History Movies
The Founder

The Founder

The Founder
IMDb: N/A
115

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by…

Genre: Drama, History
Panfilov’s 28 Men

Panfilov’s 28 Men

Panfilov’s 28 Men
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105

USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
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109

At the beginning of the 20th Century Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era…

Genre: Drama, History
A Real Vermeer

A Real Vermeer

A Real Vermeer
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105

Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920’s Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his…

The Death of Louis XIV

The Death of Louis XIV

The Death of Louis XIV
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105

August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is…

Genre: Drama, History
The Chronicles of Melanie

The Chronicles of Melanie

The Chronicles of Melanie
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120

The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with…

Genre: Drama, History
Across the Waters

Across the Waters

Across the Waters
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94

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

Genre: Drama, History, War
Tell The World

Tell The World

Tell The World
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154

In 19th Century New England, the lives of a diverse group of people collide through interweaving stories of despair, identity, faith, hope and trust.

Genre: Drama, History
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge
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140

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to win the…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Hatred

Hatred

Hatred
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150

Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. They great love will be put to the test, when her father decided…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Lennon Report

The Lennon Report

The Lennon Report
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87

The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could…

Genre: Drama, History
The Unheared Woman

The Unheared Woman

The Unheared Woman
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89

Farmer’s wife and mother of three Hanni worries about her youngest, Magdalena, who’s smaller and more sensitive than her siblings. She gets stomach flu and can’t see well. The doctors…

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich
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100

An intense thriller from the frontlines of World War II. As Operation Valkyrie prepares to assassinate Adolph Hitler, an Allied special ops team prepares to extract the man destined to…

Genre: Action, History, War
’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History

’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History

’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History
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107

Monsters of the Midway. Da Coach. Sweetness. The Fridge. Not just Chicago sports legends, but icons of a generation. After stomping through an almost undefeated season, the 1985 Chicago Bears…

Denial

Denial

Denial
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109

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Genre: Drama, History
Veeram

Veeram

Veeram
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100

Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors
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123

A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.

Genre: History, Thriller
Sully

Sully

Sully
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96

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ when Captain ‘Sully’ Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the…

Genre: Drama, History
The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows
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139

Movie follows the activities of the Heroic Corps, an anti-Japanese independence organization that existed under the Japanese colonial period in South Korea. The group used violent means to achieve Korean…

Anthropoid

Anthropoid

Anthropoid
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120

In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.

Genre: History, Thriller, War
Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Daro
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155

Village lad Sarman is drawn to big, bad Mohenjo Daro – and its mascot Chaani. But Chaani must wed Munja, son of Mohenjo Daro’s ruler, Maham. Will Sarman find love…

The Last Princess

The Last Princess

The Last Princess
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127

Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to…

Genre: Drama, History
Operation Chromite

Operation Chromite

Operation Chromite
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110

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War’s crucial Battle of Incheon.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent
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180

London, 1886. Soho shopkeeper Verloc is paid by the Russian Embassy to spy on an anarchist cell. The Russians demand that Verloc orchestrates a bomb attack that will be blamed…

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
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121

In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.

Genre: Comedy, History
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
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107

In his newest film, Dinesh D’Souza will expose the secret history of the Democrats and the true motivations of Hillary.

Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones
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139

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew…

Rivals Forever – The Sneaker Battle

Rivals Forever – The Sneaker Battle

Rivals Forever – The Sneaker Battle
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174

The life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.

Genius

Genius

Genius
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104

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a…

Genre: Drama, History
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
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106

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the “right attitude” towards the events in war torn…

Genre: Drama, History
Roots

Roots

Roots
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383

An adaptation of Alex Haley’s “Roots”, chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.

Genre: Drama, History
All the Way

All the Way

All the Way
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132

Lyndon B. Johnson’s amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK’s assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the…

Last Days in the Desert

Last Days in the Desert

Last Days in the Desert
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98

On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test.

Xuan Zang

Xuan Zang

Xuan Zang
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90

Buddhism-themed Chinese-Indian historical adventure film based on Xuanzang’s seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. Xuan Zang (c. 602 – 664), was a Chinese…

Genre: History
Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon
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87

In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the…

Genre: Comedy, History
Confirmation

Confirmation

Confirmation
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110

Judge Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the United States’ Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

Genre: Drama, History
Love, Lies

Love, Lies

Love, Lies
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120

Two best friends, So-yool and Yeon-hee, dream of becoming the top artists in Seoul together. But their friendship doesn’t last long as Yoon-woo, So-yool’s first love and songwriter, falls in…

Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira
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97

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.

Genre: Drama, History
La macchinazione

La macchinazione

La macchinazione
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100

In the summer of ’75 Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film, “Salò”, is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan…

Genre: Drama, History
1916: The Irish Rebellion

1916: The Irish Rebellion

1916: The Irish Rebellion
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85

The documentary – featuring a combination of rarely seen archival footage, new segments filmed on location worldwide, and interviews with leading international experts – also uncovers the untold story of…