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1	Schindler's List (1993) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts, and brings in accountant and financier Itzhak ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.68!
2	Patch Adams (1998) more movies like this directed by Tom Shadyac featuring Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton The fact-based story of an unconventional physician who attempted to heal patients with laughter, based on his own book and mixing equal doses of scatological humor and pathos. Robin Williams stars as Hunter Adams, a troubled young man who commits himself to a mental institution in the late 1960s. His experiences there convince Adams to become a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95!
3	Out of Africa (1985) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens Out of Africa is drawn from the life and writings of Danish author Isak Dinesen, who during the time that the film's events occured was known by her married name, Karen Blixen-Flecke. For convenience's sake, Karen (Meryl Streep) has married Baron Bor Blixen-Flecke (Klaus Maria Brandauer). In 1914, the Baron moves himself and his wife to a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.74!
4	Caligula (1979) more movies like this directed by Tinto Brass featuring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, John Steiner This lavish big-budget epic was the pinnacle of a uniquely Italian subgenre, the historical hardcore gore/porn extravaganza. The star-studded cast, perhaps lured by the high-profile involvement of producer Bob Guccione and screenwriter Gore Vidal, includes such luminaries as John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, and Helen Mirren. Director Tinto Brass, ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
5	Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) more movies like this directed by Franco Zeffirelli featuring Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Alec Guinness, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham St. Francis of Assisi was an extraordinarily complex and difficult figure whose effect on his contemporary society was electrifying. Even today, many people are moved by his visionary message of universal toleration. Twelfth-century Italy had an exceptionally grim and regimented society, but the barefoot monk from Assisi undoubtedly had the ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $10.89!
6	The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) more movies like this directed by Mark Robson featuring Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Ronald Squire, Athene Seyler, Noel Hood Alan Burgess' novel The Small Woman was the source for the British/American co-production Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Set in the China of the 1930s, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as real-life missionary Gladys Aylward. Against the advice of practically everyone, Gladys heads into the war-ravaged interior to spread the Christian gospel. She finds a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.67!
7	Sergeant York (1941) more movies like this directed by Howard Hawks featuring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond, Margaret Wycherly, Stanley Ridges When World War I hero Alvin York agreed to sell the movie rights to his life story to Warner Bros., it was on three conditions: (1) That the film contains no phony heroics, (2) that Mrs.York not be played by a Hollywood "glamour girl" and (3) That Gary Cooper portray York on screen. All three conditions were met, and the result is one of the ... see all copies from $9.93! new only from $21.99!
8	Amadeus (1984) more movies like this directed by Milos Forman featuring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Viennese "urban legend" concerning the death of 18th ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89!
9	The Miracle Worker (1962) more movies like this directed by Arthur Penn featuring Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine Based on William Gibson's Broadway play and retaining its acclaimed cast, Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker tells the true story of Helen Keller (Patty Duke), an Alabama girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after an elevated fever. Enter Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a partially-blind woman assigned the task of teaching Helen sign language. After ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $10.00!
10	Shadowlands (1993) more movies like this directed by Richard Attenborough featuring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Denison, John Wood This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of the doomed love affair between novelist and noted Christian scholar C.S. Lewis and a Jewish-American poet. Anthony Hopkins stars as C.S. "Jack" Lewis, an Oxford professor and successful author of the Chronicles of Narnia series of children's fantasy novels. A ... see all copies from $4.35!
11 view cover	Gia (1998) more movies like this directed by Michael Cristofer featuring Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, Kylie Travis Novelist Jay McInerney and playwright Michael Cristofer (who also made his feature film directorial debut) collaborated on the script for this bio of doomed supermodel Gia Carangi. In a star-making performance, Angelina Jolie stars as Gia, a gorgeous Philadelphia native who arrives in New York City to become a model and immediately makes an ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $5.95!
12 view cover	The Glenn Miller Story (1954) more movies like this directed by Anthony Mann featuring James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Henry Morgan The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Given an officer's commission during World War II, ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $6.89!
13 view cover	To Hell and Back (1955) more movies like this directed by Jesse Hibbs featuring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Susan Kohner, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer The highly variable Audie Murphy delivers his best screen performance as "himself" in Universal's To Hell and Back. Based on the star's autobiography, this is the story of how Murphy became America's most-decorated soldier during WW II. After dwelling a bit on Murphy's hard-scrabble Texas upbringing, the story moves ahead to 1942, when, at 18, ... see all copies from $6.89! new only from $10.66!
