Popular History Movies - Page 146
Casey Stengel
1981
Casey Stengel
1981
star 7Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.The Good Earth
1937
The Good Earth
1937
star 6.4China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
star 6.5It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.Showbiz Kids
2020
Showbiz Kids
2020
star 6.8A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.Myna Mazaylo
1991
Myna Mazaylo
1991
The action takes place during the time of Ukrainization, at the end of the 1920s. Kharkiv employee Myna Mazaylo decides to change his ukrainian surname to the russian Mazenin, as he considers it more solid.Ballyseedy
1997
Ballyseedy
1997
Dramatised retelling of the Ballyseedy massacre of 1923, during the Irish Civil War, when nine IRA prisoners died after they were bound together and forced to walk into a mine field.A Man of Action
2022
A Man of Action
2022
star 6.4Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler's checks to invest in causes he believed in.The Trojan Horse
1961
The Trojan Horse
1961
star 5.6Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 survivors to Italy and founds the city of Rome.The Pearls of the Crown
1937
star 6.5The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.The First Grader
2010
The First Grader
2010
star 7.2The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.I'm Coming Back
1982
I'm Coming Back
1982
star 9The film is about a young Georgian poet Mirza Gelovani, who died in WWII. It also tells the story of Mirza Gelovani’s contemporaries who sacrificed their youth to their homelandNovember Night
1978
November Night
1978
Television play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaphorical. The first one is almost a chronicle of several hours of the uprising - it shows the drama of the attitudes of Poles at the beginning of the armed struggle, in confrontation with the attitude of Grand Duke Constantine, the Tsar's deputy in Poland. The second one presents the world of gods playing out their arguments. Man becomes a plaything in their hands, but it is he who experiences his fear, heroism and hope.Nazar Stodolya
1955
Nazar Stodolya
1955
star 7The beautiful Galya and the brave Cossack Nazar Stodolya fell passionately in love. But Gali's father, centurion Khoma Kichaty, wants to marry his daughter to an old but rich colonel. Next events are in movie.Tears of the Sexten Dolomites
2014
star 4.6In 1915, the First World War is in full swing and young men are called to military service in rows - including Franz and Peter. Both are sent to the Dolomite front, in order to fend off a threatened Italian attack. Comradeship and loyalty are needed in the fight, but Franz and Peter are ever enemies. Since Peter's romance with Anna, the competition between the two flares up more. But the circumstances of the war and the harsh weather in the mountains soon end those hostilities.Xiānghé
2025
Xiānghé
2025
A 15 part film featuring scenes from Xianghe, running from the mundane to the surreal: people parade in opera costumes, slaughter pigs in public and dine on the fields; they bury the dead and get married, tickling the bride and groom, everything done without speech. Sitting somewhere between intimate personal reels and detached ethnographic records, the work creates a simultaneous sense of immersion and distance – of the type you might associate with end-of-life flashbacks. Yang gives nostalgia a fantastic, mystical bent, as if to suggest that to revel in memory is a creative act.In the Shadow of the Moon
2007
star 7.5Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.Savage Journey
1983
Savage Journey
1983
star 5.8They forged a new land in the untamed wilderness - with their heart, their hands, and their faith in god.Onmyoji
2001
Onmyoji
2001
star 6.4During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei, a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Dōson, in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.Oasis Bandung Live Forever
2025
Oasis Bandung Live Forever tells the story of the struggle of the Oasis Bandung Community to maintain its identity and unity since its inception, overcoming internal conflicts, a lack of activities, and the impact of the pandemic. However, thanks to the solidarity of its members and small gigs that kept the spirit alive, they rose again with a new concept that expanded the community's influence. Despite another organizational crisis, sponsor support and the principle of “from the community, to the community” became the foundation that kept Oasis Bandung alive and beloved.Albert & Hermann Goering
2016
star 8Two brothers who could not have been more different. The eldest, Hermann Göring (1893-1946), was a prominent member of the Nazi regime, head of the German Air Force, and a war criminal. The youngest, Albert Göring (1895-1966), opposed tyranny and was persecuted, but today he is still unjustly forgotten, although he saved many lives while his brother and his accomplices ravaged Europe.
