History Movies

Und alles verweht der Schnee

58/100

Beloved ones meet after long years of political repression. But their meeting is too fleeting.

Gold Warriors

57/100

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school. They ... See full summary »

Ruby and Oswald

60/100

A docudrama about the events surrounding the assassination of the 35th United States President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, in 1963, based on eyewitness and other testimonies.

Sex in the Ancient World: Prostitution in Pompeii

72/100

The excavations of Pompeii reveal a thriving sex industry with prostitutes ranging from female slaves to male celebrities. But like today sexual promiscuity was not considered proper or ... See full summary »

Bhakta Prahlada

82/100

Prahlada is a devotee of Lord Vishnu unlike his father who is an atheist. With admonitions along his way, he must change the way his father thinks.

Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror

69/100

A fresh look at the rise and fall of one of history's most notorious figures, shot on location in Rome, Capri and along the English Channel.

Götz von Berlichingen

49/100

Medieval Germany at the end of the 16th Century is in turmoil. The ruthless Lady Adelheid plots against the Emperor with her ally the French King. When notorious robber Goetz steals the ... See full summary »

Castle of the Banned Lovers

69/100

The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of his violent and morbid father, and the hostility... See full summary »

Skånska mord - Yngsjömordet

67/100

This is the story of Anna Månsdotter who was executed on the 7th of August 1890 in Kristianstad county prison. She was the last female ever to be executed in Sweden.

Porzûs

56/100

Italy 1945: the war is ending and the iron curtain is falling down. In the north eastern part of the country partisans of different political orientation begin to question about the future ... See full summary »

Knickerbocker Holiday

59/100

It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Govenor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant. While... See full summary »

Karin Månsdotter

62/100

The movie starts with a silent section of slapsticks in BLUE and white and with piano music, giving an outline of Karin's rise and fall. The rest is normal B&W movie. Karin does not belong ... See full summary »

Dubrowski

71/100

Al-lail

68/100

The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the 1967 war between Syria and Israel. We are led to the grave of the filmmakers' father, an ... See full summary »

Die Begegnung

69/100

Legenda o knyagine Olge

72/100

The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olga of Kievan Rus at the start of the 11th century.

Venetian Rascal Goes to America

67/100

L'infiltré

68/100

Early 1980, French secret services recruit a young Palestinian militant to infiltrate an actif Palestinian organization.

How to Act and Eat at the Same Time

83/100

Nell Gwyn

66/100

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French ... See full summary »

Adventures in Bokhara

77/100

Karawane zur Hölle

74/100

In a pillbox in the middle of the Pampa, its commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires, for not deserting soldiers.

The Son of Cleopatra

55/100

In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra ... See full summary »

Thunder of Battle

49/100

Coriolanus leads the plebians in a revolt against Roman oppression.

Secret Nation

68/100

A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.