Genre: History
Approved 5.6
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney(in the guise of the masked Scarlet Pimpernel), an Englishman who with the aid ...
Not Rated 8.0
The Bridge
The Bridge
A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village ...
N/A 7.4
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February ...
N/A 6.9
The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse
In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that ...
TV-14 7.5
Story of Women
Story of Women
Marie Latour, a woman of limited schooling, raises two children in a ratty flat during World ...
N/A 7.1
Sarraounia
Sarraounia
On January 2 1899, starting from the French Soudan, a french column under the commandment of ...
X 7.0
Adalen 31
Adalen 31
During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. ...
Not Rated 8.5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
In the World War II, the pacifist and humanist Japanese Kaji accepts to travel with his ...
Not Rated 8.2
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk
2 Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George ...
Not Rated 7.8
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot
His wife dead from poisoning and his chief warrior, Kurbsky, defected to the Poles, Ivan is ...
PG 7.8
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they ...
R 8.2
Hearts and Minds
Hearts and Minds
This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using ...
N/A 6.4
Power
Power
The story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Wurtemburg. Suess tries to better ...
TV-14 7.2
Peking Opera Blues
Peking Opera Blues
The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while ...
N/A 6.8
The Bunker
The Bunker
In 1945, The Third Reich is in its death throes with the Allies relentlessly attacking the ...
Not Rated 8.1
For All Mankind
For All Mankind
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
R 7.0
The Decameron
The Decameron
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": **** Segment 1: A young man from Perugia ...
Approved 7.2
That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman
Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. ...
Not Rated 7.3
Richard III
Richard III
Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. ...
Not Rated 8.8
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
Part three of a trilogy. After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, ...
Approved 6.3
Syncopation
Syncopation
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI ...
Not Rated 6.0
The Coward
The Coward
Colonel Winslow, veteran of the Mexican War, hopes for a great future for his only son, ...
Not Rated 7.9
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship ...
Approved 8.3
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This ...
Unrated 7.6
Hôtel Terminus
Hôtel Terminus
This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, ...
Approved 6.4
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
In eighteenth-century England, "first cousins" Tom Jones and Master Blifil grew up together in privilege in ...
Not Rated 7.7
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man ...
Not Rated 7.4
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's ...
Not Rated 7.3
Salvatore Giuliano
Salvatore Giuliano
In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is ...
N/A 6.8
Five Last Days
Five Last Days
In Wittelbacherpalais, Munich's prison and Gestapo center, middle-aged Else Gebel awaits trial for carrying anti-Nazi material. ...
Not Rated 7.1
Yôkihi
Yôkihi
In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family ...
Not Rated 7.8
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The life inside a farm in Italy at the end of the 19th century. Many poor ...
Approved 8.1
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist ...
Approved 7.7
Zulu
Zulu
Zululand, South Africa, 1879. The British are fighting the Zulus and one of their columns has ...
G 7.1
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern ...
NC-17 6.3
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
Pasolini's artistic and always vividly cinematic retelling of eight of Chaucer's famous tales.
N/A 7.1
The Valiant Ones
N/A 7.2
The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill ...
PG 6.8
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies struggles to keep Anne Frank and her family hidden and safe inside the secret ...
Not Rated 7.9
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
A successful attempt at an even-handed portrayal of the White Star Line's (later part of Cunard) ...
Not Rated 7.6
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight
Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's "Henry ...
PG 6.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
On his deathbed Tudor-king Henry VIII remembers his long reign and especially the crucial part his ...
Not Rated 7.3
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals ...
Not Rated 6.9
The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story
Colditz castle was used by the Nazis to hold the "bad boys", (those who regularly tried ...
R 8.0
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th ...
N/A 7.0
Himiko
Himiko
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with ...
Not Rated 7.9
Monterey Pop
Monterey Pop
Legendary California music festival (pre-Woodstock) that launched the state-side careers of several performers, most notably Jimi ...
Not Rated 7.6
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, ...
Not Rated 7.7
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about ...
Passed 8.1
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Giovanna is taken to the Inquisition court. . After the accusation of blasphemy continues to pray ...
N/A 8.2
Napoleon
Napoleon
A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
Not Rated 7.7
The Official Story
The Official Story
Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife in Buenos ...
PG 7.5
The Ship Sails On
The Ship Sails On
In July 1914 a luxury cruise ship leaves Italy with the ashes of the famous opera ...
Passed 7.0
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII
This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six ...
N/A 7.7
Witchhammer
Witchhammer
The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf ...
Approved 7.0
Henry V
Henry V
In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting ...
PG 7.2
The Story of Adele H
The Story of Adele H
Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, with ...
PG 7.8
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
It's Christmas 1183, and King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) is planning to announce his successor to ...
PG-13 7.7
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor
This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's ...
Not Rated 7.0
The Golden Coach
The Golden Coach
In Peru in the eighteenth century. Camilla, the star of a theater company, hesitates between three ...