HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 9

My Tender Matador (2020)

IMDb: 7.0
2020

Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile

Children of Shatila (1998)

IMDb: 7.7
1998

Farah and Issa, two streetwise children living in Beiruts Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, use their imaginations and creativity to come to terms with the realities of growing up in a refugee camp that has survived massacre, sie

Red Riding The Year of Our Lord 1983 (20

IMDb: 7.1
2009

When another child goes missing, washed up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs

United 93 (2006)

IMDb: 7.6
2006

A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot

Confirmation (2016)

IMDb: 6.8
2016

Judge Clarence Thomas nomination to the United States Supreme Court is called into question when Anita Hill, a former colleague, testifies that he sexually harassed her

The Age of Stupid (2009)

IMDb: 7.0
2009

A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change

Flight 93 2006

IMDb: 6.3
2006

Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9 11 terrorist attack

Amistad (1997)

IMDb: 7.3
1997

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally

Lincoln (2012)

IMDb: 7.3
2012

As the American Civil War continues to rage, Americas president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves

We Were Soldiers (2002)

IMDb: 7.2
2002

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news

The Admiral (2014)

IMDb: 7.1
2014

Admiral Yi Sun sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang

Manhunt (2013)

IMDb: 6.9
2013

Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C I A agents, this in depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the worlds most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

IMDb: 6.8
1965

A dramatization of Nazi Germanys final Western Front counterattack of World War II

Samson and Delilah (1949)

IMDb: 6.8
1949

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

IMDb: 7.1
2007

A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west

Last Hero in China (1993) Jet Li

IMDb: 6.7
1993

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese Robin Hood who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel

The Devils (1971)

IMDb: 7.8
1971

In 17th century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun

Risen (2016)

IMDb: 6.3
2016

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead

The Way Back (2010)

IMDb: 7.3
2010

Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

IMDb: 6.1
2011

A story set in nineteenth century China and focusing on the life long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

IMDb: 6.5
1993

The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U S Governments subjugation of his people

Deep Water (2006)

IMDb: 7.8
2006

A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round the world yacht race

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

Bloody Sunday (2002)

IMDb: 7.6
2002

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972

The Looming Tower (2018)

IMDb: 8.0
2018

A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 911 and the war in Afghanistan

Titanic (1943)

IMDb: 6.2
1943

Third Reichs Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down

The Sea Hawk (1940)

IMDb: 7.7
1940

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

IMDb: 8.3
2018

A documentary about World War I with never before seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war

Les Miserables (2018 )

IMDb: 7.8
2018–2019

Television adaptation of Victor Hugos classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert Set against a backdrop of post Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris onc

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

Recount (2008)

IMDb: 7.4
2008

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U S Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida

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

The Assassin (2015)

IMDb: 6.3
2015

A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth century China

The Lost Legion (2014)

IMDb: 3.1
2014

Following the fall of the Roman Empire, a Roman woman plots to make her son the new Emperor and to fulfill the former glory of the city

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

IMDb: 7.6
2018

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families

Titanic (1953)

IMDb: 7.0
1953

An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the ill fated ship