History Movies
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
TMDb: 6.7
N/A

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in…

Status: Released
Cornwall: This Fishing Life

Cornwall: This Fishing Life

Cornwall: This Fishing Life
TMDb: 7
N/A

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

Status: Released
Genre: Drama, History
1944 The Final Defence

1944 The Final Defence

1944 The Final Defence
IMDb: 5.7
117

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back,…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Amanat

Amanat

Amanat
IMDb: 6.7
120

The love story of the son of Imam Shamil Jamalutdin and Lisa Olenina against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the military history of Russia in the first half…

Genre: Drama, History
The Tobacconist

The Tobacconist

The Tobacconist
IMDb: 6.4
109

Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life…

Genre: Drama, History
Simone: Woman of the Century

Simone: Woman of the Century

Simone: Woman of the Century
IMDb: 6.8
140

Simone Veil’s life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged…

Genre: Drama, History
The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat
IMDb: 7.2
124

The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stunned the world by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Genre: Drama, History
Devil

Devil

Devil
IMDb: 7.7
144

A British secret agent takes up the job of solving a dark mystery. He is led into a web of love, deceit and betrayal. His success and failure can change…

The Kingdom of Solomon

The Kingdom of Solomon

The Kingdom of Solomon
IMDb: 6.1
110

Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his…

Shootout at Wadala

Shootout at Wadala

Shootout at Wadala
IMDb: 6
150

The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.

El Cantante

El Cantante

El Cantante
IMDb: 5.5
116

The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.

Dovbush

Dovbush

Dovbush
IMDb: 7.9
120

In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos – mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become…

Genre: Drama, History
The Path of the Dragon

The Path of the Dragon

The Path of the Dragon
IMDb: 6.5
44

Produced and directed by Walt Missingham who, in 1983, became the first non-Chinese to practice Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple, this authoritative and informative programme uses rarely seen archive…

June Zero

June Zero

June Zero
IMDb: 6.5
106

Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of European Jews, is sentenced to death.

Genre: Drama, History
Society of the Snow

Society of the Snow

Society of the Snow
IMDb: 8
144

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

Genre: Drama, History
The Inventor

The Inventor

The Inventor
IMDb: 6.2
92

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human…

The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer
IMDb: 6.8
95

The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a gypsy girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people’s fortunes. Despite her gypsy occupation, Maritana wishes to be a Countess….

Purge

Purge

Purge
IMDb: 7.1
125

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a…

Genre: Drama, History
Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”

Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”

Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”
IMDb: 7.1
58

The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is considered the largest murder trial in history against members of four death squads from the security police and SD (the security service of…

Men Up

Men Up

Men Up
IMDb: 7.3
90

In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994 a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world’s first medical trials for the drug…

The Decisive Power of Aikido

The Decisive Power of Aikido

The Decisive Power of Aikido
IMDb: 7.4
82

It is about the life of Ueshiba – the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why…

Genre: Action, History
Mandela

Mandela

Mandela
IMDb: 6.9
118

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and for bringing an end to apartheid….

Malbatt: Misi Bakara

Malbatt: Misi Bakara

Malbatt: Misi Bakara
IMDb: 7.1
131

In 1993, 19 soldiers from the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment (RAMD), the most senior regiment within the Malaysian army, are sent on a dangerous mission to save 70 US Rangers…

Genre: Action, History
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

The Promised Land
IMDb: 7.8
127

In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the uninhabitable Danish heath in the name of the King. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless…

Genre: Drama, History
Ferrari

Ferrari

Ferrari
IMDb: 6.6
130

A biopic of automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari, whose family redefined the idea of the high-powered Italian sports car and practically spawned the concept of Formula One racing.

Genre: Drama, History
Locura de amor

Locura de amor

Locura de amor
IMDb: 6.1
107

The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of…

Genre: Drama, History
Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist

Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist

Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist
IMDb: 6.4
101

An in-depth interview with José Antonio Urrutikoetxea, known as Josu Ternera, one of the most relevant leaders of the terrorist gang ETA.

Liberation

Liberation

Liberation
IMDb: 7.2
90

When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Hill of No Return

Hill of No Return

Hill of No Return
IMDb: 8.2
175

In 1920s Taiwan, Jou, a controversial woman with a tragic past, seeks to change her life after falling for a man named Che. Meanwhile, a man named Wei seeks to…

Genre: Drama, History
438 Days

438 Days

438 Days
IMDb: 6.7
124

On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of…

Don’t Shoot

Don’t Shoot

Don’t Shoot
IMDb: 7.6
139

In one fell swoop, nine-year old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the Brabant Killers in Aalst. His grandfather, Albert,…

Genre: Drama, History
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
IMDb: 7.3
95

In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of…

Genre: Drama, History
Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs
IMDb: 7.6
115

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the…

Genre: Drama, History
Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides
IMDb: 6.9
111

An embellished account of the 1813 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution–a.k.a. “Old Ironsides”–against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional…

Genre: Drama, History
Assassin of the Tsar

Assassin of the Tsar

Assassin of the Tsar
IMDb: 6.8
98

A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the…

Genre: Drama, History
The First Grader

The First Grader

The First Grader
IMDb: 7.4
103

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get…

Heroic Times

Heroic Times

Heroic Times
IMDb: 7.2
79

The tragic medieval tale of a man of inhuman strength, fierce temper and a desire for noble knighthood. While on the run as a murderer, he finds new life as…

A Radiant Girl

A Radiant Girl

A Radiant Girl
IMDb: 6.1
100

Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a young, bubbly, 19-year-old Jewish girl. Her family watches her discover the world, friends, new love and a passion for the theatre. The aspiring actress…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Reformer – Zwingli: A Life’s Portrait

The Reformer – Zwingli: A Life’s Portrait

The Reformer – Zwingli: A Life’s Portrait
IMDb: 6.7
124

The life story of church reformer Ulrich Zwingli

Genre: History
Ulysses’ Gaze

Ulysses’ Gaze

Ulysses’ Gaze
IMDb: 7.6
169

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Genre: Drama, History, War