Dune (2000)

IMDB: 6.9/10

A three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.

Sacco e Vanzetti (AKA: Sacco & Vanzetti)

IMDB: 7.7/10

In 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.

Flickan som lekte med elden (AKA: The Girl Who Played with Fire)

IMDB: 7.1/10

As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

District 9

IMDB: 7.9/10

In a future Earth in which aliens are isolated in a remote ghetto, a government agent finds himself banished there.

Once Were Warriors

IMDB: 7.9/10

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

Public Enemies

IMDB: 6.9/10

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Cloud Atlas

IMDB: 7.4/10

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.