HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 12

Gettysburg 2011

IMDb: 6.5
2011

An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level

Bridge of Spies (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers

Dunkirk (1958)

IMDb: 7.1
1958

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Forces 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany

A Deeper Shade of Blue (2011)

IMDb: 6.4
2011

This is not a surf movie, it is a film about surfings deepest roots in the subconscious in ancient lore in the craft of surfboard building in mans perpetual quest for a joyful relationship with the natural world

Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

IMDb: 6.5
2000

A prophet who has the ability to interpret dreams is sold into slavery in Egypt, where people learn of his gifts

Victoria and Abdul (2017)

IMDb: 6.8
2017

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim

The Terror (2018)

IMDb: 7.9
2018–2019

Supernatural, semihistorical, horror anthology series, where each season is inspired by a different infamous or mysterious real life historical tragedy

Lady Jane (1986)

IMDb: 7.1
1986

The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

IMDb: 6.2
1959

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba

The Last Frontier (1955)

IMDb: 6.4
1955

A trapper and his two partners work as scouts for a remote army fort where they witness an incompetent colonels decision to throw his small unprepared garrison against Red Clouds sizable Sioux force

War of the Worlds (2013)

IMDb: 7.2
2013

An account of Orson Welles 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic

Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)

IMDb: 6.4
1993

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder yup, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying

Cleopatra (1999)

IMDb: 6.4
1999

Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypts Queen and has an out of wedlock son with the son less Roman ruler Julius Caesar Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Caesars Roman Em

Oscar Wilde (1960)

IMDb: 6.8
1960

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

The Good Lord Bird (2020 )

IMDb: 7.6
2020

Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel Onion is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Browns family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry

Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)

IMDb: 7.1
1975

France, 1719 Four years after Louis XIVs death, Philippe dOrleans is the regent for the nine year old Louis XV Philippe is a liberal and a libertine His right hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Phil

Shiraz (1928)

IMDb: 7.0
1928

A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire Selima Enakshi is a princess foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz Rai She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan Roy,

Saints & Strangers (2015 )

IMDb: 7.0
2015–

Story of the Voyage of the Mayflower and the first year of The Pilgrims in America

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

IMDb: 7.0
2021

English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings

Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)

IMDb: 5.7
1962

Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision

Historys Greatest Mysteries (2020-)

IMDb: 6.3
2020–

Investigating a range of mysteries surrounding the Titanic, D B Cooper, Roswell and John Wilkes Booth

Lady Oscar (1979)

IMDb: 6.0
1979

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution

Gaslit (2022-)

IMDb: 7.3
2022–

A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time

Marvel 75 Years From Pulp to Pop (2014)

IMDb: 7.0
2014

Emily Vancamp hosts this one of a kind experience showing the history and development of Marvel from the first comic book to the latest blockbuster hit

Waco (2018)

IMDb: 7.9
2018

The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koreshs Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993

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

The Silent Forest (2022)

IMDb: 5.3
2022

Anja Grimm returns to the remote forest area where her father disappeared without a trace when she was eight years old Her sudden appearance triggers a brutal murder Disturbances in the forest floor and pointer plants force her

The Last Kingdom Seven Kings Must Die (2

IMDb: 6.9
2023

In the wake of King Edwards death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last

She Said (2022)

IMDb: 7.3
2022

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twoheys quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal

Subhedar (2023)

IMDb: 9.2
2023

Jay Shivaray In Subhedar, one will experience the thrilling feat of a mighty warrior who sacrifices his life to build the victory pylon of Swarajya on the summit of the fort, setting aside the marriage of his son

3 Days in Malay (2023)

IMDb: 5.0
2023

A small group must defend an airfield for three days against the Japanese assault during the fight for Malay in World War 2

Black Cake (2023-)

IMDb: 7.3
2023–

Bride Covey disappears in the shore, under unknown circumstances or reasons A flash drive will change the life of Eleanor Bennett, years later

Noryang Deadly Sea (2023)

IMDb: 6.7
2023

Winter of 1598, the story of Yi Sun shins last naval battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea that happened in the Noryang Strait

Che Part Two (2008)

IMDb: 6.8
2008

In 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America

Lee (2023)

IMDb: 6.5
2023

The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II

Finding Altamira (2016)

IMDb: 6.0
2016

Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century Altamiras caves