Le violon rouge (AKA: The Red Violin)

IMDB: 7.6/10

A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.

The Longest Day

IMDB: 7.7/10

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Captain Phillips (2013)

IMDB: 7.8/10

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Salt

IMDB: 6.5/10

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

2012

IMDB: 5.8/10

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Patton

IMDB: 7.9/10

The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.