History Movies
The Devil’s Trap

The Devil’s Trap

The Devil’s Trap
IMDb: 7.5
85

A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes
IMDb: 5.8
127

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician…

Viva l’Italia!

Viva l’Italia!

Viva l’Italia!
IMDb: 6.2
138

The film shows how Italy’s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Taxi for Tobruk

Taxi for Tobruk

Taxi for Tobruk
IMDb: 7.2
95

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
IMDb: 7.1
125

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing…

Genre: Drama, History
Sword of Sherwood Forest

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Sword of Sherwood Forest
IMDb: 5.8
80

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King’s Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of…

Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello
IMDb: 6.8
144

The story of Franklin Roosevelt’s bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while…

Genre: Drama, History
The Story of Ruth

The Story of Ruth

The Story of Ruth
IMDb: 6.7
132

Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed…

Genre: Drama, History
Spartacus

Spartacus

Spartacus
IMDb: 7.9
197

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners…

Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags
IMDb: 6.5
110

“Under Ten Flags” is a WWII movie loosely based on the true story of the German navy commerce raider Atlantis, a converted Auxilliary Cruiser, and her Captain Bernhard Rogge. Atlantis,…

Genre: History, War
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
IMDb: 6.7
101

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from…

Genre: Crime, History
The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring
IMDb: 8
90

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through…

Genre: Drama, History
Hannibal

Hannibal

Hannibal
IMDb: 5.2
90

A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.

The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz
IMDb: 6.2
166

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

Genre: Drama, History, War
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