Popular History Movies - Page 117
Heneral Luna
2015
Heneral Luna
2015
star 7.8A Filipino general who believes he can turn the tide of battle in the Philippine-American war. But little does he know that he faces a greatest threat to the country's revolution against the invading Americans.The Treasure : Love & Destiny
2019
star 6.7A sequel to The Treasure (Part 1) - Reality & Fantasy (2017) The movie resumes with the stories of Hatsheput in the Pharaonic era, Ali al-Zaibaq during the Ottoman era and Beshr al-Katatini, head of State Security Investigations Service, who faces new challenges in work and love, whilst pointing his son, Hassan, towards a treasure through his recorded will.The Empress Dowager
1989
The Empress Dowager
1989
star 6.9Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ruler of China for nearly 50 years.The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
star 5Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.Titanic
1943
Titanic
1943
star 6.1In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.Li Na: My Life
2018
Creation
2009
Creation
2009
star 6.4A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.O Caçador de Esmeraldas
1979
star 8The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".Maria's Day
1984
Maria's Day
1984
star 3.8In 1866, the Szendrey family gathers for the name-day of Júlia’s sister, Mária, but the event dissolves into bitter grievances and the physical decline of the household. As the dying widow of the poet Sándor Petőfi, Júlia struggles with a failed second marriage while Mária grapples with jealousy over her own husband’s love for Júlia. The family’s fragile unity finally shatters under the suffocating weight of Sándor’s heroic legacy and the pervasive shadow of illnesses.Reel Love
2024
Reel Love
2024
A bickering couple's cinema date takes a surreal turn as their argument is echoed on the silver screen.The Damned
2024
The Damned
2024
star 5.8Winter 1862. In the midst of the Civil War, the US Army sends a company of volunteer soldiers to the western territories, with the task of patrolling the unchartered borderlands. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.Trümmermädchen - Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann
2021
star 5.5Germany, 1946. Hunger, rubble, returning soldiers. Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved returnee does not want her or his child. In order to win him over and escape the impending shame, she enrolls in the "missing course" of actress Gloria Deven, who was an up-and-coming film star under Fascism and is now banned from working. But Gloria, with her merciless lessons, is not interested in reviving the coquetry of girls that became superfluous in the war. Instead, she awakens in Lotte a longing for something too long denied her: Freedom.The Cardinal
1963
The Cardinal
1963
star 6.6A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.The Great Alaskan Race
2019
star 5.8In 1925, a group of brave mushers travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.Intimate Enemies
2007
Intimate Enemies
2007
star 6.4A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.Acharya
2011
Acharya
2011
star 8The inspiring, yet tragic life story of legendary Nepali singer Bhakta Raj Acharya.Saarangadhara
1957
Saarangadhara
1957
star 7In a fit of rage, King Narendra orders his men to chop off his son Sarangadhara's limbs in a forest. However, Meghananda comes to the rescue of an injured prince and asks him to pray to Lord Shiva.Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2012
star 6.1Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating the Old Testament’s biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Samson and Deliah and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatisations of these erotic stories for his court.
