HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 11

Brooklyn Bridge (1981)

IMDb: 7.5
1981

This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, tracing its transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American cu

Above and Beyond (2014)

IMDb: 7.7
2014

A group of Jewish American war pilots smuggle planes out of the U S and fly for Israel in its War of Independence

Children of Shatila (1998)

IMDb: 7.7
1998

Farah and Issa, two streetwise children living in Beiruts Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, use their imaginations and creativity to come to terms with the realities of growing up in a refugee camp that has survived massacre, sie

Gate of Hell (1953)

IMDb: 7.1
1953

A samurai pursues a married lady in waiting

United 93 (2006)

IMDb: 7.6
2006

A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot

Beloved 1998

IMDb: 6.0
1998

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman

Flight 93 2006

IMDb: 6.3
2006

Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9 11 terrorist attack

Hammer of the Gods (2013)

IMDb: 4.5
2013

A young man transforms into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother, Hakan the Ferocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom

Last Knights (2015)

IMDb: 6.2
2015

A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master

The Admiral (2014)

IMDb: 7.1
2014

Admiral Yi Sun sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

IMDb: 6.8
1965

A dramatization of Nazi Germanys final Western Front counterattack of World War II

Testament of Youth (2014)

IMDb: 7.3
2014

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times

Last Hero in China (1993) Jet Li

IMDb: 6.7
1993

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese Robin Hood who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel

The Devils (1971)

IMDb: 7.8
1971

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 witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun

Risen (2016)

IMDb: 6.3
2016

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead

The Finest Hours (2016)

IMDb: 6.8
2016

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952

Only the Dead (2015)

IMDb: 7.7
2015

Australian journalist Michael Wares experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after

The Crucible (1996)

IMDb: 6.8
1996

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex lovers wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

IMDb: 6.1
2011

A story set in nineteenth century China and focusing on the life long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women

Get on the Bus (1996)

IMDb: 6.8
1996

A disparate group of African American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March

Six (TV Mini-Series 2017)

IMDb: 7.3
2017–2018

Navy SEAL Team Six attempt to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan when they discover an American citizen working with the enemy

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

IMDb: 7.4
2005

Broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy

Band of Angels (1957)

IMDb: 6.5
1957

Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged southern Belle in the ante bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers her mother was black

Zulu (1964)

IMDb: 7.7
1964

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorkes Drift

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (20

IMDb: 7.6
2005

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall

Danger Close (2017)

IMDb: 4.4
2017

Freelance female war reporter Alex Quade covers U S Special Operations Forces SOF on highly classified combat missions Since 2001, she has embedded with elite SOF, including the U S Army Special Forces or Green Berets, Army Rang

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

IMDb: 7.8
1975

Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great

The Kings Speech (2010)

IMDb: 8.0
2010

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer

Deep Water (2006)

IMDb: 7.8
2006

A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round the world yacht race

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

IMDb: 7.7
2006

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amins regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s

Bloody Sunday (2002)

IMDb: 7.6
2002

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972

Doomsday Gun (1994)

IMDb: 6.1
1994

How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U S cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies

The Looming Tower (2018)

IMDb: 8.0
2018

A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 911 and the war in Afghanistan

Undercover (1984)

IMDb: 6.7
1983

True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of womens lingerie, famous for its bras and girdles

Sunshine (1999)

IMDb: 7.5
1999

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century

Revolution (1985)

IMDb: 5.3
1985

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end