Top rated like a history lesson movies on Kanopy
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1 Apollo 11 (2019)
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
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- 2019-03-01 | Documentary / History
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- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
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7.844
2 Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?
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- 2021-02-26 | War / Drama
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- Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović
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7.64
3 Marighella (2021)
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
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- 2021-01-29 | Drama / History
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- Seu Jorge, Bruno Gagliasso
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7.642
4 Leap (2020)
After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final. The ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team for more than three decades have slowly spread away.
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- 2020-09-25 | Drama / History
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- Gong Li, Huang Bo
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6.6
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5 Judy (2019)
Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
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- 2019-09-27 | Drama / History
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- Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock
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6.715
6 Benedetta (2021)
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
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- 2021-07-09 | Drama / History
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- Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling
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6.638
7 Official Secrets (2019)
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
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- 2019-08-30 | Thriller / History
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- Keira Knightley, Matt Smith
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7.231
8 Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.
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- 2021-09-16 | History / Drama
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- Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling
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6.344
9 Benediction (2021)
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
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- 2021-12-23 | Drama / History
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- Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi
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6.137
10 Josep (2020)
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.
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- 2020-09-30 | Animation / Drama
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- Sergi López, Alba Pujol
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7.5
