300isn’t just thrilling, but it’s rather artistic with its exceptionally unique cinematography and production value.

Assigned to the task is a group of misfit, rough-and-tumble soldiers with a propensity for violence.

Master and Commanderreceived ten Oscar nominations, winning two for Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing.

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The Americans won both battles, but they were hard-fought victories.

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Leonidas (Gerard Butler ) yelling and holding a sword during battle in 300

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Three German soldiers stand in a forest looking perplexed while holding submachine guns

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‘Der Untergang’s (Downfall) authenticity is bolstered by its reliance on eyewitness accounts

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Bashir walking down the street with a somber expression in ‘Waltz With Bashir’

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Paul Rusesabagina looking pensive in ‘Hotel Rwanda’

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A Japanese soldier waits in the trenches in Letters from Iwo Jima

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Josh Hartnett as Eversmann hiding and looking to the distance in Black Hawk Down (2001)

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William James (Jeremy Renner) walks down a dusty street towards the camera wearing a bomb suit

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Adrien Brody as Wlasyslaw Szpilman playing the piano in The Pianist.

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