HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 33

Isabel (2011–2014)

IMDb: 8.3
2011–2014

Life of Isabella I of Castile, also known as Isabella the Catholic

Boiling Pot (2015)

IMDb: 4.3
2015

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

The Gathering Storm (2002)

IMDb: 7.5
2002

Winston Churchills wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe

Macbeth (2015)

IMDb: 6.6
2015

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 Long Ships (1964)

IMDb: 6.1
1964

A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find The Mother of All Voices, a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules

National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant

IMDb: 7.2
2015

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage

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

King Lear (2018)

IMDb: 6.2
2018

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one

Red Obsession (2013)

IMDb: 6.7
2013

The great chateaux of Bordeaux struggle to accommodate the voracious appetite for their rare, expensive wines, which have become a powerful status symbol in booming China

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week The Tour

IMDb: 7.8
2016

A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966

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

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

Guernica (2016)

IMDb: 5.8
2016

The fates of Henry a cynical American correspondent who has lost his soul and Teresa, one of the Republics censors and in charge of overseeing the news that journalists can send abroad, cross in Gernika

History of the World in 2 Hours (2011)

IMDb: 7.0
2011

A rapid fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day This two hour CGI driven special delves into the key turning points the formation of earth,

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

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)

IMDb: 6.5
2012

Hendrik Goltzius, a late sixteenth century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books

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

1776 (1972)

IMDb: 7.6
1972

A musical retelling of the American Revolutions political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence

Evita (1996)

IMDb: 6.3
1996

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

The Bounty (1984)

IMDb: 7.0
1984

Fed up with their Captains harsh discipline, a sailing ships crew decides to take action

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

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

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

Catch a Fire (2006)

IMDb: 6.7
2006

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime

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

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the

IMDb: 6.4
2017

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name Deep Throat helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972

A Real Vermeer (2016)

IMDb: 6.1
2016

The life story of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, from his beginnings as a rebellious young artist in 1920s Amsterdam to his rise to infamy as one of the most ingenious art forgers of all time

In the Crosswind (2014)

IMDb: 7.5
2014

Risttuules is very emotional and tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on memories of Erna It all started 14th of June 1941 when trucks came for the innocent families with their children where they headed to train s

Artemisia (1997)

IMDb: 6.7
1997

Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 1653 was one of the first well known female painters The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi Her professional curiosity ab

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

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

IMDb: 5.8
2008

A chronicle of the life of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery

The Laramie Project (2002)

IMDb: 7.1
2002

The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard

Midway (1976)

IMDb: 6.8
1976

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II