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Hero(2002)
Rating: 7.5 Genre:Drama, Adventure, Action, History
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming, Liu Zhong Yuan, Zheng Tia Yong, Yan Qin
Spartacus(1960)
Rating: 7.5 Genre:History, War, Drama, Adventure
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom
Rules of Engagement(2000)
Rating: 6.2 Genre:War, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer, Blair Underwood, Philip Baker Hall, Dale Dye
Chernobyl: Abyss(2021)
Rating: 6.2 Genre:Drama, History, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Oksana Akinshina, Philip Avdeev, Ravshana Kurkova, Arthur Beschastny, Nikolay Kozak, Igor Chernevich, Anton Shvarts, Andrey Archakov
Flyboys(2006)
Rating: 6.5 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Cast: James Franco, David Ellison, Jean Reno, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce, Mac McDonald, Abdul Salis, Karen Ford, Scott Hazell
Red Cliff(2008)
Rating: 7.2 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Feng Yi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun, Shidô Nakamura, Chi-Ling Lin, You Yong
The Great Escape(1963)
Rating: 7.9 Genre:Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum
Aguirre, the Wrath of God(1972)
Rating: 7.6 Genre:Adventure, Drama, History
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera, Daniel Ades, Edward Roland, Alexandra Cheves
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War(2004)
Rating: 8 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Cast: Jang Dong-gun, Won Bin, Lee Eun-ju, Gong Hyung-jin, Park Jeong-Woo, Jo Yoon-hee, Lee Young-lan, Ahn Kil-kang, Min-ho Jang
The Lost City of Z(2017)
Rating: 6.4 Genre:Adventure, Drama, History
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Edward Ashley, Clive Francis, Ian McDiarmid, Franco Nero
Everest(2015)
Rating: 6.8 Genre:Drama, Adventure, History
Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Hawkes, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson, Martin Henderson, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley
The Right Stuff(1983)
Rating: 7.5 Genre:Drama, History, Adventure
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed
The Walk(2015)
Rating: 7 Genre:Adventure, Drama, Thriller, History
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Clément Sibony, César Domboy, Benedict Samuel, Ben Schwartz, Steve Valentine
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Rating: 8 Genre:War, History, Adventure, Drama
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan(2023)
Rating: 7.3 Genre:Action, Adventure, History, Drama
Cast: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Vicky Krieps, Lyna Khoudri, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Eddie the Eagle(2016)
Rating: 7.2 Genre:Comedy, Drama, History, Adventure
Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Ania Sowinski, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Iris Berben, Jim Broadbent, Jo Hartley, Keith Allen
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)
Rating: 7.6 Genre:Adventure, Action, Drama, History
Cast: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Go Ayano, Genki Sudo, Taketo Tanaka, Eiji Okuda
Apollo 13(1995)
Rating: 7.4 Genre:History, Drama, Adventure
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Roger Corman, Chris Ellis, Xander Berkeley
The Last of the Mohicans(1992)
Rating: 7.4 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, Steven Waddington, Maurice Roëves, Patrice Chéreau
1492: Conquest of Paradise(1992)
Rating: 6.2 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Ángela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Kevin Dunn, Tchéky Karyo
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