History Movies

The Road to Mother

74/100

The story of several generations of a Kazakh family from the 1930s to the present time, the film traces the most momentous events in the history of Kazakhstan through war, separation and the determination of the clan to remain united.

Pàtria

56/100

Pàtria tells the legend of 'Otger of Cataló and the 9 Barons of Fame' is a Catalan folk epic legend with great brushstrokes that tells the origins of Catalonia.

Heung-boo: The Revolutionist

62/100

Yeon Heung Bu is an author of popular novels. He writes a novel to find his lost older brother. Heung Bu then meets Jo Hyuk. Jo Hyuk is a nobleman and takes care of people. Heung Bu finds ... See full summary »

Paris Song

80/100

Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. Along the way he befriends American songwriter George Gershwin, thus forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship.

Glorious Betsy

64/100

The real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his rich wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union and fixes him up with another girl.

The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci

71/100

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka Frederick the Great) of Prussia and his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.

The Lioness of Castille

54/100

Juan de Padilla, one of the main leaders of the Comuneros, is executed in the presence of his wife, Maria Pacheco, who, with his son, decides to avenge his death. Maria, Spanish lady of the... See full summary »

No Way Back

70/100

In 1945, Mischa, a Red Army officer, discovers a frightened German girl, Anna, huddled in a Berlin cellar. He gives her a safe escort home and wins her gratitude. Seven years later, Mischa ... See full summary »

El último perro

67/100

Men and women faced the Indians and their own loneliness in a post in the desert around 1875.

Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty

63/100

The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and gets involved with in all sorts of un-emperor-like activities.

Tri tovarishcha

64/100

New chief of building Zaitsev arrives in a small town . Here two his former comrade-in-arms work on civil war. Zaitsev stands up for rapid expansion of paper-mill and surrounds itself the ... See full summary »

Achtung! Feind hört mit!

55/100

This is the war and everybody in Germany should beware : the enemy is listening. One family in particular had better be even more careful than the average citizen of the Reich : the ... See full summary »

Isoviha

57/100

Trügerische Liebesspiele

72/100

At the Crossroads of Great Storms

75/100

In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.

Jesus of Nazareth

55/100

It's about the passion ,death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizô saigo no ichi-nichi

73/100

Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.

A Pearl in the Forest

83/100

Is all fair when love becomes war? "Promises are like pie crusts: Made to be broken." In the 1930s Stalin put Lenin's words into action with his infamous "purges," bringing horrors to the ... See full summary »

Pasteur, l'homme qui a vu

77/100

Panihida

74/100

Moldova: At the funeral of an old woman, tradition and modernity meet in an explosion of emotions, memories and absurdities.

Libertad

71/100

A tale of the uprising of the Paraguayan rebellion against the Spanish crown 200 years ago.

King Lee

87/100

The untrue true story of one of the most corrupt mayors in history, and the rise and fall of an American city.

The Art Dealer

60/100

A young woman is searching, today, in Paris, the collection of paintings stolen to her Jewish family during WWII.

Jerico

75/100

The story of best friends who set out on a dangerous, but comedic journey that challenges the restrictions of a Jim Crow South to fulfill their dreams

Re-Imagining Jesus

86/100

A contemplative journey into archaeology, history, and religion provides insight into the life lived by Jesus amid the social, political, philosophical, and religious turbulence of the first century. Shot in Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon.