History movies

Agora

2009 | Adventure | Drama | History | Malta | Romance | Spain

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 | Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Japan | USA | War

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days ...

The Countess

2009 | Drama | France | Germany | History | Thriller

A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Bananas!*

2009 | Crime | Documentary | Drama | History | Sweden

Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility.

The Four Musketeers

1974 | Action | Adventure | History | Panama | Romance | Spain

D'Artagnan has become a Musketeer. Protestants hold La Rochelle, and the Queen loves Buckingham, who'll soon send ships to support the rebels. Richelieu enlists Rochefort to kidnap Constance, the Queen's go-between and D'Artagnan's love. The Cardinal uses the wily, amoral Milady de Winter to distract D'Artagnan. But soon, she is ...

Victory Through Air Power

1943 | Animation | Documentary | History | USA | War

This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film selling Major Alexander de Seversky's theories about the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film switches to the Major ...

Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup

2009 | Documentary | History | USA | War

With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an era of transparency, opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. Dramatically narrated by Daniel Sunjata of FX s Rescue Me, and ...

Copying Beethoven

2006 | Drama | Germany | History | Hungary | Music | Romance | USA

Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra ...

Hunger

2008 | Drama | History | Ireland | UK

Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the ...

Katyn

2007 | Drama | History | Poland | War

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.

Max Manus

2008 | Action | Biography | Denmark | Drama | Germany | History | Norway | War

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Miracle

2004 | Drama | Family | History | Sport | USA

The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a ...