History Movies
Chess Story

Chess Story

Chess Story
IMDb: 6.8
110 min

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains…

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Unrest

Unrest

Unrest
IMDb: 6.5
93 min

In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation movement (“unrueh”) of the mechanical watches. She soon…

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Genre: Drama, History
Farewell Mister Haffmann

Farewell Mister Haffmann

Farewell Mister Haffmann
IMDb: 7.0
115 min

Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler,…

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Genre: Drama, History
Getting Away with Murder(s)

Getting Away with Murder(s)

Getting Away with Murder(s)
IMDb: 8.9
175 min

Almost 1 million people in 22 countries carried out the unprovoked murder of 11 million innocent men, women and children. The Allies knew where a great many of the murderers…

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Nazi Fugitives

Nazi Fugitives

Nazi Fugitives
IMDb: N/A
52 min

The Nazi regime lasted from 1933 to 1945 and was undoubtedly one of the most horrific periods of history. The Nazi Party and its immoral leader instilled one of the…

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Battlebox

Battlebox

Battlebox
IMDb: N/A
77 min

With a sudden attack by the Japanese, British Major-General Maltby and his top officers struggle with the decision to either fight to the death or offer a humiliating surrender of…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Retrograde

Retrograde

Retrograde
IMDb: 7.3
94 min

Tells the story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.

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Godland

Godland

Godland
IMDb: 7.4
143 min

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into…

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Genre: Drama, History
Battle for Saipan

Battle for Saipan

Battle for Saipan
IMDb: 6.7
94 min

A Surgeon defends a hospital from invading enemy forces in the Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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Genre: Action, History, War
Razzennest

Razzennest

Razzennest
IMDb: 6.5
81 min

South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus’s crew…

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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
IMDb: N/A
146 min

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to…

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Genre: Drama, History, Music
Emancipation

Emancipation

Emancipation
IMDb: N/A
N/A

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return…

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Corsage

Corsage

Corsage
IMDb: 7.1
113 min

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed…

Genre: Drama, History
Devotion

Devotion

Devotion
IMDb: N/A
138 min

The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Call Jane

Call Jane

Call Jane
IMDb: 7.1
121 min

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can’t get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find…

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Genre: Drama, History
Emily

Emily

Emily
IMDb: 7.2
130 min

Tells the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights, and explores the relationships…

Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985
IMDb: 8.1
140 min

Argentina, 1985 is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant…

Genre: Drama, History
The Huns

The Huns

The Huns
IMDb: N/A
88 min

It was a primitive time long ago when the nomadic tribes of the Huns ruled the Great Steppes. After her clan is destroyed, Hora is taken captive but secretly plans…

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Rosaline

Rosaline

Rosaline
IMDb: N/A
N/A

Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare’s Romeo and…

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The Woman King

The Woman King

The Woman King
IMDb: N/A
2 min

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Medieval

Medieval

Medieval
IMDb: N/A
126 min

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Hansan: Rising Dragon

Hansan: Rising Dragon

Hansan: Rising Dragon
IMDb: 6.8
1 min

In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Mr. Malcolm’s List

Mr. Malcolm’s List

Mr. Malcolm’s List
IMDb: 5.9
115 min

When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined…

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The Lost Leonardo

The Lost Leonardo

The Lost Leonardo
IMDb: 7.5
96 min

London, England, 2008. Some of the most distinguished experts on the work of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) gather at the National Gallery to examine a painting known as…

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The Haunting of the Tower of London

The Haunting of the Tower of London

The Haunting of the Tower of London
IMDb: N/A
90 min

The Two Princes, imprisoned and allegedly murdered in the Bloody Tower within the Tower Of London by Richard III. The story tells how they allegedly came back to haunt the…

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Genre: History, Horror
Elvis

Elvis

Elvis
IMDb: N/A
159 min

From his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to his rise to stardom starting in Memphis, Tennessee and his conquering of Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley becomes the first rock ‘n roll…

Genre: Drama, History, Music
Benediction

Benediction

Benediction
IMDb: 7.0
137 min

The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Trees of Peace

Trees of Peace

Trees of Peace
IMDb: 8.6
97 min

In April of 1994, four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Their fight for survival against all odds…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Emigrants

The Emigrants

The Emigrants
IMDb: 6.8
148 min

Based on the book by Vilhelm Moberg (published in 1949) depicting a few people emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1800s, and a remake of the 1971…

Genre: Drama, History
Foxhole

Foxhole

Foxhole
IMDb: N/A
95 min

Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat
IMDb: 6.9
128 min

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era
IMDb: N/A
125 min

Follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.

The Survivor

The Survivor

The Survivor
IMDb: 6.9
129 min

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing…

Genre: Drama, History
Hostile Territory

Hostile Territory

Hostile Territory
IMDb: N/A
153 min

Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack discovers that his wife has tragically died and…

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Where Is Anne Frank

Where Is Anne Frank

Where Is Anne Frank
IMDb: 6.5
99 min

The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank’s…

Man of God

Man of God

Man of God
IMDb: 7.4
109 min

Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Kashmir Files

The Kashmir Files

The Kashmir Files
IMDb: 10.0
170 min

Based on a true tragedy, the emotionally triggering film sheds light on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), a religious minority in the 1990s Kashmir valley, who were compelled to…

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The Shadow In My Eye

The Shadow In My Eye

The Shadow In My Eye
IMDb: 7.4
107 min

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo’s headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure

The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure

The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
IMDb: N/A
126 min

The sequel to 2014’s “The Pirates” This is an action adventure film about a sea battle between pirates, bandits, and pioneers who search for a seal that disappeared in a…

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Against the Ice

Against the Ice

Against the Ice
IMDb: N/A
102 min

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they’re left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars.

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