HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 22

Only the Dead (2015)

IMDb: 7.7
2015

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

Day of the Falcon (2011)

IMDb: 6.7
2011

Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father in law

Frontier

IMDb: 7.2
2016–2018

Follows Declan Harp, a half Irishhalf Cree Native Canadian outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudsons Bay Companys monopoly on the fur trade in Canada

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

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

A Passage to India (1984)

IMDb: 7.3
1984

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator

The Zookeepers Wife (2017)

IMDb: 7.0
2017

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

King of the Hill (1993)

IMDb: 7.4
1993

A young boy struggles on his own in a run down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression era Midwest

The Universe (2007)

IMDb: 8.7
2007–2015

This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Ap

IMDb: 7.6
2017

At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

IMDb: 7.5
1969

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn

Othello (1951)

IMDb: 7.6
1951

The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago

Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007)

IMDb: 7.8
2007

The story of one of the most famous men in history You might think you know him the heroic and successful discoverer of America Now think again

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

Dreamtimes Over (2009)

IMDb: 2.4
2009

Three Australian couples stumble across an ancient curse in the Outback, and their dream holiday turns into a nightmare that may kill them all

The Surprising History of Egypt (2002)

IMDb: 7.2
2002

Bringing to life the everyday details of the ancients Egyptians bizarre, hilarious or shocking this wonderfully entertaining and factually revealing film is packed full of surprises

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Z

IMDb: 6.3
2010

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teachers death Huo Yuanjia in Japanese occupied Shanghai A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas

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 Kings Choice (2016)

IMDb: 7.1
2016

April 1940 Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace Ultimately, the decision on Norways future will rest with the Kin

Eight Men Out (1988)

IMDb: 7.2
1988

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series

The Game of Their Lives (2005)

IMDb: 6.1
2005

CT 1, Post

The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John (20

IMDb: 7.8
2003

Clip Rise from the Dead

The Story of Ruth (1960)

IMDb: 6.7
1960

Inspired by the scriptural tale Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem

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

Texas Killing Fields (2011)

IMDb: 5.7
2011

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders

The Egyptian (1954)

IMDb: 6.5
1954

In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaohs court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets

The Pagan King (2018)

IMDb: 6.1
2018

On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom

Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a Schoo

IMDb: 6.0
2018

In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

IMDb: 8.1
2004

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa

Breaker Morant (1980)

IMDb: 7.9
1980

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers

Pope Joan (2009)

IMDb: 6.7
2009

A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks

The Story of Maths (2008 )

IMDb: 8.0
2008

The history of mathematics from ancient times to the present day Narrated by Oxford mathematics professor Marcus du Sautoy, the series covers the seminal moments and people in the development of maths

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

IMDb: 8.3
2013

A dramatisation of the early years of Doctor Who 1963, with the story revolving around BBC executive Sydney Newman, novice producer Verity Lambert and actor William Hartnell

The Dam Busters (1955)

IMDb: 7.4
1955

The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective

The Captain (2017)

IMDb: 7.4
2017

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captains uniform Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators hes escaping from

Western Union (1941)

IMDb: 6.7
1941

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor