History Movies
The Broken Tower

The Broken Tower

The Broken Tower
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99

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Genre: Drama, History
Birdsong

Birdsong

Birdsong
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165

As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
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120

Cameron brings together some the world’s leading Titanic experts, including engineers, naval architects, artists and historians, to solve the lingering mysteries of why and how the ‘unsinkable’ ship sank.

Mary of Nazareth

Mary of Nazareth

Mary of Nazareth
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200

The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side…

Genre: Drama, History
A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair
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137

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Farewell, My Queen

Farewell, My Queen

Farewell, My Queen
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100

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

Genre: Drama, History
Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea
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90

A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Game Change

Game Change

Game Change
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118

Based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change focuses on the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, when candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown,…

BUTA

BUTA

BUTA
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24

Buta the sword for hire is recruited by the Tufugu Pirates on their voyage to seek a stockpile of treasure. On board he discovers a child Kitsune locked away below…

Die Rache der Wanderhure

Die Rache der Wanderhure

Die Rache der Wanderhure
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The Grand Inquisitor Janus still obsessed with Marie. Her beauty and courage do not go unnoticed, but to her dismay, she finally reached a full life with her husband and…

The Invisible War

The Invisible War

The Invisible War
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93

An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal…

Red Tails

Red Tails

Red Tails
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125

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Rasputin

Rasputin

Rasputin
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87

A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.

Genre: Drama, History
World Without End

World Without End

World Without End
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389

The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years’ War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black…

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady
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105

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Genre: Drama, History
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
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135

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his…

Genre: History, War
My Way

My Way

My Way
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137

Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War
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145

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan’s rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Alone in the Wilderness Part II

Alone in the Wilderness Part II

Alone in the Wilderness Part II
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60

Dick Proenneke’s simple, yet profound account of his 30 year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness continues in this sequel to “Alone in the Wilderness”. Watch through his eyes as…

Nova Zembla

Nova Zembla

Nova Zembla
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108

Nova Zembla tells the gripping true story of the legendary failed mission of the late sixteenth century Dutch flotilla trying to find a trading route to Asia across the North…

Genre: Drama, History
J. Edgar

J. Edgar

J. Edgar
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137

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that…

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous
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130

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere,…

War of the Arrows

War of the Arrows

War of the Arrows
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122

13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his…

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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104

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid…

Genre: Drama, History
1911

1911

1911
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125

At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have…

The Lost Bladesman

The Lost Bladesman

The Lost Bladesman
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107

During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao (Jiang Wen), the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Ironclad

Ironclad

Ironclad
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121

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the…

Hindenburg

Hindenburg

Hindenburg
IMDb: N/A
178

Discover the shocking secret behind one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century in this powerful, exhilarating, world war two thriller. When a chance encounter throws a young engineer…

Genre: Drama, History
The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia
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180

Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew

Genre: Drama, History, War
Black Venus

Black Venus

Black Venus
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159

The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find…

Genre: Drama, History
The Whore

The Whore

The Whore
IMDb: N/A
120

Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride…

Genre: Drama, History
Les Misérables in Concert – The 25th Anniversary

Les Misérables in Concert – The 25th Anniversary

Les Misérables in Concert – The 25th Anniversary
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178

This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show’s 2010 original production at the Queen’s Theatre, the 1985 original…

Genre: History, Music
Outside the Law

Outside the Law

Outside the Law
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137

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Even the Rain

Even the Rain

Even the Rain
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104

Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up…

Genre: Drama, History
The Conspirator

The Conspirator

The Conspirator
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122

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on…

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech
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118

The King’s Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George (‘Bertie’) reluctantly assumes the throne….

Genre: Drama, History
The Way Back

The Way Back

The Way Back
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133

Peter Weir’s follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man’s struggle for freedom. At the dawn of…

Reign of Assassins

Reign of Assassins

Reign of Assassins
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117

Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk’s remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to…

Genre: Action, History
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
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105

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher’s death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives…

The Special Relationship

The Special Relationship

The Special Relationship
IMDb: N/A
93

A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair’s journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage….