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1970s Movies

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

October 23, 2020January 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

Nicholas and Alexandra opens in 1904 with Alexei’s birth during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas II is warned by his cousin Grand Duke Nicholas and the Prime Minister Count Sergei Witte that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They also tell him there is a rising demand by the Russian people for representative government, health care, voting, and workers’ rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky have formed.

1960s Movies

Judith (1966)

October 11, 2020January 6, 2023 - by greatmovies

Judith movie storyline. In Palestine in 1948, the British prepare to end their Mandate, leaving an independent Israel behind. The problems of the British may be ending but for the new state of Israel they’re just beginning. Israel is surrounded by hostile Arab nations and must fight to defend itself from aggression.

1950s Movies

Ben-Hur (1959)

August 21, 2020January 15, 2023 - by greatmovies

Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy merchant living in Judea at the time of Christ. Under the influence of the oppressive Roman Empire, the land seethes with talk of revolt, and Caesar has sent more soldiers to quell the potential uprising. The new Tribune Messala (Stephen Boyd) once lived in Judea as a boy, and longs to rekindle his old friendship with Judah.

1970s Movies

Theater of Blood (1973)

July 25, 2020January 22, 2023 - by greatmovies

Theater of Blood movie storyline. Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart (Vincent Price) is a matinèe favorite Shakespearean actor of the old school, finding difficulty coping with new theater roles, who wreaks revenge on on the theater critics who give their annual Guild’s “Best Actor” award to a new and upcoming actor rather than him.

1960s Movies

Shalako (1968)

July 21, 2020January 23, 2023 - by greatmovies

In 1880 in New Mexico, frontier adventurer Bosky Fulton (Stephen Boyd) and his men lead a hunting party of European aristocrats and their servants, along with a retired American politician and his wife, into Apache territory. When a French countess, Irina Lazaar (Brigitte Bardot), wanders off, she is attacked by Apache warriors on horseback.

1970s Movies

The Beloved (1971)

May 26, 2020July 6, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Beloved movie storyline. Yanni returns to his homeland on a Greek island after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenage passion,

1960s Movies

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

July 29, 2019July 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, T.E. Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in Dorset at the age of 46.

1950s Movies

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

July 27, 2019July 25, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Bridge on the River Kwai deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway.