Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "illness", "independence"

1. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War

7.5

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82 Metascore

Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

Votes: 54,681 | Gross: $1.83M

2. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance

6.2

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60 Metascore

An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan

Votes: 12,681 | Gross: $3.69M

3. The Alamo (2004)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War

6.0

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47 Metascore

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric

Votes: 22,323 | Gross: $22.41M

4. Viceroy's House (2017)

Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.7

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53 Metascore

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi

Votes: 8,563 | Gross: $1.11M

5. Miss Austen Regrets (2007 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.0

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In the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband.

Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: Samuel Roukin, Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Imogen Poots

Votes: 3,611

6. Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

7.7

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59 Metascore

When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.

Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Alan King

Votes: 16,034 | Gross: $0.02M

7. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)

R | 111 min | Drama

7.1

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71 Metascore

Conjoined twins have their relationship tested when a woman takes interest in one of them.

Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Michele Hicks, Jon Gries

Votes: 5,252 | Gross: $0.99M

8. Manto Mavrogenous (1971)

95 min | Biography, Drama, History

5.5

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As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Giannakas, Eleni Erimou

Votes: 311