Type: Movies
Genre: History
811 content found
Pope Joan 2009

A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Category: Drama, History, romance

Stars: Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman

6.7 IMDB Rating 1,058 Views
Hotel Rwanda 2004

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix

8.1 IMDB Rating 11,253 Views
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 2022

Inspired by New York City streetball, influential brand AND1 turned local legends on the court into international icons. So why did it come to an end?

Category: Documentary, History, Sport

Stars: Rafer Alston, Tom Austin, Seth Berger

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,316 Views
The Great Escape 1963

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough

8.2 IMDB Rating 1,227 Views
The Last Witness 2018

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.

Category: History, Thriller

Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Robert Wieckiewicz, Talulah Riley

5.6 IMDB Rating 5,901 Views
Passchendaele 2008

The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.

Category: Drama, History, romance

Stars: Paul Gross, Michael Greyeyes, James Kot

6.4 IMDB Rating 972 Views
Apollo: The Forgotten Films 2019

It will tell the complete story of this most audacious of missions, with footage not seen anywhere else. The archives reveal the incredible lengths an army of engineers, scientists and astronauts.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Walter Cronkite, Buzz Aldrin, John F. Kennedy

7.4 IMDB Rating 1,095 Views
Seabiscuit 2003

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Category: Drama, History, Sport

Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,513 Views
The Red Sea Diving Resort 2019

Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1977.

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Alona Tal

6,5 IMDB Rating 5,751 Views
Nuremberg 2000

Following the defeat of Germany in WWII, the Allies determine that there must be an accounting of German war crimes. Twenty-four Nazis, representative of all sections of military and civilian life are chosen to stand trial for the crimes of conspiracy to commit aggression, commission of aggression, crimes during war and crimes against humanity. The preparations for the trial, the trial itself and its aftermath are shown through the eyes of Chief Prosecutor Robert Jackson and through the eyes of Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering, the ranking Nazi defendant.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Alec Baldwin,Brian Cox,Christopher Plummer

7.5 IMDB Rating 4,658 Views
Fuglene over sundet 2016

Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: David Dencik, Danica Curcic, Jakob Cedergren

6.3 IMDB Rating 1,923 Views
Guldkysten 2015

The Gold Coast (Guldkysten), is a dense and visceral exploration of a dark time in European history, namely the Danish involvement in the slave trade on the African coast during the 1830s. Undoubtedly a politically charged affair, this film is also an intense portrait of obsession and individual morality.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic

Stars: Jakob Oftebro,Danica Curcic,John Aggrey,Luise Skov

5.3 IMDB Rating 4,110 Views
Into the Darkness 2020

Denmark, April 9th, 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame) , cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,640 Views
The Laramie Project 2002

The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.

Category: Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Kathleen Chalfant

7.1 IMDB Rating 933 Views
Bajirao Mastani 2015

An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

7.2 IMDB Rating 4,831 Views
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21 2008

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Category: Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey

6.8 IMDB Rating 7,412 Views
One Night with the King 2006

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Noble

6.0 IMDB Rating 5,687 Views
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die 2023

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Mark Rowley, Arnas Fedaravicius

9.5 IMDB Rating 4,796 Views
Kagemusha 1980

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara

7.9 IMDB Rating 940 Views
The Promise 2016

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Category: Drama, History

5,9 IMDB Rating 5,731 Views