History Movies
Antony & Cleopatra

Antony & Cleopatra

Antony & Cleopatra
IMDb: 6.3
170

Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to…

Port Arthur

Port Arthur

Port Arthur
IMDb: 6.6
185

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 – 1905). In the…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn
IMDb: 6.6
117

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

West Indies

West Indies

West Indies
IMDb: 7.1
116

Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for…

Genre: History, Music
Siberiade

Siberiade

Siberiade
IMDb: 7.9
275

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find…

S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic
IMDb: 6.2
144

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

The Outsider

The Outsider

The Outsider
IMDb: 6.9
128

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is…

Genre: Drama, History
The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer
IMDb: 5.3
116

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase…

Genre: Action, History
Elvis

Elvis

Elvis
IMDb: 6.9
168

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

Churchill and the Generals

Churchill and the Generals

Churchill and the Generals
IMDb: 7.6
180

The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II.

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
IMDb: 8.1
205

Jon, a young peasant love more “the land” than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed…

Genre: Drama, History
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum
IMDb: 7.4
162

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Black Jack

Black Jack

Black Jack
IMDb: 6.7
105

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers,…

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
IMDb: 6.5
98

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful motor-operated airplane.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 7.3
150

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…

Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar
IMDb: 5.8
124

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at…

Richard II

Richard II

Richard II
IMDb: 8
157

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is…

Genre: Drama, History
Deadman’s Curve

Deadman’s Curve

Deadman’s Curve
IMDb: 6.8
100

Things were cool. Chicks were pretty. Waves were groovy. Cars had muscle. Jan and Dean rode their wave to the top of the pop charts. Then, in 1966, on their…

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
IMDb: 7.3
113

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
The Green Room

The Green Room

The Green Room
IMDb: 6.9
95

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.

Genre: Drama, History
The Brink’s Job

The Brink’s Job

The Brink’s Job
IMDb: 6.5
104

In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes…

The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle
IMDb: 7.2
159

This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan’s downfall and the revenge of its former…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Valentino

Valentino

Valentino
IMDb: 6.1
128

The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

Genre: Drama, History
Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin
IMDb: 6.5
96

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Genre: History, Music
Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe
IMDb: 6.7
145

Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists…

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
IMDb: 6.1
112

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S….

Genre: Drama, History
MacArthur

MacArthur

MacArthur
IMDb: 6.5
130

The film portrays MacArthur’s life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Dream of the Red Chamber
IMDb: 6.7
108

Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far
IMDb: 7.4
175

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Eight Hundred Heroes

Eight Hundred Heroes

Eight Hundred Heroes
IMDb: 6.2
112

As battle rages in Shanghai, a single battalion of soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan is ordered to hold back the Japanese forces at the Sihang warehouse. Girl scouts risk their…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe
IMDb: 5.9
119

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.

The Story of David

The Story of David

The Story of David
IMDb: 6.2
191

The “David and Goliath” legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David’s later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony…

Pintea

Pintea

Pintea
IMDb: 7.6
94

The movie is set in 18th century Maramureș region of Romania. The Romanian officer Grigore Pintea return to his village and finds out that his parents were killed, and other…

Genre: Action, History
Mr. Klein

Mr. Klein

Mr. Klein
IMDb: 7.5
123

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is…

Midway

Midway

Midway
IMDb: 6.8
132

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Memory of Justice

The Memory of Justice

The Memory of Justice
IMDb: 8.5
278

This exceptional, disturbing, and thought-provoking two-part documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those…

The Message

The Message

The Message
IMDb: 8.1
178

In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he’s not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is…

The Marquise of O

The Marquise of O

The Marquise of O
IMDb: 7
102

A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.

Genre: Drama, History
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask
IMDb: 6.6
100

The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe’s rescue by…

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron
IMDb: 7.4
132

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War