History Movies

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

Based on true story.

This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes o...

Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.

The action takes place at the beginning of the 16th century. The rich Belarusian lands that are part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, located at the i...

When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government con...

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish...

A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive),who combined strikingly fut...

The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.

An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.

A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the Euro...

The story of war veteran Sviatoslav Yavir. He follows the secret train that transports to the Siberia Ukrainian women, including his wife and daughter...

Follows the trajectory of George Washington as a boy and a young man as he develops his relationships and ideals.

The film is based on the life of Razia Sultan (1205–1240),the only female Sultan of Delhi (1236–1240) and her speculated love affair with the Abyssin...

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection...

Biographical film about Saint Rita da Cascia, who lived in Umbria in the 14th century.

Boudica is an innocent sixteen-year-old girl who is forced into an arranged marriage by her father, the leader of a Celtic Tribe. However, her mother...

Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of empress Maria Theresia of Austria garnished with espi...