History Movies

Der Conquistador

58/100

A dramatization of Alonso de Ercilla's 16th-century epic poem about the Spanish conquest of Chile.

Güemes - la tierra en armas

61/100

The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.

Wizja lokalna 1901

67/100

A group of Polish students oppose the teaching of religion in German, for which they are persecuted by the Prussian authorities.

Esperanza

73/100

The biography of a Russian man, in real life the grandfather of the director Sergio Olhovich, who comes to Mexico running away from the Russian Revolution.

Erwachen

72/100

A first film made of the 1949 March deportation of Estonian people to Siberia by Soviet Secret Police NKVD. During couple of days and nights nearly 21 thousand people, mostly women and ... See full summary »

Uncivilized

50/100

A white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, is kidnapped by an Afghan slaver, betrothed to a white jungle-man, and menaced by a jealous half-caste rival, a hostile witch-doctor, ... See full summary »

The House of Angelo

73/100

In eighteenth century London, the celebrated Angelo family of fencing instructors are employed to protect a visiting Ambassador from French assassins.

To hrima - Mia mythologia tou Skotous

68/100

In a nightmarish world, dominated by the decline and degradation of Man , Christ resurrected wandering, across three different eras of human history.

Tudawali

69/100

Ernie Dingo delivers an outstanding portrayal of Robert Tudawali, the first Aboriginal film star, whose lead role in Jedda is iconic in Australian cinema. This film traces the life of Tudawali.

Gloriana

62/100

Satyagraha

86/100

Opera about the life and work of Mohandas K. Gandhi, named after his technique of passive resistance that he began in South Africa and employed in his native India.

Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria - Aus dem siebenjährigen Krieg

87/100

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

77/100

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme...

Zvorykin-Muromets

73/100

Biopic about Russian engineer Vladimir Zvorykin, the inventor of television.

Oversized Coat

85/100

Over-Sized Coat" is a 120 minutes-length masterpiece which talks about the Palestinian reality for the period of (1987-2011).

Vitti Dandu

78/100

In this exploration of the relationship between a grandfather and a grandson at the time of Indian independence, the question of whether one's love of country should supersede love of family is a central one.

Monsieur Paul

69/100

Discover how a war criminal escaped justice for decades before finally facing trial. It's 1972, and Franck Jourdan (Laurent Gerra), a reporter in a French news magazine, is getting obsessed... See full summary »

Abenteuer auf Sizilien

66/100

After Palermo falls in 1793, a notorious ladies man joins the underground resistance movement--but still finds time for the ladies.

Balboa

48/100

Film inspired on the life of Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

Maria und Napoleon

59/100

Kertokaa se hänelle...

43/100

Fictionalised biopic of Finnish tenor Mauno Kuusisto, taking its title from his most popular song which remains the all-time best-selling single record in Finland. An orphaned boy, singing ... See full summary »

L'affaire Ben Barka

68/100

Severe Visibility

66/100

A US Army major finds information that the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 was a government deception.

Ridin' the Rails: The Great American Train Story

75/100

Johnny Cash guides us through the history of the great American railways, while performing some of his most famous train-related songs.

Kissed by Lightning

76/100

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter who keeps the memory of her dead husband Jessie Lightning alive through the recreation of stories he would tell her. Jessie was a musician whose ... See full summary »