HISTORY Movies and Tvshows

Youth of May (2021-)

IMDb: 8.4
2021–

Set in 1980s during the Gwangju Uprising, Youth of May tells the love story of a medical student Hwang Hee Tae and a nurse Kim Myung Hee

Lucy Worsley Investigates (2022-)

IMDb: 8.6
2022–

Follow Lucy Worsley reinvestigates four dramatic chapters in British history the 16th century witch trials, the Black Death, the madness of King George III and the princes in the tower and shines a modern lens on the past In e

Dark Side of the 90s (2021-)

IMDb: 7.2
2021–

Spinoff of Vices Dark Side of the Ring that looks at 90s pop culture

Legacy The True Story of the LA Lakers (

IMDb: 8.3
2022

Docuseries chronicles the history of the storied Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise

African Queens Njinga (2023-)

IMDb: 3.0
2023–

Expert interviews and other documentary content with premium scripted docudrama about different queens

Joan of Arc (2019)

IMDb: 5.9
2019

In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan Lise Leplat Prudhomme leads the army of the King of France When she is captured, the Chur

Kingdom 3 (2023)

IMDb: 6.7
2023

It follows Li Xin and Wang Qi as they stand on the battlefield for the first time to fight off an invasion by Zhao, and it also follows Ying Zhengs unknown past

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

Cest mon homme (2022)

IMDb: N/A
2022

A wife recognizes her husbands photo as an amnesic drifter who went missing in action during the Great War in 1916 They reunited she helps him to fall in love with her again Until another woman claims to be the mans real wife

911 Day That Changed the World (2011)

IMDb: 7.0
2011

Learn first hand how our nations key decision makers responded in the face of chaos and catastrophe on 911

Empire of the Air The Men Who Made Radio

IMDb: 7.6
1991

For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success

The Statue of Liberty (1985)

IMDb: 7.3
1985

Documentary showing the history of the world famous Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, the impact it still has on people and the state of liberty as a personal and political concept in America in 1985

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

Munich (2005)

IMDb: 7.5
2005

Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day

Marie Antoinette (2006)

IMDb: 6.5
2006

The retelling of Frances iconic but ill fated queen, Marie Antoinette From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles

The Lion in Winter (1968)

IMDb: 7.9
1968

1183 A D King Henry IIs three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he wont commit to a choice They and his wife variously plot to force him

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

The Good Shepherd (2006)

IMDb: 6.7
2006

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one mans life

The Cokeville Miracle (2015)

IMDb: 5.3
2015

Children who were held hostage in their elementary school tell stories of miraculous things, but many adults are skeptical that the Cokeville Miracle ever truly happened

The View from Here (2017)

IMDb: 6.2
2009

The true story of a Hawaiian princess attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization

The Way Back (2010)

IMDb: 7.3
2010

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

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

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

IMDb: 7.5
1970

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness

War and Peace (2016 TV series)

IMDb: 8.1
2016

As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever

Jamestown (2017)

IMDb: 6.9
2017–2019

A drama about English settlers in America in 1617

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

Downfall (2004)

IMDb: 8.2
2004

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictators final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII

Marguerite et Julien (2015)

IMDb: 5.0
2015

An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality

El Cid (1961)

IMDb: 7.2
1961

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar a k a El Cid overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors

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

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

In Harms Way (2017)

IMDb: 6.1
2017

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese womans help

Witches of Salem (2019 )

IMDb: 7.3
2019

This documentary mini series chronologically unravels the rapid descent of a town into madness, using reenactments to capture the day to day hysteria that unfolds and puts an affluent New England community under siege

Catherine the Great (2019 )

IMDb: 6.2
2019

The life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire

Sasquatch (2021)

IMDb: 6.2
2021

Sasquatch