History Movies

Päämaja

70/100

June 1944. The attention of the world is focused on Normandy, but the change of the tide can be felt in Finland also. Rumours of preparations of a massive Soviet attack in the Karelian ... See full summary »

Samurai Hustle

62/100

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of ... See full summary »

Eine Falle für den Hauptmann

73/100

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich.

Casanova Variations

60/100

Two stories about the greatest seducer of all time, Giacomo Casanova.

Urumeen

52/100

Several unexpected events link two men to each other, with one of them finding out about their two births old relation through a magical book.

Krepost

64/100

The Princess and the Matchmaker

62/100

Princess Songhwa refuses her fate of marrying someone who matches her marital harmony. There are 4 men on her future husband list with different fate signs. Refusing her fate, she decides ... See full summary »

Rubezh

53/100

Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal which allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved.

The Conquest of the Air

62/100

This documentary traces man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

69/100

Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie (Hana Buresová) to ... See full summary »

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators

40/100

The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the ... See full summary »

Eastern Bandits

54/100

The movie is set during the Japanese invasion of China. The story is told from the perspective of Gao - a soldier seeking revenge from the Japanese. He is trying to assassinate the visiting... See full summary »

Sri Siddhartha Gautama

71/100

This is an extraordinary tale from over 2600 years ago, of a Prince who is endowed with everything he needs and more. Luxury, palaces and all hearts desires, are provided to him by his ... See full summary »

Kholodnoe tango

54/100

He miraculously escaped death to return to the house where lives the love of his life. But the hope of happiness turns into a terrible discovery. His beloved is the daughter of his enemy.

Taistelu Näsilinnasta 1918

46/100

Fighting Father Dunne

67/100

In 1905, a crusading priest tries to help poor newsboys.

Caesar the Conqueror

48/100

Julius Caesar leads the Roman army to battle against rebels in Gaul.

Pretty Good for a Human

68/100

Rhapsodic story from a small Finnish town in the 1920s. The wounds of the civil war in 1918 are not yet fully healed. The current ban legislation on alcohol triggers a diligently moon-shining.

Ceplis

71/100

A story about the destructive human features: envy, greed, selfishness, cynicism, cruelty.

A Place Called Home

65/100

Coming home to make amends with her estranged father, Eleni finds herself confronted with an unexpected kinship.

The Secret Ways

61/100

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.

Galileo

68/100

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death... See full summary »

Bandit aus gutem Haus

67/100

Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the ... See full summary »

Boris Godunow

70/100

Based on the Alexander Pushkin's play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605.

Kavirathna Kaalidaasa

78/100

Sanskrit and upper-caste poet, Kalidas, faces many challenges after falling in love with a low-caste woman, and being entered into a competition against a learned princess.