks his students out of the gym for a week
Rating: 63 %
Awards:
6 wins & 13 nominations.
Length: 98 mins
The Ninth Day (2004)
January 15th , 1942, Henri Kremer is temporarily released from Dachau
January 24th , 1942, the ninth, and last, day of Henri Kremer's release
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: 70 %
Awards:
12 wins & 8 nominations.
Length: 118 mins
Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
April 9th , 1940, Max Manus returns to Norway to fight
April 27th , 1943,
January 16th , 1945, Max Manus sinks the SS Donau
Rating: 72 %
Awards:
2 nominations.
Length: 128 mins
Modigliani (2004)
January 24th , 1920, Amedeo Modigliani dies
January 26th , 1920, Jeanne Hébuterne commits suicide
Rating: 75 %
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. Another 48 wins & 31 nominations.
Length: 121 mins
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
January 25th , 1971, Idi Amin overthrows president Milton Obote
June 28th , 1976, hijacked Air France Flight 139 lands at Entebbe Airport in Uganda
Rating: 64 %
Awards:
3 nominations.
Length: 116 mins
Stander (2003)
May 6th , 1980, André Stander is found guilty of multiple robberies
August 11th , 1983, André Stander and Lee McCall escape from prison
October 31st , 1983, André Stander and Lee McCall help Allan Heyl escape from prison
January 30th , 1984, Lee McCall is killed by police
February 13th , 1984, André Stander is killed by a policeman in the US
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: 64 %
Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations.
Length: 180 mins
Dresden (2006)
February 13th , 1945, the US and UK commence bombing of the city of Dresden in Germany
Rating: 67 %
Awards:
6 wins & 12 nominations.
Length: 96 mins
The Robber (2010)
August 13th , 1985, Johann Kastenberger robs his first bank after being released from prison
February 19th , 1988, Johann Kastenberger robs three banks in a single day
November 15th , 1988, Johann Kastenberger dies
November 11th , 1998, Johann Kastenberger is arrested
November 13th , 1998, Johann Kastenberger escapes from jail
Rating: 72 %
Awards:
7 wins & 24 nominations.
Length: 174 mins
A Hidden Life (2019)
February 23rd , 1943, Franz Jägerstätter is called to active duty
March 1st , 1943, Franz Jägerstätter declares his conscientious objection, and is arrested
July 6th , 1943, Franz Jägerstätter is sentenced to death
August 9th , 1943, Franz Jägerstätter is executed
Rating: 64 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations.
Length: 130 mins
Anonymous (2011)
February 25th , 1601, the 2nd Earl of Essex is executed
March 24th , 1603, Queen Elizabeth dies
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations.
Length: 111 mins
3096 Days (2013)
March 2nd , 1998, Natascha Kampusch is kidnapped
August 23rd , 2006, Natascha Kampusch escapes from her kidnappers
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: 58 %
Awards:
1 nomination.
Length: 95 mins
The Clearing (2004)
September 9th , 1987, Gerrit Jan Heijn, who Wayne Hayes is based on, is kidnapped
April 6th , 1988, Arnold Mack, who Ferdi Elsas is based on, is arrested
Rating: 66 %
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations.
Length: 125 mins
Find Me Guilty (2006)
April 7th , 1987, the first of many days of evidence is given in court
August 27th , 1988, all 20 defendants are acquitted
Rating: 65 %
Awards:
2 nominations.
Length: 120 mins
The Red Baron (2008)
April 21st , 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", is shot down and killed
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations.
Length: 118 mins
Kon-Tiki (2012)
April 28th , 1947, start of the Kon-Tiki expedition
August 7th , 1947, the raft hits a reef and is beached
Rating: 72 %
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 130 nominations.
Length: 170 mins
The Aviator (2004)
May 27th , 1930,
September 13th , 1935, Howard Hughes breaks the world landplane speed record in his H-1 Racer
July 14th , 1938, Howard Hughes lands after flying around the world in four days
July 7th , 1946, Howard Hughes crashes his prototype Hughes XF-11 plane
November 2nd , 1947, Howard Hughes flies the Hughes H-4 Hercules, known as the "Spruce Goose"
Rating: 70 %
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations.
Length: 138 mins
We Were Soldiers (2002)
June 24th , 1954, a French unit is ambushed by the Viet Minh
November 14th , 1965,
November 15th , 1965, Lt. Col. Moore orders 1st Lt. Charlie Hastings to call in "Broken Arrow"
November 16th , 1965, American forces take the landing zone
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: 68 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 76 nominations.
Length: 172 mins
Cloud Atlas (2012)
November 7th , 1849, the Rev. Giles Horrox signs a contract with Adam Ewing
September 12th , 1973, Isaac Sachs is killed when his plane is blown up
October 1st , 1973, Luisa Rey's Swannekke exposé is published in the San Francisco Examiner
September 4th , 2012, Dermot Hoggins throws Felix Finch from a balcony
October 11th , 2012, Timothy Cavendish escapes from a rest home
September 18th , 2144, Yoona-939 is killed trying to leave Papa Song's
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: 57 %
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Length: 101 mins
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
October 3rd , 2004, a Weyland owned satellite spots an unknown structure in antarctica
October 8th , 2004, Sebastian de Rosa finds a Pepsi bottle cap
October 10th , 2004, an expedition led by Charles Weyland explores a large underground structure
Rating: 79 %
Awards:
7 wins & 27 nominations.
Length: 132 mins
V for Vendetta (2006)
November 4th , 2020, V rescues Evey Hammond
November 5th , 2021, V blows up the Houses of Parliament, on Guy Fawkes Night
Rating: 63 %
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations.
Length: 118 mins
Beyond the Sea (2004)
December 1st , 1960, Bobby Darin marries Sandra Dee
December 16th , 1961, Dodd Mitchell Darin is born
December 20th , 1973, Bobby Darin dies
Rating: 13 %
Length: 58 mins
Das Frankfurter Kreuz (1998)
December 31st , 1999, a group of regulars meet at the Frankfurt Junction