Genre: History

The Color of Pomegranates Not Rated

The Color of Pomegranates

January 27, 1982

The Color of Pomegranates

Not Rated 01 hours 19 minutes

One of cinema's greatest masterpieces, Sergei Parajanov's "The Color of Pomegranates," a biography of the Armenian ...

Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian
January 27, 1982
Testament of Youth PG-13

Testament of Youth

January 16, 2015

Testament of Youth

PG-13 02 hours 09 minutes

A long, long time ago, back in the spring of 1914, they were so happy together. ...

English, German
January 16, 2015
Lost Transport N/A

Lost Transport

April 20, 2023

Lost Transport

N/A 01 hours 40 minutes

In the spring of 1945 a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a ...

Dutch, German, Russian
April 20, 2023
Frantz PG-13

Frantz

March 15, 2017

Frantz

PG-13 01 hours 53 minutes

In 1919 Quedlinburg, Germany, a young woman named Anna is still mourning the death of her ...

French, German
March 15, 2017
The Conversation N/A

The Conversation

April 28, 2022

The Conversation

N/A 01 hours 48 minutes

On May 17th, 1945, the Partisan leader Josip Broz "Tito" places Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac in "preventive ...

English
April 28, 2022
Miss Austen Regrets TV-G

Miss Austen Regrets

February 3, 2008

Miss Austen Regrets

TV-G 01 hours 30 minutes

In the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist ...

English
February 3, 2008
The Gospel According to St. Matthew Not Rated

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Not Rated 02 hours 17 minutes

Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, ...

Italian
March 3, 1965

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

G 01 hours 30 minutes

1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern ...

French, Latin
October 8, 1966
A Woman in Berlin Unrated

A Woman in Berlin

October 23, 2008

A Woman in Berlin

Unrated 02 hours 11 minutes

A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. ...

German, Russian, Georgian
October 23, 2008
The Wooden Horse N/A

The Wooden Horse

September 7, 1951

The Wooden Horse

N/A 01 hours 41 minutes

In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that ...

English, German, Danish, French
September 7, 1951
Witches’ Hammer N/A

Witches’ Hammer

January 23, 1970

Witches’ Hammer

N/A 01 hours 47 minutes

The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf ...

Czech
January 23, 1970
The Auschwitz Report N/A

The Auschwitz Report

September 23, 2021

The Auschwitz Report

N/A 01 hours 34 minutes

This is the true story of Freddy and Walter--two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to ...

English, Czech, Polish, Slovak, German
September 23, 2021
W.E. R

W.E.

January 20, 2012

W.E.

R 01 hours 59 minutes

In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great ...

English, French, Russian
January 20, 2012
The Way Back PG-13

The Way Back

January 21, 2011

The Way Back

PG-13 02 hours 13 minutes

In 1939, three men attempt to flee communist Russia, escaping a Siberian gulag. This movie tells ...

English, Russian, Polish, Tibetan, Mongolian
January 21, 2011
Toman N/A

Toman

October 4, 2018

Toman

N/A 02 hours 24 minutes

This fascinating historical drama looks at the life of "the Czech Schindler," Zdenek Toman, a controversial ...

Czech
October 4, 2018
The Bunker N/A

The Bunker

January 27, 1981

The Bunker

N/A 02 hours 30 minutes

In 1945, The Third Reich is in its death throes with the Allies relentlessly attacking the ...

English, Russian
January 27, 1981
Henry V Approved

Henry V

October 28, 1945

Henry V

Approved 02 hours 17 minutes

In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting ...

English, French
October 28, 1945
The Last Duel R

The Last Duel

October 15, 2021

The Last Duel

R 02 hours 32 minutes

Based on the true story of France's last trial by combat in the Middle Ages. Knight ...

English, German, French, Latin
October 15, 2021
Kapo in Jerusalem N/A

Kapo in Jerusalem

May 5, 2015

Kapo in Jerusalem

N/A 01 hours 38 minutes

An exploration of the moral and survival dilemmas in Auschwitz from the point of view of ...

Hebrew
May 5, 2015
Tulip Fever R

Tulip Fever

September 1, 2017

Tulip Fever

R 01 hours 45 minutes

In seventeenth century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl Sophia is forcibly married to a rich and powerful ...

