History Movies

Chiara e Francesco

72/100

Hoje

65/100

Former political activist receives compensation money for her husband's disappearance, during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). She is now able to afford a new home. While moving in, a visitor forces her to review her entire history.

Soegija

63/100

Though raising the universal aspect of humanity rather than emphasize the religious aspects, this film is about Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) first indigenous bishop: Monsignor Albertus... See full synopsis »

Summer of '67

48/100

Based on real life events, Summer of '67 brings to life the turbulent times of the sixties and the struggles faced by the men and women impacted by the Vietnam War. Young wife and mother ... See full summary »

Hearts in Bondage

57/100

Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his... See full summary »

40,000 Horsemen

65/100

Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

81/100

The life of George Washington as the first President of the United States of America and his 8 years running his country. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together.

Stella polaris

57/100

A woman returns up North to her rural fishing village, and re-lives the village's history through work, war, rebuilding and depopulation.

Four Women in the Harem

67/100

One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism, tells the story of three women in Pasha's harem and a newcomer.

Jean Moulin - Leben im Widerstand

67/100

City of Shadows

59/100

A doctor broken by 8 years of war in North Africa tries to come back home. On his way, he is faced with a bigger challenge: save a city from the plague... And from madness.

Die Heimkehr

61/100

Nova Dubai

50/100

In a middle class neighborhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent ... See full summary »

Verdun: Looking at History

71/100

Dramatic re-enactment of the battle of Verdun during World War I, as seen by both French and German sides.

Optimistische Tragödie

71/100

As the communist revolt progresses in Russia, a female commissar is dispatched to some anarchist sailors to get them on board the party bandwagon.

Taj Mahal

69/100

It was at the Meena Bazar that Shehzada Khurram first laid eyes on Arjuman Banu. When their eyes met it was love at first sight for both of them. When Queen Noor Jehan, one of the wives of ... See full summary »

Mouse on the Mayflower

72/100

The Mayflower journey as see through the experiences of a church mouse.

Song of the Miraculous Hind

70/100

Beyond America

41/100

Under an Eastern European totalitarian regime, a prominent dissident writer survives repression by resuming a submissive sexual relationship with her former lover. After their split-up ... See full summary »

Ascent to Hell

45/100

When a realtor shows an old New York factory building to a group of would-be investors, they are unwittingly caught in its tragic and sinister history.

The Warrior Empress

53/100

He-man Phaon impresses Sappho of Lesbos at the temple of Aphrodite, circa 600 B.C.

Lafayette

65/100

During the American War of Independence, French officer and nobleman La Fayette comes to America's aid with men, money and weapons and becomes a Major-General under George Washington's command.

The Middle Passage

58/100

A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route.

93, rue Lauriston

70/100

93, rue Lauriston, in the 16th arrondissement de Paris, is an address of bleak memory. It was indeed the headquarter of the French Gestapo, which was active between 1941 and 1944 and was ... See full summary »

The Scandalous Four

54/100

When you marry for status be prepared for unsuspected consequences.