HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 36

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 Colt (2005)

IMDb: 6.7
2005

During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabbs beloved mare Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance,

Savannah (2013)

IMDb: 5.8
2013

Drama about the friendship between an Oxford educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn of the century Savannah

The Loving Story (2011)

IMDb: 7.6
2011

A preview for the HBO documentary The Loving Story

The Corporation (2003)

IMDb: 8.0
2003

Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present day dominance

In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

IMDb: 8.0
2007

The crew members of NASAs Apollo missions tell their story in their own words

Captain Blood (1935)

IMDb: 7.7
1935

A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean

Barabbas (1961)

IMDb: 6.9
1961

Barabbas, the criminal that the Jewish leaders induced the populace to vote to set free, so that Christ could be crucified, is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life

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

Lines of Wellington (2012)

IMDb: 6.1
2012

On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Bucaco by the Anglo Portuguese army of general Wellington Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from th

We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)

IMDb: 7.1
2014

On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese

Ivory Tower (2014)

IMDb: 7.0
2014

A documentary that questions the cost and value of higher education in the United States

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

The Legend (1993)

IMDb: 7.2
1993

This Hong Kong martial arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions One of his Governors is sent on a mission to

The Founding of an Army (2017)

IMDb: 5.1
2017

The foundation of CCP army in 1927, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province

World War 1 in Colour (2003 )

IMDb: 8.1
2003–

Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war

Adam Ruins Everything (2015 )

IMDb: 7.9
2015–2019

Iconoclastic Adam Conover from CollegeHumor turns life as we know it on its ear by showing us how unnecessary, and sometimes horrible, things we think we know to be real and true really are

Get the Picture (2013)

IMDb: 7.9
2013

Meet John G Morris, 95, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine amp New York Times was instrumental in the early years of Magnum

The Special Relationship (2010)

IMDb: 6.7
2010

A dramatization that traces former UK prime minister Tony Blairs relationships with Bill Clinton and George W Bush

Unspeakable (2018 )

IMDb: 7.2
2019

The drama chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early 80s and the tragedy that followed when thousands were unnecessarily infected by tainted blood

Reaching for the Moon (2013)

IMDb: 7.0
2013

A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares

The Bunker (1981)

IMDb: 6.9
1981

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitlers Sir Anthony Hopkins last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city

Rebellion (2016)

IMDb: 7.2
2016–2019

Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising

Decline of an Empire (2014)

IMDb: 3.5
2014

Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend Once alerted to his friends whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West

Alone Yet Not Alone (2013)

IMDb: 4.6
2013

Alone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom

21 Brothers (2011)

IMDb: 3.9
2011

Set in W W 1 the film follows the story of the Canadas 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916

Robin Williams Remembered (2014)

IMDb: 7.5
2014

Celebrating the life of Robin Williams with interviews, tributes and clips from his career

The Dish (2000)

IMDb: 7.2
2000

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing

Westward Ho (1935)

IMDb: 5.7
1935

As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work He and his brother both fall for Mary G

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

Gwen (2018)

IMDb: 6.0
2018

A folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution

Romulus & Remus: The First King (2019)

IMDb: 6.5
2019

Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own br

Henry V (1944)

IMDb: 7.1
1944

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415

Prosecuting Evil (2018)

IMDb: 7.5
2018

A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace

Bhowani Junction (1956)

IMDb: 6.4
1956

Anglo Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

IMDb: 7.1
2014

The history of the Academy Awards