English
September 1, 2017
The Baby of Mâcon Not Rated

The Baby of Mâcon

September 17, 1993

The Baby of Mâcon

Not Rated 02 hours 02 minutes

Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a ...

English
September 17, 1993
The Conspirator PG-13

The Conspirator

April 15, 2011

The Conspirator

PG-13 02 hours 02 minutes

In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged ...

English, Latin
April 15, 2011

Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons

N/A 02 hours 56 minutes

Film about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution.

Latin, English, French
June 24, 1994
Henry VIII and His Six Wives PG

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

December 14, 1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

PG 02 hours 05 minutes

On his deathbed Tudor-king Henry VIII remembers his long reign and especially the crucial part his ...

English
December 14, 1972
Peking Opera Blues TV-14

Peking Opera Blues

September 6, 1986

Peking Opera Blues

TV-14 01 hours 44 minutes

The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while ...

Cantonese, Mandarin
September 6, 1986
A Night to Remember Not Rated

A Night to Remember

December 16, 1958

A Night to Remember

Not Rated 02 hours 03 minutes

A successful attempt at an even-handed portrayal of the White Star Line's (later part of Cunard) ...

English, Russian, Polish, German, Italian
December 16, 1958
Valiant Hearts N/A

Valiant Hearts

May 11, 2022

Valiant Hearts

N/A 01 hours 32 minutes

In August 1942, during World War II, six Jewish children flee the Nazi regime and go ...

French
May 11, 2022
Phoenix PG-13

Phoenix

September 25, 2014

Phoenix

PG-13 01 hours 38 minutes

In the aftermath of WWII, Nelly, a Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, horribly disfigured ...

German, English
September 25, 2014
Death Defying Acts PG

Death Defying Acts

March 13, 2008

Death Defying Acts

PG 01 hours 37 minutes

During Harry Houdini's (Guy Pearce's) tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a ...

English, Hungarian
March 13, 2008
Wild Nights with Emily PG-13

Wild Nights with Emily

June 1, 2022

Wild Nights with Emily

PG-13 01 hours 24 minutes

In the mid 19th century, Emily Dickinson was writing prolifically and in a passionate romantic relationship ...

English
June 1, 2022

Hans Warns – Mein 20. Jahrhundert

N/A 01 hours 45 minutes

N/A

German
December 7, 2000
Being Maria N/A

Being Maria

June 19, 2024

Being Maria

N/A 01 hours 40 minutes

Maria Schneider's rise to fame after "Last Tango in Paris" and its controversial production's impact on ...

French
June 19, 2024
And The Ship Sails On PG

And The Ship Sails On

October 7, 1983

And The Ship Sails On

PG 02 hours 08 minutes

In July 1914 a luxury cruise ship leaves Italy with the ashes of the famous opera ...

Italian, German, Serbian, Russian
October 7, 1983
Labyrinth of Cinema N/A

Labyrinth of Cinema

April 27, 2021

Labyrinth of Cinema

N/A 02 hours 59 minutes

The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they ...

Japanese
April 27, 2021
Gandhi PG

Gandhi

February 25, 1983

Gandhi

PG 03 hours 11 minutes

In 1893, Mohandas K. Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian ...

English, Hindi
February 25, 1983
The Story of Adele H PG

The Story of Adele H

October 8, 1975

The Story of Adele H

PG 01 hours 36 minutes

Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, with ...

French, English
October 8, 1975
Blitz PG-13

Blitz

November 1, 2024

Blitz

PG-13 02 hours 00 minutes

The stories of a group of Londoners during the German bombing campaign of the British capital ...

English
November 1, 2024
At Eternity’s Gate PG-13

At Eternity’s Gate

February 15, 2019

At Eternity’s Gate

PG-13 01 hours 51 minutes

During a self-imposed exile in Arles and Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh develops his ...

English, French
February 15, 2019
Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace Not Rated

Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace

August 24, 2000

Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace

Not Rated 01 hours 28 minutes

A Lutheran church outside of Germany. Those close with the minister, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, advise him not ...

English
August 24, 2000
Gate of Hell Not Rated

Gate of Hell

December 10, 1954

Gate of Hell

Not Rated 01 hours 29 minutes

In 1160, in the Heian Period, Lord Kiyomori travels with his court to another feud and ...

Japanese
December 10, 1954
The Round-Up N/A

The Round-Up

January 6, 1966

The Round-Up

N/A 01 hours 30 minutes

In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, ...

Hungarian
January 6, 1966
Richard III Not Rated

Richard III

March 11, 1956

Richard III

Not Rated 02 hours 41 minutes

Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. ...

English, Latin
March 11, 1956

The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy

PG-13 01 hours 48 minutes

Surrounded by whisky-fueled outlaws and a treacherous wilderness, how is one to survive? Based on real ...

English
April 25, 2016
Ivan the Terrible, Part I Not Rated

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Not Rated 01 hours 35 minutes

In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about ...

Russian
March 8, 1947
Judgment at Nuremberg Approved

Judgment at Nuremberg

December 18, 1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

Approved 02 hours 59 minutes

It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This ...

English, German
December 18, 1961
Power N/A

Power

November 1, 1934

Power

N/A 01 hours 44 minutes

The story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Wurtemburg. Suess tries to better ...

English
November 1, 1934
In This Corner of the World PG-13

In This Corner of the World

November 12, 2016

In This Corner of the World

PG-13 02 hours 09 minutes

Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to ...

Japanese
November 12, 2016
The Libertine R

The Libertine

March 10, 2006

The Libertine

R 01 hours 54 minutes

In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, ...

English
March 10, 2006
Delusions of Grandeur PG

Delusions of Grandeur

December 13, 1971

Delusions of Grandeur

PG 01 hours 25 minutes

Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, ...

French, German, Spanish
December 13, 1971
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Not Rated

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Not Rated 03 hours 06 minutes

The life inside a farm in Italy at the end of the 19th century. Many poor ...

Italian
June 1, 1979
Once Upon a Time in London N/A

Once Upon a Time in London

N/A 01 hours 51 minutes

Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and ...

English
April 19, 2019
Before, Now & Then N/A

Before, Now & Then

July 31, 2022

Before, Now & Then

N/A 01 hours 43 minutes

Raden Nana Suhani, a Sundanese woman in the 1960s, lost a father and son to the ...

Indonesian
July 31, 2022
Wife of a Spy N/A

Wife of a Spy

September 17, 2021

Wife of a Spy

N/A 01 hours 55 minutes

It is 1940 and much of the world, including Japan, is in the grips of World ...

Japanese, English
September 17, 2021
A Taxi Driver Not Rated

A Taxi Driver

August 11, 2017

A Taxi Driver

Not Rated 02 hours 17 minutes

May 1980. A Seoul taxi driver named Man-seob (SONG Kang-ho) comes across an offer too good ...

Korean, English, Japanese, German
August 11, 2017
That Hamilton Woman Approved

That Hamilton Woman

April 30, 1941

That Hamilton Woman

Approved 02 hours 05 minutes

Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. ...

English, French, Italian
April 30, 1941
Olga N/A

Olga

August 20, 2004

Olga

N/A 02 hours 21 minutes

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís ...

Portuguese, German
August 20, 2004
Salome Approved

Salome

April 16, 1953

Salome

Approved 01 hours 43 minutes

In the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Gallilean prophet John the Baptist (Alan Badel) ...

English
April 16, 1953
Across the Universe PG-13

Across the Universe

October 12, 2007

Across the Universe

PG-13 02 hours 13 minutes

Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years ...

English
October 12, 2007
Monsoon Not Rated

Monsoon

November 13, 2020

Monsoon

Not Rated 01 hours 25 minutes

Kit's family fled Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam when he was 6 years old to ...

English, Vietnamese, French
November 13, 2020
Return of the Hero PG

Return of the Hero

February 14, 2018

Return of the Hero

PG 01 hours 30 minutes

1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister ...

French
February 14, 2018
Andrei Rublev R

Andrei Rublev

October 1, 1973

Andrei Rublev

R 03 hours 09 minutes

Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th ...

Russian, Italian, Tatar
October 1, 1973
Fort McCoy R

Fort McCoy

August 15, 2014

Fort McCoy

R 01 hours 40 minutes

Frank Stirn (Eric Stoltz) moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army ...

English
August 15, 2014
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel Approved

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Approved 01 hours 28 minutes

Sir Percy Blakeney(in the guise of the masked Scarlet Pimpernel), an Englishman who with the aid ...

English
April 10, 1938