History Movies

Commandos Strike at Dawn

68/100

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.

The Fall of Abdulhamit

58/100

Tomahawk

63/100

In 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U.S. when the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty.

Sardar

79/100

An account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.

Das Auge des Adlers

63/100

In 1218 Danish king Valdemar sends his homonymous young son and heir in safety, as war is at the borders, to Erskil, the bishop of Ravensburg, who is instructed to see to the prince's ... See full summary »

Germany Pale Mother

72/100

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and ... See full summary »

Köroglu

70/100

Story about Turkish legend named "Köroglu".When Bolu's ruler decides to make his father blind.He gets name "Köroglu".It means son of a blind man.And after Bolu's ruler kills his father he decides to take his father's revenge.

Die Schule der verlorenen Mädchen

61/100

Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.

Halim

60/100

A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Haleem Hafez (Zaki).

The Texas Rangers

67/100

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Kitty

72/100

An 18th century London wench gets involved with the nobility.

Another Way

69/100

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia ... See full summary »

Japan's Longest Day

78/100

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister ... See full summary »

Samurai Banners

72/100

Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces ... See full summary »

Inchon

28/100

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.

Apostle Peter and the Last Supper

69/100

Three days before his execution, the elderly Apostle Peter tells his jailer about his time with Jesus.

At Sword's Point

61/100

In 1648 France, it's the sons (and daughter) of the Three Musketeers to the rescue!

Ballon

79/100

Balloon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade hot-air balloon.

The Divine Lady

63/100

The story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.

The Heroic Ones

67/100

A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals (who he treats as sons) to embark on the mission. ... See full summary »

Socrates

72/100

A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

King of the Sands

76/100

A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mad to Be Normal

61/100

During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit.

Private Vices, Public Pleasures

58/100

Rudolf is a good-natured pan-sexual golden boy, who cavorts on his rural estate with a host of beautiful, aristocratic lovers and friends of both sexes. He refuses to leave his country ... See full summary »

Attila

55/100

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.