HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 5

The Empire (2021-)

IMDb: 4.7
2021–

The series focuses on the rise and fall of Mughal Empire through generations from Babur to Aurangzeb

Drunk History (2013-2019)

IMDb: 7.8
2013–2019

Historical reenactments by A list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers

The Peasants (2023)

IMDb: 7.9
2023

Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village a hotbed of gossip and on going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep rooted patriarchy

Escape from Germany (2024)

IMDb: 7.0
2024

1939, Hitlers army was closing borders, and eighty five American missionaries were in Germany serving their church The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern church h

Patria (2014)

IMDb: 5.1
2014

As the 1914 summer sun heats up mainland Europe, World War One crashes down across the fractured peninsula Living in Paris, Dutchman Arthur Knaap yearns to serve, protect and defend his beloved nation and joins the Foreign Legion

Malcolm X (1992)

IMDb: 7.7
1992

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam

Bridge of Spies (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers

Roots (1977)

IMDb: 8.4
1977

A dramatization of author Alex Haleys family line from ancestor Kunta Kintes enslavement to his descendants liberation

Rogue Trader (1999)

IMDb: 6.4
1999

The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain

Buckingham (2022)

IMDb: N/A
2022

Buckingham Palace is known throughout the world as the headquarters of the royal family, and is one of our most recognisable palaces

Poldark (TV Series 2015)

IMDb: 8.3
2015–2019

Ross Poldark returns from the war to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins

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

Inside Deep Throat (2005)

IMDb: 6.7
2005

An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat 1972, covering aspects from the films creation to its cultural impact

Victoria (2016 )

IMDb: 8.2
2016–

The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of eighteen to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert

Bajirao Mastani (2015)

IMDb: 7.2
2015

An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand

The King (2019)

IMDb: 7.2
2019

Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past lif

Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the

IMDb: 6.6
2014

Chronicles a complete season of the International Gay Rodeo Association IGRA as the courageous cowboys and cowgirls brave challenges in and out of the arena on their quest to the World Finals

The Last Dance (2020 )

IMDb: 9.1
2020

Charting the rise of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, one of the most notable dynasties in sports history

Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)

IMDb: 7.9
2020

Four part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans

An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)

IMDb: 7.4
1992

Royal Marines defend Government House from Argentine invaders during the events that triggered the Falklands War

I predatori delle Antille (1999)

IMDb: 4.9
1999

Sir Francis Hamilton, ambassador of King Charles II, sails from England to Jamaica where he has to sign a peace treaty with France On the way to the Carribean his ship is attacked by a band of pirates, headed by the dreadfully re

She Said (2022)

IMDb: 7.3
2022

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twoheys quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal

The Long Shadow (2023-)

IMDb: 7.8
2023–

A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer

Secrets of the Celtic Grave (2021)

IMDb: N/A
2021

A bizarre iron age grave has been uncovered in the United Kingdom, archaeologists expect that this site will help unlock the hidden story of the violent birth of Roman Britain

Sometimes in April (2005)

IMDb: 7.8
2005

When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000

Ingeborg Bachmann Journey Into the Deser

IMDb: 6.1
2023

The relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch

Isabel (2011–2014)

IMDb: 8.3
2011–2014

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

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

IMDb: 7.1
2016

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history

Ekaterina (2014 )

IMDb: 8.1
2014–

The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II Catherine the Great, a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Cyber Attack

IMDb: 5.5
2016

The shocking story of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal

Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

IMDb: 7.3
1991

Late 1800s Foshan, Guangdong Wong Fei HungJet Li trains men in martial arts to help defend against foreign powers already holding Hong Kong and Macau He looks after cute 13th Aunt, whos just returned from England Lots of fight s

Gentleman Jack (2019 )

IMDb: 8.2
2019–

A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall

The Spy (2017 )

IMDb: 7.9
2019

Based on the life of the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen

Scandal (1989)

IMDb: 6.5
1989

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government

The Conclave (2006)

IMDb: 6.5
2006

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope A 27 year old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game how to survive his first conc

Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

IMDb: 7.6
2008

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha