Popular History Movies - Page 156
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
star 7SACCO AND VANZETTI is an 80-minute-long documentary that tells the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. It is the first major documentary film about this landmark story.Förintade toner
2026
Förintade toner
2026
Muganga
2025
Muganga
2025
star 7.4Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor, pastor and future Nobel Peace Prize laureate, meets Guy Cadière, a Belgian surgeon and atheist. Despite their differences, they unite for a common purpose: to restore the bodies and dignity of thousands of women who have been used as weapons of war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
2005
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
2005
Based on the life of Indian social reformer, jurist, academic-politician, B. R. Ambedkar. The film covers the period from his birth right up to his death.The Mysteries of Paris
1962
star 6.6The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021
star 6.9Students, including Aoi Nishino, take part in class and sports activity at a prestigious high school. Aoi Nishino is a member of the school's archery club. He practices archery studiously and doesn't socialize much with the other students. His childhood friend Haruka Seno is also a member of the archery club, but she worries about Aoi Nishino. One day, thunder strikes the school grounds. After that, the ordinary lives of the students changes drastically. Many samurai descend on the school grounds. It appears that the entire school has traveled back in time to the Sengoku period. Making things worse, they realize that they are in the time right before the Battle of Okehazama takes place.The Stockholm Syndrome
2003
star 5.4This is the true story of the failed bank robbery-cum-hostage taking in a bank at the square Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in September 1973. The Stockholm Syndrome is named after this incident.Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
2010
star 7.8In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.Emperor's Steps
1991
Emperor's Steps
1991
Kingmaker
2022
Kingmaker
2022
star 7.1Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.The Radicals
1989
The Radicals
1989
star 7The story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.The Book of Fish
2021
The Book of Fish
2021
star 7.8When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.Atçalı Kel Mehmet
2017
Atçalı Kel Mehmet
2017
The Future Awaits
2025
The Future Awaits
2025
star 7.5In July 1942, during the Vel’ d’Hiv’ Roundup of Jewish families in Paris, 13 year old Tauba Birenbaum and her parents, who are Polish Jews, find refuge in a tiny room for the next 765 days. Living conditions are tough and they fear being discovered at any moment. But while her parents sink further into despair, Tauba’s fighting spirit shines through. She finds joy in every little thing, from a piano drawn on the floor, to the views of Paris through an open window. Despite extreme circumstances, she will keep hope until the liberation of Paris, and take back control of her life.The Smuggler and Her Charges
2016
star 7.3A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from Nazi-occupied France in 1942 thanks to the efforts of a female smuggler with mysterious motivations.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.The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
star 6.3An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.Empire
2023
Empire
2023
star 6.7As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.Osamede
2025
Osamede
2025
star 6In the Benin Empire of 1897, an orphan girl discovers she holds the power of the sacred Aruosa stone. As the Oba faces British conquest and betrayal from within, she must embrace her destiny to save the kingdom.Mandrin
1924
