History Movies

Der Mann, der den Tod überlebte

64/100

After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.

Der Ring der Fürstin Anna

62/100

Boleslaw der Kühne

63/100

Cananea

60/100

The Cananea strike took place in June 1906. This is the true story of strikers in the American owned mine. Cananea is a city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

Ba qi zi di

62/100

Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma

73/100

La virgen de Guadalupe

63/100

In December, 1531, cross-currents are at work: led by the cruel Captain Delgadillo, Spanish troops are maiming and killing Indians; priests protest to the king's viceroy. Temoc, a young ... See full summary »

Torn Allegiance

64/100

Piet du Bois is a miner who wants to buy a farm. He meets a Bushman and his wife buying their land and expelling after. The Bushman exposes a legend about a fabulous hidden treasure.

Maria Josè, l'ultima regina

71/100

Maria Josè was the daughter of the king of Belgium and she was betrothed to Umberto di Savoia, the son of Vittorio Emanuele III, the king of Italy. The movie tells her story from her teens,... See full summary »

Privalovskiye milliony

72/100

A young heir of a big fortune Sergey Privalov is coming back to his native town after a long absence. Having visited his owned plants, he breaks out with the idea to rebuild the industrial ... See full synopsis »

The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther

65/100

Aired as a one-hour special on ABC-TV, this drama told the Old Testament story of a young queen who had to defend both herself and her people after a power-mad advisor convinces her husband... See full summary »

Der Aufstand

78/100

Liberté '56

46/100

The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek

65/100

Ken Burns meets Spinal Tap in a subversive tour de force relaying the outrageous life stories of four forgotten Civil War heroes: an opium-addicted gay Colonel, an aging Chinese launderer, ... See full summary »

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos

55/100

15 Lads

60/100

Summer 1944, Racine, a nineteen year old first-aid worker, is called upon to help a wounded fighter in a remote camp of the French resistance. But when he gets there he discovers a wild and... See full summary »

Hermes: Winds of Love

62/100

Accusé Mendès France

65/100

A few months after the fall of France in 1940, lieutenant Pierre Mendès France is brought to the prison of Clermont-Ferrand. Arrested in Morocco for desertion by the new government forged ... See full summary »

Blast and Whisper

61/100

When his commitment to refrain from revenge is tested to its bloody limits by a short-fused pagan queen, the middle eastern chieftain Elijah receives in reward a commitment from God: to ... See full summary »

Waitangi: What Really Happened

85/100

A dramatization of the days leading up to 6 February 1840 when the gathered Maori leaders signed the Treaty of Waitangi, told in recreations and interviews with the participants and locals.