Type: Movies
Genre: History
Subtitle: English
289 content found
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Kenneth Nwadike, Jeff Schoep

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,016 Views
6 Days 2017

Armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in April 1980, taking hostages. A tense six-day standoff ensued as the SAS, a highly trained military unit, prepared for an unprecedented raid to resolve the crisis.

Category: Action, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish

6.2 IMDB Rating 6,788 Views
Mr. Turner 2014

J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson

6.8 IMDB Rating 5,588 Views
Sophie Scholl The Final Days 2005

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War

Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held

7.6 IMDB Rating 5,075 Views
The War Lord 1965

In 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic, War

Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth

6.6 IMDB Rating 192 Views
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento

7.2 IMDB Rating 129 Views
1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines 2016

In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Baler, the Philippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire, to prevent rebellious natives from recovering their ancient territories. Lead by Captain Enrique de las Morenas and Lieutenant Cerezo, proud military men, the soldiers are stalked at night by the rebels, and are forced to seek refuge in the church run by Fray Carmelo, Baler's priest. Turning the church into a military fort, the unrelenting heat and malaria starts to sweep across the men.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,915 Views
April 9th 2015

On April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark. Based on real events - in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Lars Mikkelsen, Joachim Fjelstrup

6.6 IMDB Rating 7,329 Views
The Warrior’s Brother 2002

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 read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, and coming between them, a woman...

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Doutey

6.0 IMDB Rating 152 Views
His Only Son 2023

After being called on by the Lord, Abraham's faith is tested on his three day journey to sacrifice his son.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Daniel da Silva, Nicolas Mouawad, Sara Seyed

5.9 IMDB Rating 354 Views
Redbad 2018

The power struggles and wars between the Frisian Redbad and his sworn enemy Pepin of Herstal, Lord of the Franks.

Category: Action, Drama, History, War

Stars: Gijs Naber, Lisa Smit, Huub Stapel

5.5 IMDB Rating 6,708 Views
En Fiende Att Dö För 2012

A German expedition with a international crew is in the remote Arctic ice when the 2nd world war starts, and they are commanded to take active part in the war. Soon they find themselves in a fight of life and death.

Category: History, Thriller, War

Stars: Tom Burke, Allan Corduner, Jeanette Hain

5.9 IMDB Rating 5,221 Views
Khartoum 1966

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Category: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Tragedy, War

Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson

6.8 IMDB Rating 200 Views
Chapter 27 2007

A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander

5.6 IMDB Rating 346 Views
Trafalgar 2007

This historical drama takes us back to one of the great battles in naval history. It took place in 1805 during the great Napoleonic Wars and pitted the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of Spain and France. In one of the most decisive engagements ever, the Royal Navy lost only one ship while sinking 22 French and Spanish warships.

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: Jérémy Braitbart, Laurent Schilling

5.7 IMDB Rating 286 Views
A Call to Spy 2019

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War

Stars: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte

6.7 IMDB Rating 389 Views
The Rose of Versailles 2025

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

Category: Animation, Anime, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Miyuki Sawashiro, Aya Hirano, Toshiyuki Toyonaga

218 Views
The Flood 2024

Follows the last days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette before they were executed.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Aurore Broutin

7.1 IMDB Rating 437 Views
Che: Part One 2008

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,898 Views
Waves 2024

A compromising record can change history. Will you sacrifice your family for your country?

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Vojtech Vodochodský, Ondrej Stupka, Tatiana Pauhofová

8.4 IMDB Rating 726 Views