HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 15

Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a 19th century fiery social reformer and his unswerving fight against the dominant caste oppressions by the upper classes

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U S Civil Wars first all black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates

In the East Wing of the White House, many of historys most impactful and world changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by Americas charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory workers daughter The decision changes their lives forever

Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village

The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re open the dance hall that led to his depor

The story behind Nass groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, and the early life of one of the most talented rappers of all time Featuring Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Q Tip, and Busta Rhymes

U S Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join Team Foxcatcher, led by eccentric multi millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but Johns self dest

True story of the undersized Depression era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation

Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons

A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes

Four Mexican high school students form a robotics club With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the countrys reigning robotics champion, MIT

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

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family

The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin era Soviet Union

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

On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as issues of the past emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups

An amazing look at the immense cultural impact of the Back to the Future trilogy 30 years after McFly and Brown went on an epic adventure

Set during the Philippine American war, a short tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army his own treacherous countrymen

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself

The true story of a Hawaiian princess attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization

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

Proposes a minute by minute chronology of the Chicxulub impact and its effect on the dinosaurs and other animals around the world

Following the assassination of President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husbands historic legacy

The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death

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

A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation

A queen who lost three kingdoms A wife who lost three husbands A woman who lost her head

Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland

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

UNDER AFRICAN SKIES is a really great film in which Joe Berlinger travels back to South Africa with Paul his first trip back in 25 years, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the historic Graceland album Paul reunites with the band to give a re

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