History Movies
4KAngelique and the Sultan

Angelique and the Sultan

Angelique and the Sultan
4K
IMDb: 6.5
105

This film finds Angélique in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan’s harem. The first part of the film consist of her angrily refusing…

4KThe Snake Pit and the Pendulum

The Snake Pit and the Pendulum

The Snake Pit and the Pendulum
4K
IMDb: 6.0
85

In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the…

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4KWar and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
4K
IMDb: 8.3
84

In 1812, Napoleon’s Army invades Russia. Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch…

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4KTobruk

Tobruk

Tobruk
4K
IMDb: 6.4
107

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KA Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons
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IMDb: 7.8
120

A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KWar and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
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IMDb: 8.1
100

In the end of 1809, Natasha attends her first ball. Andrei falls in love with her and intends to marry her, but her father demands they wait. The prince travels…

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4KWar and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
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IMDb: 8.2
100

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant,…

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4KThe Round-Up

The Round-Up

The Round-Up
4K
IMDb: 7.6
90

After the failure of the Kossuth’s revolution of 1848, people suspected of supporting the revolution are sent to prison camps. Years later, partisans led by outlaw Sándor Rózsa still run…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KThe Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy
4K
IMDb: 7.2
138

Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KVon Ryan’s Express

Von Ryan’s Express

Von Ryan’s Express
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IMDb: 7.1
117

Von Ryan’s Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over…

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4KGenghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan
4K
IMDb: 5.9
127

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and…

Genre: History
4KThe 317th Platoon

The 317th Platoon

The 317th Platoon
4K
IMDb: 7.5
100

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KThe Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told
4K
IMDb: 6.6
199

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ’s life…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KDoctor Who: The Romans

Doctor Who: The Romans

Doctor Who: The Romans
4K
IMDb: N/A
100

Landing in Rome, A.D. 64 the travellers take a rare holiday. While Ian and Barbara are happy to relax, the Doctor and Vicki set off to pursue adventure. However, adventure…

4KSamurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin
4K
IMDb: 7.5
122

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in…

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4KThe Jester’s Tale

The Jester’s Tale

The Jester’s Tale
4K
IMDb: 7.2
82

An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years’ War. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.

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4KThe Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
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IMDb: 6.7
188

Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome’s collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KThe Great Escape

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
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IMDb: 8.2
173

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security ‘escape-proof’ camp to sit out…

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4KThe Mid-Nightmare

The Mid-Nightmare

The Mid-Nightmare
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IMDb: N/A
N/A

Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an embittered and horribly disfigured ex-performer ‘haunts’, looking…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KThe Man of Gold

The Man of Gold

The Man of Gold
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IMDb: 6.9
107

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4KLawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
4K
IMDb: 8.3
217

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence’s mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic…

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4KThe 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans
4K
IMDb: 6.6
114

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian…

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4KThe Magnificent Concubine

The Magnificent Concubine

The Magnificent Concubine
4K
IMDb: 6.7
103

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KThe Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc
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IMDb: 7.5
65

A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial, concerning Joan’s imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KHitler

Hitler

Hitler
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IMDb: 5.7
107

The private life of Hitler revealed for the first time!

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Genre: History, War
4KThe Country Left Behind

The Country Left Behind

The Country Left Behind
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IMDb: N/A
125

Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KThe Avenger

The Avenger

The Avenger
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IMDb: 5.3
105

Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.

4KResearch Project X-15

Research Project X-15

Research Project X-15
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IMDb: N/A
27

The X-15 was the last in a line of manned rocket-powered research airplanes built during the 1950s to explore ever-faster and higher flight regimes. Nineteen years before Space Shuttle, the…

4KJudgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg
4K
IMDb: 8.2
186

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence…

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Genre: Drama, History
4KThe Littlest Warrior

The Littlest Warrior

The Littlest Warrior
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IMDb: 6.4
83

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold…

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4KThe Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes
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IMDb: 5.9
127

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician…

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4KBrutality in Stone

Brutality in Stone

Brutality in Stone
4K
IMDb: 7.0
12

In his experimental short film “Brutalität in Stein” (Brutality in Stone), Alexander Kluge demonstrates how Nazi architecture used dimensions of inhuman and super-human scale to bolster the regime’s politics of…

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4KThe Forgotten Faces

The Forgotten Faces

The Forgotten Faces
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IMDb: 6.8
18

“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as “one…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
4KSultan Mahmood Mangkat Di-Julang

Sultan Mahmood Mangkat Di-Julang

Sultan Mahmood Mangkat Di-Julang
4K
IMDb: N/A
119

Based on the royal and political events during the heyday of the Malacca Sultanate. A member of the Sultanate, Megat Datuk Seri Rama, successfully defeats a group of pirates, and…

Genre: Drama, History
4KInherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind
4K
IMDb: 8.1
128

This gripping adaptation of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play examines an issue that still causes great controversy—the role religion should play in the schools.

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Genre: Drama, History
4KThe Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
4K
IMDb: 7.1
130

The flamboyant Victorian wit (Peter Finch) sues the Marquess of Queensberry for a sodomy slur, but it boomerangs.

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Genre: Drama, History
4KBen-Hur

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
4K
IMDb: 8.1
212

Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus…

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4KThe Stranglers of Bombay

The Stranglers of Bombay

The Stranglers of Bombay
4K
IMDb: 6.4
80

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments…

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4KLegions of the Nile

Legions of the Nile

Legions of the Nile
4K
IMDb: 5.6
100

Octavio secretly sent his consul Curridio to Alexandria in a final attempt to reach peace. In the city, he meets Berenice, a mysterious and beautiful dancer who falls in love….

4KThe Bridge

The Bridge

The Bridge
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IMDb: 7.8
103

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht…

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Genre: Drama, History, War