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Movies released in 2013

Rating: 74 %
Awards: 38 wins & 55 nominations.
Length: 82 mins
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Fruitvale Station (2013)

  • January 1st, 2009, Oscar Grant is shot in the back by a policeman and dies

  • December 31st, 2008, Oscar Grant attends his mother's birthday party

Rating: 60 %
Awards: Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 8 nominations.
Length: 87 mins
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Killing Kennedy (2013)

  • January 2nd, 1960, John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy

  • April 15th, 1961, the Bay of Pigs in Cuba is invaded

  • June 5th, 1963, president Kennedy visits Texas

  • June 26th, 1962, Lee Harvey Oswald is questioned by the FBI

  • October 14th, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald moves to Dallas

  • November 22nd, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald kills president Kennedy

  • November 25th, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald and John F. Kennedy are buried

Rating: 56 %
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations.
Length: 113 mins
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Diana (2013)

  • January 15th, 1997, Princess Diana visits a minefield in Angola

  • August 31st, 1997, Princess Diana dies after being involved in a car crash

  • November 20th, 1995, Diana talks to Panorama about her deteriorating relationship with Charles

Rating: 72 %
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
Length: 90 mins
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The Challenger (2013)

  • January 28th, 1986, the Challenger breaks apart in flight, killing 7

Rating: 60 %
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations.
Length: 128 mins
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The Fifth Estate (2013)

  • February 3rd, 2010, Chelsea Manning sends thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks

  • December 29th, 2007, Julian Assange speaks at the Chaos Communication Congress

  • July 25th, 2010, The Afghan War Logs are released on Wikileaks

Rating: 55 %
Awards: Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
Length: 89 mins
Killing Lincoln poster

Killing Lincoln (2013)

  • February 5th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln visits Alexander Gardner's studio

  • March 4th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln gives his second inaugural address

  • March 18th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth plays the villain at Ford's Theater

  • April 9th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln visits William Seward

  • April 11th, 1865, Abraham Lincolm speaks from the North portico of the White House

  • April 14th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln is shot

  • April 15th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln dies of his wounds

  • April 26th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth dies

Rating: 60 %
Awards: 1 nomination.
Length: 114 mins
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Devil's Knot (2013)

  • February 5th, 1994, Jessie Misskelley is convicted of murder

  • March 19th, 1994, Chris Morgan and Brian Holland are convicted of murder

  • May 5th, 1993, three boys are murdered

Rating: 69 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 32 nominations.
Length: 141 mins
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom poster

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

  • February 11th, 1990, Nelson Mandela is freed from prison

  • March 31st, 1982, Nelson Mandela is moved to Pollsmoor Prison

  • April 20th, 1964, Nelson Mandela gives a 3 hour speech in court

  • May 10th, 1994, Nelson Mandela is voted in as president of South Africa

  • June 12th, 1964, Nelson Mandela and his colleagues are found guilty

  • June 13th, 1964, Nelson Mandela is transferred to Robben Island

  • July 18th, Mandela Day

Rating: 79 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 38 nominations.
Length: 83 mins
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Blackfish (2013)

  • February 20th, 1991, Tilikum, Haida II and Nootka IV kill a biology student

  • February 24th, 2010, Tilikum kills a trainer

Rating: 81 %
Awards: 7 nominations.
Length: 104 mins
Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story poster

Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story (2013)

  • February 28th, 1996, TLC complain at the Grammy Awards that they are broke

  • April 25th, 2002, Lisa Lopes dies in a car accident

  • June 8th, 1994, Lisa Lopes burns down Andre Rison's house

Rating: 70 %
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
Length: 111 mins
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3096 Days (2013)

  • March 2nd, 1998, Natascha Kampusch is kidnapped

  • August 23rd, 2006, Natascha Kampusch escapes from her kidnappers

Rating: 72 %
Awards: 13 wins & 28 nominations.
Length: 105 mins
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Belle (2013)

  • March 6th, 1783, Lord Mansfield presides over the Gregson v. Gilbert case

  • May 22nd, 1783, Lord Mansfield presides over the Gregson v. Gilbert appeal

Rating: 73 %
Awards: 7 nominations.
Length: 144 mins
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Special 26 (2013)

  • March 17th, 1987, Mohan Singh places an advert in the Times of India

  • March 18th, 1987, candidates for CBI roles are interviewed

  • March 19th, 1987, fake CBI members raid an Opera House jeweller

Rating: 76 %
Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 146 nominations.
Length: 134 mins
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Captain Phillips (2013)

  • March 28th, 2009, Richard Philips leaves home to captain a cargo ship

  • April 7th, 2009, Somali pirates attempt to catch up to the Maersk Alabama cargo ship

  • April 8th, 2009, Somali pirates take over the Maersk Alabama cargo ship

Rating: 65 %
Awards: 1 nomination.
Length: 108 mins
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Gagarin: First in Space (2013)

  • April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space

Rating: 70 %
Awards: 3 wins & 20 nominations.
Length: 128 mins
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42 (2013)

  • April 22nd, 1947, Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman calls Jackie Robinson a "nigger"

  • September 17th, 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending them to the World Series

Rating: 72 %
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations.
Length: 93 mins
Beyond The Edge poster

Beyond The Edge (2013)

  • May 29th, 1953, Edmund Hillary reaches the top of Everest

Rating: 62 %
Awards: 1 nomination.
Length: 105 mins
The Frozen Ground poster

The Frozen Ground (2013)

  • June 13th, 1983, Cindy Paulson escapes from killer Robert Hansen

  • October 27th, 1983, Police search Robert Hansen's house

Rating: 80 %
Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 172 nominations.
Length: 180 mins
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

  • September 1st, 1998, Jordan Belfort is arrested

  • October 14th, 1991, Forbes publishes an expose of Jordan Belfort

Rating: 72 %
Awards: 13 wins & 9 nominations.
Length: 134 mins
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Legend No. 17 (2013)

  • September 2nd, 1972, the USSR play Canada in the first of eight ice hockey matches

Rating: 74 %
Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 17 wins & 51 nominations.
Length: 132 mins
The Butler poster

The Butler (2013)

  • October 21st, 1986, Cecil Gaines and his wife are guests at a State Dinner in the White House

Rating: 66 %
Awards: 1 win.
Length: 129 mins
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Celluloid (2013)

  • October 23rd, 1930, Vigathakumaran is exhibited at the Capitol Theatre

Rating: 61 %
Awards: 2 nominations.
Length: 128 mins
Jobs poster

Jobs (2013)

  • October 23rd, 2001, Steve Jobs introduces the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting

Rating: 55 %
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Length: 105 mins
The Look of Love poster

The Look of Love (2013)

  • November 5th, 1992, Paul Raymond's daughter Debbie dies of a heroin overdose

Rating: 79 %
Awards: 1 win & 9 nominations.
Length: 83 mins
An Adventure in Space and Time poster

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

  • November 23rd, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who is broadcast

  • November 30th, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who is rebroadcast before the second episode

Rating: 84 %
Awards: 7 wins & 13 nominations.
Length: 122 mins
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Hope (2013)

  • December 11th, 2008, Cho Doo-soon kidnaps and rapes Na-young

Rating: 51 %
Awards: 1 nomination.
Length: 94 mins
Empire State poster

Empire State (2013)

  • December 12th, 1982, Christos Potamitis helps in an armed robbery