The Prestige (2006)
Two friends and fellow magicians become bitter enemies after a sudden tragedy. As they devote themselves to this rivalry, they make sacrifices that bring them fame but with terrible consequences.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
In the mid-19th century, the editor of the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary receives a torrent of potential entries from a doctor confined at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.
Director: Farhad Safinia
Writer: John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia
Stars: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer
Hysteria (2011)
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Director: Tanya Wexler
Writer: Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce
Zulu (1964)
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield
Writer: John Prebble, Cy Endfield
Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson