HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 24

Brave New Jersey (2016)

IMDb: 5.3
2016

A comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles legendary 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U S was being invaded by Martians

And the Band Played On (1993)

IMDb: 7.8
1993

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps War (2016)

IMDb: 7.1
2016

Defying the Nazis The Sharps War Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, in February 1939, boldly commit to a life threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees

A Night to Remember (1958)

IMDb: 7.9
1958

On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean

Overlord (1975)

IMDb: 7.1
1975

During the World War 2, a young lads called up and, with increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D day

6 Days (2017)

IMDb: 6.2
2017

Based on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action thriller dramatizes a six day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack

The Castle Project (2013)

IMDb: 4.1
2013

As an architect begins renovations to convert an old castle to a hotelhe uncovers more than he was expecting He and his team of contractors experience hauntings and find what could be a portal to the afterlife

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

IMDb: 7.7
1966

The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry

Hearts and Minds (1974)

IMDb: 8.2
1974

A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it

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

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

IMDb: 7.8
1965

The career of Shakespeares Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400 1413

W.E. (2011)

IMDb: 6.3
2011

A two tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcAe Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

IMDb: 6.6
1968

In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences

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

Prince of Foxes (1949)

IMDb: 7.0
1949

An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

IMDb: 7.2
1971

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family

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

The Invisible Woman (2013)

IMDb: 6.2
2013

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death

Farewell, My Queen (2012)

IMDb: 6.2
2012

A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution

Gunpowder (2017)

IMDb: 6.6
2017

Foreign mercenary Guido Fawkes, and a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the early 17th century

Hype! (1996)

IMDb: 7.6
1996

Documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle grunge music scene in the early 90s

Deep Water (2006)

IMDb: 7.8
2006

A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round the world yacht race

On Wings of Eagles (2016)

IMDb: 5.6
2016

Eric Liddell Chinas first gold medalist and one of Scotlands greatest athletes returns to war torn China

The Bang Bang Club (2010)

IMDb: 7.0
2010

A drama based on the true life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa

Ascent to Hell (2014)

IMDb: 5.9
2014

When a realtor shows an old New York factory building to a group of would be investors, they are unwittingly caught in its tragic and sinister history

Victoria and Abdul (2017)

IMDb: 6.8
2017

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

Tulip Fever (2017)

IMDb: 6.2
2017

An artist falls for a young married woman while hes commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam

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

Big Charity: The Death of Americas Oldes

IMDb: 8.0
2014

The death of Americas oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans Big Charity

Maze (2017)

IMDb: 5.9
2017

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)

IMDb: 7.2
2014

A computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global impact of this amazing new technology

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the

IMDb: 8.1
2003

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F Kennedy and President Lyndon B Johnson, Robert McNamara

Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016)

IMDb: 7.8
2016

The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)

IMDb: 6.0
2017

Young and wide eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 19821992 (2017)

IMDb: 7.8
2017

An in depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King