Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Marshall (2017)

Summary: The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Release Date: October 13, 2017

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Writers: Michael Koskoff

, Jacob Koskoff

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Chestnut Ridge Productions, China Wit Media, Starlight Culture Entertainment

Distributor: KVH Media Group, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,051,659

International: $ 65,157

The Help (2011)

Summary: An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily b...

Release Date: August 10, 2011

Genre: Drama

Director: Tate Taylor

Writers: Tate Taylor

, Kathryn Stockett

Runtime: 2 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: DreamWorks, Dreamworks Pictures, Reliance Film & Entertainment, Reliance Film & Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures

Distributor: Touchstone Pictures, Showtime Networks, FX Network

Countries: United States, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 169,708,112

International: $ 52,094,074

Defiance (2008)

Summary: Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-com...

Release Date: January 16, 2009

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Edward Zwick

Writers: Clayton Frohman

, Edward Zwick

, Nechama Tec

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, The Bedford Falls Company

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 32,000,000

Domestic: $ 28,644,813

International: $ 22,617,938

The Hate U Give (2018)

Summary: Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: George Tillman Jr.

Writers: Audrey Wells

, Angie Thomas

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, State Street Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 29,719,483

International: $ 5,214,526

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Summary: A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

Release Date: December 13, 1972

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Ronald Neame

Writers: Paul Gallico

, Stirling Silliphant

, Wendell Mayes

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions, A Ronald Neame Film, Kent Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Fox Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 84,563,118

Der ewige Jude (1940)

Summary: Under the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an "indispensable tool in the hands of the Aryan race," designed to depict the "true" Jew when the masks of Western civilization fall off.

Release Date: November 28, 1940

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Fritz Hippler

Writer: Eberhard Taubert

Runtime: 1 h 02 min

Production: Deutsche Filmherstellungs- und -Verwertungs- GmbH, Berlin (DFG)

Distributor: BuyIndies.com Inc., Loving the Classics

Country: Germany

Language: German

Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (2014)

Summary: An investigation into the validity of the Exodus.

Release Date: January 19, 2015

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Timothy P. Mahoney

Writers: Timothy P. Mahoney

, Steven Law

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Thinking Man Films

Distributor: Thinking Man Films

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt

Language: English

Domestic: $ 925,576

Zeitgeist (2007)

Summary: Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.

Release Date: June 01, 2007

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Peter Joseph

Writer: Peter Joseph

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Gentle Machine Productions

Distributor: Gravitas Ventures, Passion River Films, Sideways Films, Peter Joseph, Quantum Earth Radio, Spectra Filmworks

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000

Dog (2022)

Summary: Two hard-charging former Army Rangers paired against their will, Briggs and a Belgian Malinois named Lulu, race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier's funeral on time.

Release Date: February 18, 2022

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Reid Carolin

, Channing Tatum

Writers: Reid Carolin

, Brett Rodriguez

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), CAA Media Finance, FilmNation Entertainment

Distributor: Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 61,778,069

International: $ 22,772,213

He Got Game (1998)

Summary: A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Release Date: February 22, 2021

Genres: Drama, Sport

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: Spike Lee

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, FX Network, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,567,853

Religulous (2008)

Summary: Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Release Date: October 03, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Documentary, War

Director: Larry Charles

Writer: Bill Maher

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Thousand Words

Distributor: Lionsgate, Showtime Networks

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 13,011,160

International: $ 627,955

The Rabbi's Cat (2011)

Summary: Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

Release Date: June 01, 2011

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation

Directors: Antoine Delesvaux

, Joann Sfar

Writers: Sandrina Jardel

, Joann Sfar

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Autochenille Production, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 3 Cinéma, Sofica Valor 7, France Télévisions, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)

Distributor: TF1 International, GKIDS

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 12,500,000

Domestic: $ 23,392

International: $ 4,185,181