14 view cover	Iron Jawed Angels (2004) more movies like this directed by Katja von Garnier featuring Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, Molly Parker German filmmaker Katja von Garnier directs the HBO original movie Iron Jawed Angels, inspired by a pivotal chapter in American history. Hilary Swank plays Alice Paul, an American feminist who risked her life to fight for women's citizenship and the right to vote. She founded the separatist National Woman's Party and wrote the first equal rights ... see all copies from $4.44! new only from $7.58!
15 view cover	A Beautiful Mind (2001) more movies like this directed by Ron Howard featuring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
16 view cover	Patton (1970) more movies like this directed by Franklin J. Schaffner featuring George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Edward Binns In 1943 North Africa, George Patton (George C. Scott) assumes command of (and instills some much-needed discipline in) the American forces. Engaged in battle against Germany's Field Marshal Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), Patton drives back "The Desert Fox" by using the German's own tactics. Promoted to Lieutenant General, Patton is sent to Sicily, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!
17 view cover	1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) more movies like this directed by Ridley Scott featuring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Michael Wincott, Ángela Molina This, the second of 1992's 500th anniversary Christopher Columbus films (the first being Warner Bros. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery), adheres to the historical facts of Columbus's (Gerard Depardieu) possessed quest to discover the New World, and his solicitation of Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) to gain the necessary funding. Despite ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $10.58!
18 view cover	La Vie en Rose (2007) more movies like this directed by Olivier Dahan featuring Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allegret, Marc Barbé, Gérard Depardieu Writer/director Olivier Dahan (Crimson Rivers II) helmed La Vie en Rose, the screen biopic of tragic French songstress Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised as a young girl by her grandmother in a Normandy bordello, then discovered on a French street corner -- as a complete unknown -- by cabaret proprietor Louis ... see all copies from $22.89! new only from $23.11!
19 view cover	Midnight Express (1978) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Paul L. Smith Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is an American tourist visiting Turkey with his girlfriend Susan (Irene Miracle) when he's caught by customs officials trying to smuggle a large amount of hashish out of the country. The crime ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.91!
20 view cover	Catch Me If You Can (2002) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye A gifted forger and confidence man attempts to stay one step ahead of the lawman determined to bring him to justice in this comedy-drama from Steven Spielberg, based on a true story. Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a 16-year-old high school student who finds himself emotionally cut adrift when his mother, Paula (Nathalie Baye), leaves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49!
21 view cover	Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) more movies like this directed by Franklin J. Schaffner featuring Alan Dalton, Alexander Knox, Curd Jürgens, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Neville, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Irene Worth, Jack Hawkins, Laurence Olivier Nicholas and Alexandra covers the rise and fall of the last of the Russian Romanovs. We first meet Czar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) and his German bride Alexandra (Janet Suzman) at their 1894 wedding. Though Nicholas is devoted to Alexandra, the Russian populace is less politely inclined to having a "foreigner" as their Czarina. Alexandra gains ... see all copies from $15.65! new only from $15.65!
22 view cover	Henry V (1989) more movies like this directed by Kenneth Branagh featuring Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane Kenneth Branagh makes his feature film directorial debut with this adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V. After the Chorus (Derek Jacobi) introduces the play, young king of England Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) begins an angry dialogue with King Charles of France (Paul Scofield). The king's son, Dauphin (Michael Maloney), insults Henry and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.85!
23 view cover	84 Charing Cross Road (1987) more movies like this directed by David Jones featuring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Jean de Baer, Maurice Denham, Mercedes Ruehl Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Thus begins a two ... see all copies from $3.76! new only from $12.33!
24 view cover	Chaplin (1992) more movies like this directed by Richard Attenborough featuring Robert Downey, Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins Partly based on Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography, this humorous and dramatic biopic features an all-star cast including Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, and Chaplin's real-life daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who portrays his mentally ill mother. With the use of flashback, an elderly Chaplin ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.37!
25 view cover	Walk the Line (2005) more movies like this directed by James Mangold featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $8.65!

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