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   The Divine Weapon

   Film · 2008 · also history

   During the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon pr...

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   War of the Arrows

   Film · 2011 · also drama and history

   After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against...

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   The Fatal Encounter

   Film · 2014 · also history

   Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the...

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   Belfast

   Film · 2021 · also drama and history

   Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caug...

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   Hamlet

   Film · 1990 · also drama and history

   Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

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   King and the Clown

   Film · 2005 · also drama and history

   Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are...

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   Munich - The Edge of War

   Film · 2021 · also drama and history

   At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

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   Julia

   Film · 1977 · also drama and history

   At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

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   The Scarlet and the Black

   Film · 1983 · also drama and history

   Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become s...

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    Mary

    Film · 2024 · also drama and history

    A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.

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