History Movies

Corbo

73/100

A teenage Québecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist, in this gripping chronicle of the origins of the FLQ in the decade preceding the 1970 October Crisis.

Kyanq u Kriv

83/100

Tigran loses the girl he loves, then he participates in the war against Azerbaijan to overcome his inner fears.

A Southern Yankee

68/100

A hapless bellboy in a St. Louis hotel near the end of the Civil War is recruited by the Union secret service to impersonate a notorious Confederate spy.

Against the Law

67/100

Peter Wildeblood's affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly during the time homosexuality was a crime and the devastating consequences of their relationship.

Dillinger

65/100

Francis: Pray for Me

60/100

A look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.

World War II: When Lions Roared

66/100

This TV Movie is about the Tehran Conference between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. It shows the interaction between the three leaders at the close of the Second World War.

Comanche

55/100

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.

Der weite Ritt der gelben Rose

77/100

Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.

The Knights of the Quest

56/100

In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family.

The Broken Crown

69/100

In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends of the mind state of a single woman.

Sandakan 8

77/100

A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandakan 8.

Mosku - lajinsa viimeinen

67/100

Inherit the Wind

68/100

A biblical orator opposes a liberal lawyer defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.

Che Guevara

58/100

Rebel. Hero. Lover. Legend. Che Guevara has inspired generation after generation as the young idealist and revolutionary who fought for the poor and oppressed. Eduardo Noriega (Vantage ... See full summary »

Storming Juno

69/100

Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D-Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there.

What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?

80/100

On their return trip through France, Charlie Brown and the gang visit various memorials to the World Wars.

Lady Oscar

61/100

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.

Die Gustloff

57/100

German film loosely based on the sinking, by a Soviet submarine, of a Nazi troop-transport ship in the Baltic Sea on January 30th 1945.

Obywatel

57/100

The film begins with the protagonist's tragic accident that happens before his entering television building and that is coincidentally connected to the visit of the President of Poland in ... See full summary »

7:19

60/100

It was 7:19 am when Mexico City was hit by the most devastating earthquake in the history of that country. In "7:19", a handful of survivors from different social classes try to stay alive while they wait to be rescued.

Der Kongreß tanzt

72/100

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.

The Warrior's Brother

60/100

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to... See full summary »

Kinyarwanda

67/100

A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amidst chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror.

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

71/100

Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, spanning an ocean, ultimately producing children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.