History Movies
The Heroic Ones

The Heroic Ones

The Heroic Ones
IMDb: 6.5
126

A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on the mission. However, jealously…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Massacre in Rome

Massacre in Rome

Massacre in Rome
IMDb: 6.5
99

In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. “Massacre in Rome” is the true story of how this partisan…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
IMDb: 7.2
115

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Bequest to the Nation

Bequest to the Nation

Bequest to the Nation
IMDb: 6.4
118

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

Genre: Drama, History
Coup d’Etat

Coup d’Etat

Coup d’Etat
IMDb: 6.8
110

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

Genre: Drama, History
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
IMDb: 6.5
106

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
IMDb: 6.8
125

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII’s life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back…

Genre: Drama, History
Heroes Two

Heroes Two

Heroes Two
IMDb: 6.4
93

A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
The Five Days

The Five Days

The Five Days
IMDb: 5.8
122

In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
IMDb: 7.2
121

In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but…

Genre: Drama, History
The New One-Armed Swordsman

The New One-Armed Swordsman

The New One-Armed Swordsman
IMDb: 7.2
102

Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The New Land

The New Land

The New Land
IMDb: 8
202

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the…

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra
IMDb: 5.8
138

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard’s original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony’s attempts to…

Genre: Drama, History
Ludwig

Ludwig

Ludwig
IMDb: 7.5
238

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love…

Genre: Drama, History
The Conspirators

The Conspirators

The Conspirators
IMDb: 7
78

The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil’s colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of…

Genre: Drama, History
Agent #1

Agent #1

Agent #1
IMDb: 5.5
97

Jerzy Szajnowicz-Ivanov, the son of a Polish mother and a Russian father, raised in Greece, reports to the Carpathian Brigade in the spring of 1941. While the Poles are wary…

Genre: Action, History, War
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
IMDb: 7.8
95

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in…

1776

1776

1776
IMDb: 7.6
141

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the…

Genre: Drama, History
The Emigrants

The Emigrants

The Emigrants
IMDb: 8
191

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the…

Genre: Drama, History
Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti
IMDb: 7.7
125

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

Genre: Drama, History
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra
IMDb: 7.2
189

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots
IMDb: 7.1
128

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Married Couple of the Year Two

The Married Couple of the Year Two

The Married Couple of the Year Two
IMDb: 6.5
98

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his…

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Kidnapped
IMDb: 6.2
100

Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The…

Delusions of Grandeur

Delusions of Grandeur

Delusions of Grandeur
IMDb: 7.2
108

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by…

Genre: Comedy, History
The Devils

The Devils

The Devils
IMDb: 7.7
114

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of…

Genre: Drama, History
Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry
IMDb: 6.2
89

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get…

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare
IMDb: 5.3
91

Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

Blanche

Blanche

Blanche
IMDb: 6.5
94

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant…

Genre: Drama, History
The Birdmen

The Birdmen

The Birdmen
IMDb: 6.6
74

During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are…

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei
IMDb: 6.4
84

Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha,…

Genre: History, War
Woodstock

Woodstock

Woodstock
IMDb: 8.1
225

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits…

Waterloo

Waterloo

Waterloo
IMDb: 7.3
134

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!
IMDb: 7.5
144

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, named…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me
IMDb: 6.4
90

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and…

Genre: Comedy, History
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
IMDb: 6.9
122

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter
IMDb: 7.4
206

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
IMDb: 7
125

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle,…

Patton

Patton

Patton
IMDb: 7.9
172

“Patton” tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton’s career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion…

Genre: Drama, History, War
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
IMDb: 6.6
67

Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next. His adventures begin on the streets of Berlin, where the…