HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 10

Jefferson in Paris (1995)

IMDb: 5.7
1995

Widower Thomas Jefferson 3rd US president 1801 09 lives in Paris 1785 90 with his daughter He has a pretty slave girl accompany his other daughter to France He has an alleged affair with her resulting in kids

Midway (1976)

IMDb: 6.8
1976

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II

Downfall (2004)

IMDb: 8.2
2004

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictators final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII

Titanic (1943)

IMDb: 6.2
1943

Third Reichs Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down

Passchendaele (2008)

IMDb: 6.4
2008

The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele

The Sea Hawk (1940)

IMDb: 7.7
1940

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

IMDb: 8.3
2018

A documentary about World War I with never before seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war

Recount (2008)

IMDb: 7.4
2008

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U S Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida

The Front Runner (2018)

IMDb: 6.1
2018

In 1987, U S Senator Gary Harts presidential campaign is derailed when hes caught in a scandalous love affair

In Harms Way (2017)

IMDb: 6.1
2017

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese womans help

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

IMDb: 7.6
2018

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families

The Hollow Crown (2012 )

IMDb: 8.3
2012–2016

A mini series of adaptations of Shakespeares history plays Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V

The Food That Built America (2019 )

IMDb: 8.5
2019–

Food will tell the unknown stories of innovation and rivalries behind food industry tycoons Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, Henry Heinz, C W Post, the McDonald brothers and more

The American West (2016 )

IMDb: 7.4
2016–

A large scale review of the American frontier stories

Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox (2018

IMDb: 6.1
2018

Actress Megan Fox has peeked behind the curtain of some of these ancient sites, igniting an insatiable curiosity to learn more about these lost worlds She embarks on an epic international journey to investigate and find answers to t

Shogun (1980)

IMDb: 8.1
1980

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan

Birdsong (2012)

IMDb: 7.3
2012

As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman

Exterminate All the Brutes (2021 )

IMDb: 6.8
2021

The past has a future we never expect Exterminate All the Brutes is a four part HBO documentary series from filmmaker Raoul Peck that challenges how history is being written

Colonel Redl (1985)

IMDb: 7.5
1985

Set during the fading glory of the Austro Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl Brandauer, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensn

Bible! (1974)

IMDb: 5.0
1974

A softcore, adult oriented version of the tales from the Bible

14 Blades (2010)

IMDb: 6.3
2010

A kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent Donnie Yen in the emperors court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues

Pope The Most Powerful Man in History (2

IMDb: 7.0
2018

Pope The Most Powerful Man in History, from Glass Entertainment Group and Rearrange TV, is a six part CNN Original Series that goes inside the Vatican to reveal the true power held by popes throughout the ages The docuseries explor

The Great War The Peoples Story (2014-)

IMDb: 8.2
2014–

Through original diaries, letters, and memoirs, this unforgettable documentary tells how the lives of regular British men and women were transformed by the Great War Along with historical footage, an outstanding cast of actors reena

Self Made Inspired by the Life of Madam

IMDb: 7.3
2020

The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C J Walker who built a haircare empire that made her Americas first female self made millionaire

Shakedown (2018)

IMDb: 7.0
2018

SHAKEDOWN chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles The story functions as a legend where money is both myth and material Cumulatively, questions arise about how to diagram the before and aft

Resistance (2014)

IMDb: 7.4
2014

Paris 1940 Lili is 17 years old In occupied France, she encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any

Youth of May (2021-)

IMDb: 8.4
2021–

Set in 1980s during the Gwangju Uprising, Youth of May tells the love story of a medical student Hwang Hee Tae and a nurse Kim Myung Hee

Lucy Worsley Investigates (2022-)

IMDb: 8.6
2022–

Follow Lucy Worsley reinvestigates four dramatic chapters in British history the 16th century witch trials, the Black Death, the madness of King George III and the princes in the tower and shines a modern lens on the past In e

Dark Side of the 90s (2021-)

IMDb: 7.2
2021–

Spinoff of Vices Dark Side of the Ring that looks at 90s pop culture

Hostages (2022)

IMDb: 8.0
2022

November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U S embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage A 48 hour sit in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 247 media event that would last 44

Legacy The True Story of the LA Lakers (

IMDb: 8.3
2022

Docuseries chronicles the history of the storied Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise

Corsage (2022)

IMDb: 7.1
2022

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 an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public

George Tammy (2022-)

IMDb: 7.5
2022–

A look at the romance between famed country musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette

Waking the Titanic (2013)

IMDb: 5.9
2013

The story of RMS Titanic has been told in grand style many times the monumental unsinkable ship, the scarcely believable hubris of its owners and the dreadful events of 1912 Waking the Titanic is something new a living history t

African Queens Njinga (2023-)

IMDb: 3.0
2023–

Expert interviews and other documentary content with premium scripted docudrama about different queens

The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)

IMDb: 6.1
1969

In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain