History Movies
Generation War

Generation War

Generation War
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270

Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe – and that will forever change them as well.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
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98

The film narrates the love between Janaina and a native warrior who, when dying, takes the form of a bird. For six centuries, the story of the couple survives through…

Makers: Women Who Make America

Makers: Women Who Make America

Makers: Women Who Make America
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180

Review the story of how women have helped shape America over the last 50 years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in our country’s history, in pursuit of…

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told
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350

Far outside what’s normally taught as “history”, this 6-hour documentary attempts to explain what’s normally glossed over – Germany’s actions prior to WWII, Hitler’s popularity, the support of the Nazis…

The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster
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130

Ip Man’s peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Hotel Adlon – A Family Saga

Hotel Adlon – A Family Saga

Hotel Adlon – A Family Saga
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270

A three-part German mini-series about the luxury hotel in Berlin.

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon
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118

Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Guillotines

The Guillotines

The Guillotines
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113

During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the…

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty
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157

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6…

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson
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94

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Judge Archer

Judge Archer

Judge Archer
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94

The spear signifies political power, the arrow personal ambition. What happens when the two collide?

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Labyrinth
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180

She inherits a house in the South of France from an aunt she has never met; she is haunted by dreams of a woman from the past, whom she does…

The Legacy of the Wanderhure

The Legacy of the Wanderhure

The Legacy of the Wanderhure
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In 1427, Lady Maria Van Arnstein is informed that her beloved husband Michel Van Arnstein was murdered in a battle against the Hussitas. However he was actually betrayed by his…

Genre: Drama, History
Lincoln

Lincoln

Lincoln
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149

A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course…

Genre: Drama, History
Augustine

Augustine

Augustine
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102

Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old “hysteria” patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot’s experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Floating Castle

The Floating Castle

The Floating Castle
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150

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Floating Castle

The Floating Castle

The Floating Castle
IMDb: N/A
150

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
1812. Ballad of the Uhlans

1812. Ballad of the Uhlans

1812. Ballad of the Uhlans
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96

The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon’s secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of…

Fuse, Memoirs of the Hunter Girl

Fuse, Memoirs of the Hunter Girl

Fuse, Memoirs of the Hunter Girl
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110

In Kyokutei Bakin’s classic Japanese epic novel Nansou Satomi Hakkenden, eight samurai serve the Satomi clan during Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era. The Edo-era samurai are the reincarnations of…

Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington
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151

Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s intimate epic.

Genre: Drama, History, War
For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason
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For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo…

God Loves Caviar

God Loves Caviar

God Loves Caviar
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99

The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.

Renoir

Renoir

Renoir
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111

The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his…

Genre: Drama, History
Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Goltzius and the Pelican Company
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128

Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated…

Asura

Asura

Asura
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76

Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to…

Escape

Escape

Escape
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76

Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country, a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. In a deserted mountain pass, they are…

Genre: Action, History
The Horde

The Horde

The Horde
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It is the word “horde” that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries – a strange and scary world with its…

Genre: Drama, History
Lil Tokyo Reporter

Lil Tokyo Reporter

Lil Tokyo Reporter
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30

1935 Los Angeles, community leader Sei Fujii uncovers the corrupt activities of his community’s underground mafia. He must choose between saving the face of his deteriorating community and confronting the…

Genre: Drama, History
Emperor

Emperor

Emperor
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105

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his…

Genre: Drama, History, War
What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night
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182

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle’s care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom…

Purge

Purge

Purge
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125

Allide 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
Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin
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134

Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki
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118

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible…

This Ain’t California

This Ain’t California

This Ain’t California
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90

This Ain’t California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of…

No

No

No
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118

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending…

Genre: Drama, History
The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894
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120

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894 is set in the late 19th century and revolves around the events of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), which was fought between the Qing…

Genre: History, War
Rommel

Rommel

Rommel
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120

A new film about Erwin Rommel has been shown on German television, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf Hitler.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
For Greater Glory – The True Story of Cristiada

For Greater Glory – The True Story of Cristiada

For Greater Glory – The True Story of Cristiada
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145

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government’s attempt to secularize the country.

Genre: Drama, History
In the Fog

In the Fog

In the Fog
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130

Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.

Genre: Drama, History, War