Genre: History
Year: Before 2010
230 content found
The Cove 2009

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones

8.4 IMDB Rating 6,428 Views
The Alamo 1960

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History, War, Western

Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey

6.8 IMDB Rating 116 Views
Viva Zapata! 1952

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Western

Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn

7.3 IMDB Rating 92 Views
Mayday 2003–

Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox

8.8 IMDB Rating 751 Views
Quiz Show 1994

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,640 Views
Cleopatra 1963

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

7.0 IMDB Rating 4,403 Views
Burke and Hare 2010

A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

Category: Comedy, Crime, History, Thriller

Stars: Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley

6.1 IMDB Rating 271 Views
Elizabeth 1998

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson

7.4 IMDB Rating 269 Views
Patton 360 2009–

Noteworthy World War II battles of US General George S. Patton are examined.

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: David Robb, E.J. Snyder, Bryan Stefancyk

7.2 IMDB Rating 455 Views
13 Hours That Saved Britain 2010

This film explores the events of September 15th, 1940 - the day Churchill described as the 'crux of the battle.' On a day now celebrated as Battle of Britain Day, Adolph Hitler's Nazi war planes fought the British Royal Air Force....

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: Tony Benn, Raymond Binks, Joan Bouverie-Brine

6.2 IMDB Rating 241 Views
Hitlers Family in the Shadow of the Dictator 2005

This film provides history about members of Adolf Hitler's family of origin and surviving members of his family up to the date of it's release. It highlights suspected reasoning for Hitler's attempts at eradicating any and all traces of his family's existence from public record during his time in power.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Florian M. Beierl, Adolf Hitler, Alois Hitler

6.8 IMDB Rating 276 Views
Shattered Glass 2003

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn

7.1 IMDB Rating 287 Views
Bloody Omaha 2008

More than 60 years on, researchers are still arguing about exactly why Omaha Beach was the hardest fought of all the landing points of D-Day. Presenter Richard Hammond and Dr Simon Trew of ...

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Richard Hammond, Joseph Balkoski, Jack Burke, James Eikner

7.7 IMDB Rating 281 Views
Hitler’s Fixer 2001

Martin Bormann, the man who, at the end, controlled all access to Hitler, was regarded by his Fuhrer as his most loyal comrade and was named as the executor of Hitler's will.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Michael Kitchen

7.2 IMDB Rating 328 Views
Hitler: A Career 1977

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann

7.5 IMDB Rating 315 Views
Dambusters 2003

Category: History

Stars: Matthew Butler-Hart, Patric Deony, Sam Peter Jackson

8.1 IMDB Rating 385 Views
Wilhelm Gustloff: World’s Deadliest Sea Disaster 2003

The sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst maritime disaster in history. Sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1945, the death toll on the Wilhelm Gustloff was equivalent to nearly six Titanics.

Category: Documentary, History, Mystery

Stars: Ed Galea, Eva Dorn, Robert Hering, Heinz Schön

7.4 IMDB Rating 269 Views
Through Hell for Hitler 2003

A tale of a Veteran German Tank driver from the Second world war. He tells his story in flashbacks from his home in Britain as an old man...

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Ben Silverstone

8.5 IMDB Rating 300 Views
Shogun 1980

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History, TV Mini, War

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada

8.1 IMDB Rating 4,191 Views
“Timewatch” Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler 2005

Psychological analysis of the biggest madman of the 20th century.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Michael Praed, Adolf Hitler, Jerrold Post

6.8 IMDB Rating 267 Views