History Movies

Chasing the Deer

55/100

The Jacobite Rebellion of Scotland, and thirty years after the first battle, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army make a stand at Culloden.

Celluloid

69/100

The difficult making of Roberto Rossellini's masterpiece 'Roma, città aperta (1946)' in a Rome still suffering from the wounds of just ended WWII.

Antony and Cleopatra

69/100

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's Queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.

Jean de La Fontaine - Le défi

48/100

Biography of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine, who lived in the times of Louis XIV.

O.B.A.M. Nude

25/100

At Occidental College in 1981, a loner snorts cocaine and smokes marijuana, secretly hoping to one day become someone important. His dream - and much more - comes true when Satan appears, ... See full summary »

Breaking the Mould

70/100

A historical drama that tells the story of the development of penicillin in the 1930's/40's, by a group of scientists in Oxford at The Dunn School of Pathology

Je m'appelle Bernadette

65/100

La tirisia

64/100

It is laid out as a realistic film, with a screenplay based on the stories of hundreds of women that are forced to choose between their children and their mate in order to sustain their families.

Stockholm

69/100

The strange story of the infamous 1973 hostage crisis in Stockholm.

La guerra gaucha

73/100

The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.

Last of the Buccaneers

53/100

Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.

Sangaree

64/100

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

Storm Over the Pacific

66/100

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ... See full summary »

Martín Fierro

67/100

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro and his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas some centuries ago.

Die Sklavenjäger

47/100

As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits.

The Treaty

82/100

In 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic and the British government is concluded after high-stakes negotiations.

I Am a King

59/100

What will happen when the slave accidentally become a king and the king accidentally become a slave?

I Love You Renato

51/100

During the 90s, in the city of Valença (Rio de Janeiro state), three teenagers embark on a personal journey marked by the disillusion of the end of an era, sexual discoveries and Renato Russo's songs.

Bîranînen li ser kevirî

68/100

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein (37) and Alan (40) direct and produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They learn that, to achieve veracity... See full summary »

Liberation: The Last Assault

73/100

In Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn. Captain Neustroev's company is selected to hoist the Victory Banner atop the Reichstag.

The Mill on the Po

70/100

Baltiyskoe nebo - 1 seriya

70/100

A story about pilots guarding the sky above Leningrad during WWII.

Mord im Senat

71/100

In the Argentine of 1930s, Senator Lisandro de la Torre investigated a case of corruption in the export of meat, discovering a fraudulent plot between the national government and the British Empire, which will endanger his life.

The Dream

68/100

On the turn of the 20th century, in Netherlands, three socialist activists and brothers are imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. The prosecutor tries to get to the truth, but their comrades and others betray them.

Für die Liebe allein

59/100

A poor young woman in 1930's Australia falls in love with a dashing but arrogant teacher who preaches free love and watered down socialist precepts. She follows him to England, meeting a ... See full summary »