History Movies

The Iron Orchard

87/100

"The Iron Orchard" is the story of Jim McNeely, a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939, who works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter.

Córka generala Pankratowa

68/100

Loves of a Dictator

69/100

The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband. On the night of their marriage the King leaves Copenhagen on a pleasure trip abroad, but his fast life proves too much for his weak constitution. Summoned to attend him, an ... See full summary »

Kaffee Moskau

57/100

In 1915, after the breakthrough in Gorlice, the Russians emptied the city of Kolomea in East Galicia and moved to the hands of Austrian-Hungarian troops. In the city, however, the town ... See full summary »

La princesa de los ursinos

64/100

The story of the Countess d'Orsini, French noblewoman and courtesan at the court of the Spanish king, who acted as an agent for the King of France and was one of the most powerful people at the Spanish court.

Down Memory Lane

57/100

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.

Eagle of the Pacific

74/100

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He ... See full summary »

Proceso a Jesús

65/100

A group of Sephardic Jews actors settles in the city of Toledo (Spain) in order to play a kind of a trial against Jesus, facing the audience, in order to determine whether under the laws of... See full summary »

Das Haus im Süden

58/100

The Last Days of Pompeii

63/100

Sikandar E Azam

80/100

The film is set in 326 B.C. when Alexander the Great aka Sikander (Dara Singh) having conquered Persia and the Kabul valley descends to the Indian Border at Jhelum. King Porus (Prithviraj ... See full summary »

Mahamantri Timmarasu

71/100

Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa

55/100

Ramshastri

73/100

Noc rozhodnutí

74/100

Vadászat angolokra

54/100

The Massacre of Glencoe

78/100

The true story of the events leading up to the infamous massacre of the Macdonalds by the Campbells in February of 1692.

Bhakta Kanakadasa

88/100

The spiritual journey of Kanakadasa, a poet and a philosopher belonging to the Dasa sect during the 16th century when the stone idol of Lord Krishna turns around as he's being punished for wanting to see the Lord's statue in Udupi.

The Death of Socrates

48/100

This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. Socrates is on trial for his life. He will be put to death. 2,500 years later we remember his words.

1885: Der Sturm auf Afrika. Ein Kontinent wird geteilt

68/100

Eva from Argentina

66/100

La figlia del capitano

75/100

Garibaldi - Held zweier Welten

51/100

Far from the heroic cliches and with an accurate historical reconstruction, the film tells about young Giuseppe Garibaldi's life in Brazil. His encounter with Anita, human and military ... See full summary »

Purim: The Lot

77/100

'Purim: The Lot' tells the dramatic story of the Jewish rebellion against Persian persecution as described in the Old Testament Book of Esther. Led by Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia, ... See full summary »

Saudade

50/100

Miguel is a 17 year-old boy that sees the future as a distant horizon, immersed in his bubble of friends and a sketchbook full of sentimental poems. 'Saudade' is the portrait of a threshold... See full summary »