Genre: History
1041 content found
Jamestown

1619, Virginia: on what feels like the edge of the world sits the first British colony of Jamestown. For 12 years, it has been populated only by men, but the settlement is shaken up when the first women, including Alice, Verity and Jocelyn, land in this breathtaking wilderness. The new arrivals make an immediate impact and are thrust into a new world of love, desire, power and survival. While love triangles, bitter rivalries and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents, ultimately they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.

Category: Drama, History

6.7 IMDB Rating 35,400 Views
Dirty Lines 2022–

In 1980s Amsterdam, a family starts the first-ever phone sex line but being in the business of sexual desires leads them to question their own.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Charlie Chan Dagelet, Abbey Hoes, Benja Bruijning

2,723 Views
Utvandrarna 2021

Based on the book by Vilhelm Moberg (published in 1949) depicting a few people emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1840 - early 1850.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Stig Henrik Hoff

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,464 Views
Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster 2020

The remarkable story of the Mount St. Helen's volcanic eruption of 1980 told by first hand witnesses who survived and using rare remastered archive material.

Category: Documentary, History

7.7 IMDB Rating 1,587 Views
Dark Angel 2016

A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Isla McMonigle

6.7 IMDB Rating 8,489 Views
Women Of The Movement 2021–

An anthology series that chronicles the civil rights movement as told by the women behind it.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Adrienne Warren, Cedric Joe, Timothy Hutton

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,486 Views
The Longest Day 1962

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton

7.8 IMDB Rating 5,234 Views
Truth 2015

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,409 Views
Cold Mountain 2003

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,482 Views
Benedetta 2021

A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia

6.7 IMDB Rating 2,103 Views
Anita 2021

Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Louise Wong, Louis Koo, Fish Liew

7.1 IMDB Rating 2,495 Views
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From the iconic furry characters to the songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed our world.

Category: Documentary, Family, History

Stars: Frank Biondo, Linda Bove, Fran Brill

8.1 IMDB Rating 1,094 Views
Against The Ice 2022

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Þorsteinn Bachmann

7.7 IMDB Rating 2,781 Views
Rise of the Clans 2018

Scotland's ancient clans are renowned as some of the most legendary warriors in history - fierce tribes forged by the country's wild mountains and glens. This is their thrilling story of heroism and villainy, featuring Scotland's mos

Category: History, War

Stars: Neil Oliver, Darren Mitchell, Hannah Young

7.8 IMDB Rating 2,368 Views
The Eyes of Tammy Faye 2021

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones

7.0 IMDB Rating 2,632 Views
Evil Genius 2017–

For centuries, brilliant minds have changed and shaped the world. But when genius is used for evil, the results are some of the most twisted, inventive, and outrageous crimes in history.

Category: History

Stars: Judy Ho, Tim Friedlander, Jon Douglas Rainey

7.7 IMDB Rating 4,543 Views
Letchik 2021

December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Daniel Brach, Maksim Emelyanov, Pyotr Fyodorov

6.5 IMDB Rating 2,470 Views
The Match 2020

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what h

Category: Drama, History, Sport

Stars: Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson, Armand Assante

6.0 IMDB Rating 1,873 Views
Rzhev 2019

In the winter of 1942/1943, a series of not-so-well known, yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of 'Rzhev Meat Grinder'. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondra

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov

6.0 IMDB Rating 2,000 Views
The Mission 1986

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally

7.4 IMDB Rating 1,749 Views