Popular History Movies - Page 152
The Magic of Méliès
1997
The Magic of Méliès
1997
star 7.3A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.Chalino
2019
Chalino
2019
An immigrant in Los Angeles becomes an international star known as the King of Narco Corrido; this is a day in his life. Inspired by the life, music, and murder of Chalino Sánchez.Onrust
2023
Onrust
2023
star 2On a trip to the island of Onrust, Bramanto Putra discovered an ancient diary while idly looking for historical objects. It belonged to the lover of Maria Van De Velde, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bram and another archeology student named Susan decide to do some research on the owner of the diary, leading to fatal consequences as they accidentally unleash a dark spell upon the island.The Road to 1984
1984
The Road to 1984
1984
star 71984 was not a leap into the future-but a look at the dangers already present-in Orwell's lifetime. The Road to 1984 intertwines vision and reality. It displays the passion and chronicles the career of Orwell--who warned us of what could happen if we stayed on that road--his road to 1948 and ours to 1984.Either a Man or a Woman
1989
star 8This story is about the interweaving of times and human destinies. The temporary segment that covers the film is two hundred years: the action has been developing in the present in the present and during the Patriotic War of 1812.Breakthrough
1979
Breakthrough
1979
star 5.9Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.Constantine and the Cross
1961
star 5.3Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.This Is Sodom
2010
This Is Sodom
2010
star 6.8When ancient Sodom is doomed to destruction due to its people's corrupt ways, Lot is the only righteous man destined to be spared.Slavkovský advent
2017
Slavkovský advent
2017
1942: Unknown Battle
2019
1942: Unknown Battle
2019
star 7.7WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. Stuck in a crucial strategical position, a small company from the Red Army does whatever it takes to fend off the Nazis.Holy
2023
Holy
2023
star 7Holy, by renowned directors Guy Reid and Simon Rieber, is the life of a young man who choose to live a holy life by lying to achieve his goals but his efforts failed miserably after meeting a girl who made him forget what he intended.Bloodspawn
2024
Bloodspawn
2024
A frontier-era gang of misfits band together to battle an ancient and evil bloodthirsty hellbeast of Native folklore in this retro homage to classic 80's creature features.Alcatraz Is Not an Island
2001
star 8In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, they claimed "Indian land" for the first time since the 1880s. This documentary tells the story of that occupation which lasted 19 months, interweaving archival footage and contemporary commentary to examine how this historic event altered US government Indian policy and programs, and how it forever changed the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights. c2002.Cement
1927
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
star 6.8Edmond Dantès, who was active in the resistance against the Nazis, is accused for being a Nazi collaborator and is imprisoned in the fortress of Sisteron.Love and Sex under Nazi Occupation
2011
star 6.8Love & Sex under Nazi Occupation questions the burning mystery of intimate heterosexual and homosexual relations in times of war... and shows how being close to death reinforces the yearning for passion, for pleasure, for transgression, for desire as a last burst of freedom, as an ultimate call to life. Nearly two hundred thousands children are thought to be born of the union of French women with German soldiers. Women weren't the Germans' only conquests; indeed, occupied Paris swarms with all kinds of homosexuals—from Genet to Cocteau—who treated with the occupier. The fate of those women who were shaved at the end of the war for fraternizing with Germans is the punishment of a France that lied down and slept with the enemy.Beyond Utopia
2023
Beyond Utopia
2023
star 7.8A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.House of Ga'a
2024
House of Ga'a
2024
star 5.6At the height of the Oyo Empire, the ferocious Bashorun Ga'a became more powerful than the kings he enthroned, only to be undone by his own blood.Emmanuelle: Queen of French Erotic Cinema
2021
star 6.6France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual epic that marked a turning point in the struggle for sexual emancipation.The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
star 6.7In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
