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The Railway Man (2013)

A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky

Stars: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,378 Views
Moneyball (2011)

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Director: Bennett Miller

Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill

7.6 IMDB Rating 7,276 Views
Devil’s Knot (2013)

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.

Director: Atom Egoyan

Stars: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola

6.1 IMDB Rating 2,839 Views 1 Comment
Lone Survivor (2013)

Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.

Director: Peter Berg

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch

7.5 IMDB Rating 17,336 Views 2 Comment
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie

8.2 IMDB Rating 31,405 Views 2 Comment
12 Years a Slave (2013)

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Director: Steve McQueen

Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender

8.1 IMDB Rating 9,908 Views
Captain Phillips (2013)

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass

Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman

7.8 IMDB Rating 9,680 Views
Rush (2013)

James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two extremely skilled Formula One racers, have an intense rivalry with each other. However, it is their enmity that pushes them to their limits.

Director: Ron Howard

Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde

8.1 IMDB Rating 14,007 Views 2 Comment
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Director: Lee Daniels

Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,038 Views
42 (2013)

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Director: Brian Helgeland

Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford

7.5 IMDB Rating 5,652 Views
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