History Movies

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.

Hero and Punishment

Edmond

-December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great ... See full summary »

Pepito Vs. Les messies sauvages

After a nuclear holocaust, nihilist extra-terrestrials send a dog back in time in 1927 Berlin in order to prevent the murder of an opera singer.

The Scape

A boy scapes his opressor in ancient Egypt.

Plantain

A duo of performance artists embarked in May 2015 on a month-long walk from Germany through Poland to the Russian region of Kaliningrad, to perform on location of true events of post-WWII displacements.

Bite the Apple

The story of Steve Jobs from the year 2001 until his death on October 5,2011.

1940

Set during The Blitz in 1940, this film tells the story of one family's experience, overnight in an Anderson shelter.

The Freedom Quest of Oney Judge

Oney "Ona" Judge was an enslaved servant of George and Martha Washington, and the details of her life and daring escape in 1796 were well-preserved through interviews by abolitionist ... See full summary »

Priestess of Egypt

After she is anointed as a priestess of Egypt, a beautiful young woman finds herself falling in love with the unlikeliest of individuals in the kingdom - a slave. She must transform the entire society or die a brutal death.

The Orphanage

The story takes place during first world war from 1916 to 1920 when because of the British army's occupation of Iran a hunger strikes which caused the death of millions of the Iranians. ... See full summary »

Deshbhakth: The Freedom Fighter

A fictitious period action film about an Indian patriot who tries to protect his unconquered land from the British in the year 1947.

La carica di Isbuscenskij

Meghnad Badh

Meghnad Badh is a dramatic representation of a chapter from the Epic Mahabharata. It tells the story of the life and death of Ravan's son, great warrior Meghnad. The movie shows how Meghnad... See full summary »

Industrious

Big machinery meets old school brawn as Industrious goes deep inside a major deepwater port to explore its 28 terminals, 600 kilometers of shoreline and nearly 35,000 workers as they ... See full summary »

Sitar Banabas

Nazi Art Thieves

This film examines the mechanisms of Nazi extortion during World War II, and is interspersed with current issues surrounding restitutions. It retraces the incredible stories of 3 major ... See full summary »

Pretty Slick

Pretty Slick visits locals across four Gulf states documenting the largest man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history. Director Fox investigates the cleanup effort and conducts his own... See full summary »

Sultan of Scrape

Following a devastating storm, four men would venture into the darkness to challenge mother nature first hand while one would rise to be a hero in life and in death a legend.

Father of the Nation

The life of Bangobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the saga of a great leader turning people power into an uprising struggle that liberated a nation and created the world's ninth most ... See full summary »

Il primo re

Romulus and Remus are 18-year-old shepherds brothers living in peace near the Tiber river. Convinced that he is bigger than gods' will, Remus believes that he is meant to become king of the... See full summary »

Center Theatre Group 50th Anniversary Celebration

A history of Theater in Los Angeles featuring highlights from many productions at Center Theatre Group.

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is a biographical film based on the life of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, who revolted against the atrocities of East India Company 10 years before the Sepoy Mutiny.

Mahatirtha Kalighat

Mahatirtha Kalighat is a devotional and historic representation of the institutionalizing of the Temple of Kalight in West Bengal, for the Mother Goddess Kali. It shows the story of two ... See full summary »

Shanghai without Sadness

This historical film is based upon the lives of several dance hostesses in Shanghai from 1948 to 1956. During that time, political power was slowly changing hands. As the rise of Communist ... See full summary »