History Movies
The Alamo

The Alamo

The Alamo
IMDb: 6.8
202

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the…

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba
IMDb: 6.1
139

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other…

Genre: History, Romance
Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill
IMDb: 7
98

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force,…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Operation Amsterdam

Operation Amsterdam

Operation Amsterdam
IMDb: 6.5
104

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
IMDb: 8.5
178

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5
206

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants…

Genre: Drama, History, War
John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones
IMDb: 6.3
126

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour
IMDb: 7.8
92

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave….

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
IMDb: 7.4
180

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Genre: Drama, History
The Devil’s Disciple

The Devil’s Disciple

The Devil’s Disciple
IMDb: 6.9
82

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the…

Genre: Comedy, History, War
Compulsion

Compulsion

Compulsion
IMDb: 7.4
103

Two close friends’ plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
IMDb: 8.1
222

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he…

The Vikings

The Vikings

The Vikings
IMDb: 7
115

Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities
IMDb: 7.1
115

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue…

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues
IMDb: 7.1
105

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can’t…

Genre: Drama, History
The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy
IMDb: 6.6
112

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 – Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat,…

Genre: History, War
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember
IMDb: 7.9
123

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner’s second…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot
IMDb: 7.7
82

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer
IMDb: 6.4
119

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60…

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov
IMDb: 6.7
145

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant…

Genre: Drama, History
Tamango

Tamango

Tamango
IMDb: 6.5
104

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain’s mistress, forcing a showdown.

Genre: Drama, History
The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis
IMDb: 7.1
135

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

The Witches of Salem

The Witches of Salem

The Witches of Salem
IMDb: 7.2
145

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John’s wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear…

Genre: Drama, History
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
IMDb: 6.6
109

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in…

Raintree County

Raintree County

Raintree County
IMDb: 6.3
188

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This…

The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion
IMDb: 5.7
132

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat…

Genre: History, Romance, War
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory
IMDb: 8.4
88

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
IMDb: 6.6
115

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy,…

Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood
IMDb: 8
108

Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit’s prophecy comes true, Washizu’s…

Genre: Drama, History
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDb: 8.1
161

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Band of Angels

Band of Angels

Band of Angels
IMDb: 6.5
125

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the…

The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse
IMDb: 7.3
108

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are…

War and Peace

War and Peace

War and Peace
IMDb: 6.7
208

Napoleon’s tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
IMDb: 7.9
220

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his…

Genre: Drama, History
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
IMDb: 7.5
105

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He’s sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan’s most powerful clan leader. He’s also challenged to…

Richard III

Richard III

Richard III
IMDb: 7.3
155

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against…

Genre: Drama, History
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was
IMDb: 7.4
103

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily’s defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted…

Magic Fire

Magic Fire

Magic Fire
IMDb: 5.9
95

Director William Dieterle’s 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and Valentina Cortese.

Lust for Life

Lust for Life

Lust for Life
IMDb: 7.3
122

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo,…

Genre: Drama, History
The King and I

The King and I

The King and I
IMDb: 7.4
133

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a…