History Movies
Diagnosis: Dissent

Diagnosis: Dissent

Diagnosis: Dissent
IMDb: N/A
119 min

The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years – most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison,…

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Genre: Drama, History
Number 24

Number 24

Number 24
IMDb: 8.2
111 min

Young apprentice Gunnar Sønsteby from Rjukan decides to resist Nazi-Germany on the day of the invasion to later become the leader of the “Oslo-gang” carrying out countless daring acts of…

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Genre: History, War
A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown
IMDb: 7.8
141 min

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and…

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Genre: Drama, History, Music
National Theatre Live: Nye

National Theatre Live: Nye

National Theatre Live: Nye
IMDb: N/A
160 min

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Adventures of Werner Holt

The Adventures of Werner Holt

The Adventures of Werner Holt
IMDb: 7.5
164 min

Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler’s army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier, but at the front Werner begins to understand the…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence
IMDb: 8.3
103 min

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out
IMDb: 7.2
119 min

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey – a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players…

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Genre: Drama, History
Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum
IMDb: 6.8
128 min

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people…

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Ragtime

Ragtime

Ragtime
IMDb: 7.3
155 min

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers
IMDb: 7.4
129 min

A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption,…

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The Scandalous Lady W

The Scandalous Lady W

The Scandalous Lady W
IMDb: N/A
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A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour…

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Camille

Camille

Camille
IMDb: 7.3
109 min

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and…

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Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
IMDb: 7.6
95 min

Two men, Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, taking a tribe of outsiders on a ride through the 80s underground, accidentally changing music forever.

King of Kings

King of Kings

King of Kings
IMDb: 7.0
168 min

Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not…

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Genre: Drama, History
Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth
IMDb: 7.4
75 min

NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and…

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Caravaggio
IMDb: 6.5
93 min

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

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The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

The Lover in the Attic: A True Story
IMDb: 5.3
87 min

This is the lurid, true story about femme fatale Dolly, her murdered husband, and her lover, Otto — the man in the attic. In the 1930s, Dolly met and seduced…

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Basquiat

Basquiat

Basquiat
IMDb: 6.9
107 min

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

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Genre: Drama, History
The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home
IMDb: 7.3
97 min

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

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Genre: Drama, History
Chaalchitra Ekhon

Chaalchitra Ekhon

Chaalchitra Ekhon
IMDb: 7.4
92 min

A tribute to auteur Mrinal Sen in his birth centenary year, the film traces Anjan Dutt’s captivating journey with the celluloid maestro in 1981, marking the beginning of a unique…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Firebrand

Firebrand

Firebrand
IMDb: 6.2
121 min

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for…

Genre: Drama, History
The Sign Painter

The Sign Painter

The Sign Painter
IMDb: 7.0
112 min

A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his…

Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea
IMDb: 7.6
129 min

This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she…

Genre: Drama, History
You Will Not Have My Hate

You Will Not Have My Hate

You Will Not Have My Hate
IMDb: 6.2
102 min

The story of Antoine Leiris, who lost his beloved wife Hélène in the terrorist attack on the Paris “Bataclan”. In a moving Facebook post, he counters the assassins’ hatred with…

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Genre: Drama, History
Before Dawn

Before Dawn

Before Dawn
IMDb: 6.3
101 min

Inspired by the real-life diary entries of local ANZACs, the feature film details the untold story of some of Australia’s greatest military victories.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Kubi

Kubi

Kubi
IMDb: 6.6
131 min

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
January

January

January
IMDb: 6.6
95 min

It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted…

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Genre: Drama, History
Beauty of Beauties

Beauty of Beauties

Beauty of Beauties
IMDb: 6.7
154 min

Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Mastaney

Mastaney

Mastaney
IMDb: 7.6
150 min

Set in 1739, Nadar Shah’s undefeated army was attacked by Sikh Rebellions. Nadar demands to arrest them but it doesn’t work out. Five ordinary men are hired to play Sikh…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Cabrini

Cabrini

Cabrini
IMDb: 7.4
142 min

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile…

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Genre: Drama, History
Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love
IMDb: 6.3
107 min

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

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Genre: Drama, History, Music
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
IMDb: 8.7
157 min

The story of a great Indian rocket scientist, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is a retelling…

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Genre: Drama, History
Stockholm Bloodbath

Stockholm Bloodbath

Stockholm Bloodbath
IMDb: 4.7
145 min

In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish crown from Sten Sture, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, sisters Freja and Anne…

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Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise
IMDb: 6.7
138 min

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man….

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Beautiful Rebel

Beautiful Rebel

Beautiful Rebel
IMDb: 6.4
112 min

The origin story of one of Italy’s greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.

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Genre: Drama, History, Music
Unfrosted

Unfrosted

Unfrosted
IMDb: 5.5
97 min

In 1963 Michigan, business rivals Kellogg’s and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever.

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Genre: Comedy, History
Back to Black

Back to Black

Back to Black
IMDb: N/A
122 min

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to…

Genre: Drama, History, Music
The Arctic Convoy

The Arctic Convoy

The Arctic Convoy
IMDb: N/A
N/A

In 1942, a convoy of 35 civilian ships, carrying vital supplies from Iceland to the Soviet Union, faces deadly challenges in the Arctic. Despite Allied naval escort, catastrophic intelligence errors…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Hadik

Hadik

Hadik
IMDb: 4.6
108 min

During the Seven Years War, Austrian Queen Maria Theresa sends her best general, András Hadik and his Hussars to raid Berlin and humiliate the Prussian King, Frederick the Great.

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The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman
IMDb: 6.5
95 min

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding…

Genre: Drama, History, War