Top 10s History
Schindler's List
True story of German businessman Oskar Schindler's efforts to save his Jewish workers from being exterminated in Nazi concentration camps.
Oppenheimer
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
12 Years a Slave
Based on an incredible true story of Solomon Northup who was abducted and sold into slavery during pre-Civil War United States. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity.
The King's Speech
An extraordinary friendship develops between King George VI and the speech therapist who uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence.
Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan's Academy Award®-winning telling of the World War II battle at Dunkirk in which 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated.
Hacksaw Ridge
The true story of World War II medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, and refused to kill people, becoming the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Argo
On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American hostages. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador. Knowing that it's just a matter of time before the refugees are found and likely executed, the U.S. government calls on extractor Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to rescue them. Mendez's plan is to pose as a Hollywood producer scouting locations in Iran and train the refugees to act as his "film" crew.
Downfall
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of World War II.
Hotel Rwanda
The true story of a brave hotel manager who risked his and his family’s lives to harbor over 1,000 refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Black Hawk Down
The heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers, sent into Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation, to capture several top lieutenants of a warlord and help quell the civil war and famine ravaging the country.