History Movies
Carlos

Carlos

Carlos
IMDb: N/A
338

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Of Gods and Men

Of Gods and Men

Of Gods and Men
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120

French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live…

Genre: Drama, History
Ong Bak 3

Ong Bak 3

Ong Bak 3
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95

Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana…

Ip Man 2

Ip Man 2

Ip Man 2
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109

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)
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92

Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman…

Genre: Comedy, History, Music
The Pacific

The Pacific

The Pacific
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540

A 10-part mini-series from the creators of “Band of Brothers” telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America’s battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.

American Grindhouse

American Grindhouse

American Grindhouse
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80

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking…

The Round Up

The Round Up

The Round Up
IMDb: N/A
115

1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Ao: The Last Hunter

Ao: The Last Hunter

Ao: The Last Hunter
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84

When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Néa, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neandertal man, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the…

Bodyguards and Assassins

Bodyguards and Assassins

Bodyguards and Assassins
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139

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Invictus

Invictus

Invictus
IMDb: N/A
134

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of…

Genre: Drama, History
Glorious 39

Glorious 39

Glorious 39
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129

A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a…

The Messenger

The Messenger

The Messenger
IMDb: N/A
113

Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone…

Genre: Drama, History
Assassin’s Creed: Lineage

Assassin’s Creed: Lineage

Assassin’s Creed: Lineage
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36

Giovanni is an assassin living during the Renaissance in 15th century Italy. At this dawn of a new era, a conspiracy is being plotted by one corrupt family to overthrow…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Creation

Creation

Creation
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108

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book “On the Origin…

Genre: Drama, History
Public Enemies

Public Enemies

Public Enemies
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140

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger’s charm and audacity endear him to much of America’s downtrodden public, but he’s also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the…

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Into the Storm

Into the Storm

Into the Storm
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100

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister’s life and career at the end of WWII.

Agora

Agora

Agora
IMDb: N/A
127

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility…

Army of Crime

Army of Crime

Army of Crime
IMDb: N/A
139

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against…

Genre: Drama, History, War
City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death
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132

City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel
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110

2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a…

Genre: Drama, History
John Rabe

John Rabe

John Rabe
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134

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria
IMDb: N/A
105

From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From…

Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby
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88

True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.

The Countess

The Countess

The Countess
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98

A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two
IMDb: N/A
131

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Red Cliff Part II

Red Cliff Part II

Red Cliff Part II
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136

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to…

Defiance

Defiance

Defiance
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137

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis….

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Valkyrie

Valkyrie

Valkyrie
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121

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government…

Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus: Man of War
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118

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Ip Man

Ip Man

Ip Man
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108

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records
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109

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America’s musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess,…

Genre: Drama, History, Music
Einstein and Eddington

Einstein and Eddington

Einstein and Eddington
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90

A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Einstein’s relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

Genre: Drama, History
Milk

Milk

Milk
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128

The story of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the…

Genre: Drama, History
North Face

North Face

North Face
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126

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

W.

W.

W.
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131

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. W takes viewers through…

Genre: Drama, History
Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon
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122

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the…

Genre: Drama, History
The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones
IMDb: N/A
113

The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Che: Part One

Che: Part One

Che: Part One
IMDb: N/A
134

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Duchess

The Duchess

The Duchess
IMDb: N/A
110

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.