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Oppenheimer (film)
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 film directed by David Lean
The King's Speech
2010 British film directed by Tom Hooper
12 Years a Slave
2013 film directed by Steve McQueen
The Pianist
2002 film directed by Roman Polanski
Gandhi
1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough
The Theory of Everything
2014 film directed by James Marsh
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 film directed by Bryan Singer
Chariots of Fire
1981 film by Hugh Hudson
127 Hours
2010 film directed by Danny Boyle
The Elephant Man
1980 film by David Lynch
The Danish Girl
2015 film by Tom Hooper
Finding Neverland
2004 historical fantasy drama film by Marc Forster
A Man for All Seasons
1966 film by Fred Zinnemann
Darkest Hour
2017 film directed by Joe Wright
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Elizabeth
1998 film by Shekhar Kapurr
Rush
2013 film directed by Ron Howard
The Queen
2006 film directed by Stephen Frears
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 film directed by Peter Webber
Steve Jobs
2015 film directed by Danny Boyle
1492 – Conquest of Paradise
1992 film by Ridley Scott
In the Name of the Father
1993 film by Jim Sheridan
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 film by Shekhar Kapur
My Week with Marilyn
2011 film directed by Simon Curtis
The Two Popes
2019 film directed by Fernando Meirelles
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 film directed by John Lee Hancock
The Killing Fields
1984 film by Roland Joffé
United 93
2006 film directed by Paul Greengrass
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 film by Justin Chadwick
Rocketman
2019 film directed by Dexter Fletcher
Total Eclipse
1996 film by Agnieszka Holland
The Straight Story
1999 film by David Lynch
Selma
2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay
Becoming Jane
2007 film by Julian Jarrold
The Message
1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad
Man on the Moon
1999 film by Miloš Forman
The Young Victoria
2009 film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
The New World
2005 film by Terrence Malick
Victoria and Abdul
2017 film directed by Stephen Frears
The Duchess
2008 film directed by Saul Dibb
Rob Roy
1995 film by Michael Caton-Jones
Iris
2001 film directed by Richard Eyre
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 biographical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Ned Kelly
2003 film directed by Gregor Jordan
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 film by Charles Jarrott
Cry Freedom
1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough
Michael Collins
1996 film directed by Neil Jordan
Judy
2019 film directed by Rupert Goold
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 film by Josie Rourke
Gods and Monsters
1998 film directed by Bill Condon
Amazing Grace
2006 film by Michael Apted
Diana
2013 film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Sid and Nancy
1986 film by Alex Cox
Wilde
1997 British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2015 film by Matt Brown
Quills
2000 film by Philip Kaufman
Becket
1964 film by Peter Glenville
The Madness of King George
1994 historical film directed by Nicholas Hytner
Mr Jones
2019 film directed by Agnieszka Holland