Billy Budd
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
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The Bounty
1984★ 6.8
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2013★ 7.5
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Annapolis
2006★ 6.9
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1982★ 6.6
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