Popular History Movies - Page 194
The Lennon Report
2016
The Lennon Report
2016
star 6.1The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to save a life, some without even knowing it was John Lennon himself. Based on a true story.Churchill's Secret
2016
Churchill's Secret
2016
star 6.3British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.Man of Iron
1981
Man of Iron
1981
star 7In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.Pray
2019
Empress Wu Zetian
1939
Empress Wu Zetian
1939
star 6.3Historical film based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese historyEddan
2019
Eddan
2019
Västanå Teater presents a exciting, poetic and peculiar version of the Poetic Edda. Recorded at Riksteatern during the spring of 2020.Sad Hill
2025
Sad Hill
2025
Anne Frank's Diary
1995
Anne Frank's Diary
1995
star 6.6During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.Hans Staden
1999
Hans Staden
1999
star 6.6On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.Big Short Life
1981
Big Short Life
1981
Follows the life of Yuldash Akhunbabayev, one of the first leaders of Uzbekistan. The painting covers the period from the late 1930s to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.Leni
1994
Leni
1994
star 8.5A historical drama about a Jewish child who is adopted by a German couple and is eventually removed from the home.Old Man
1997
Old Man
1997
star 6.4A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives them farther from their destination and they soon must decide to go off on their own or find their way home.Eros + Massacre
1969
Eros + Massacre
1969
star 7.2Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.Sonho Sem Fim
1986
Sonho Sem Fim
1986
star 7The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930 Revolution. To promote his films, Abelim would even perform car stunts, give classes on the occult and offer guidance on mystical matters.The Power Over The World
2001
Two brothers who grew up in the countryside and fell in love with the same brothers and sisters, Yun and Tian, decided to make the biggest choice in their lives and go to the big city to break through the world together. With the efforts of the two, he became a famous figure in black and white by chance, and when he reached the highest peak, it was also the most dangerous time.Tales of the Blood Moon
2024
Under the cursed glow of the blood moon, a forgotten warrior rises to challenge the empire of shadows. With only ancient martial techniques and a prophecy to guide him, he must restore balance before the darkness consumes all.Nazi Titanic
2012
Nazi Titanic
2012
star 6.7During a bizarre chapter of WWII, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels decided to make a movie based on the sinking of the Titanic. This epic film was so large in scale that the Nazis were forced to divert men, material and ships from the war effort in order to complete it. Titanic was filmed aboard cruise ship SS Cap Arcona in the Baltic Sea. The movie’s director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo over comments he made about the ship’s crew and he was questioned by Goebbels. Selpin was found dead the next day in his cell. The Gestapo’s verdict was suicide. Titanic never received the impressive premiere that Goebbels intended, being first shown in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943. We reveal this little known but fascinating story by looking at the making of the film, as well as the fate of the German ship Cap Arcona.One Man's Hero
1999
One Man's Hero
1999
star 5.4One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ethnic prejudice in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War. The plot centers around the personal story of John Riley, an Irishman who had been a sergeant in the American Army who is commissioned as a captain in the Mexican army and commands the battalion, as he leads his men in battle and struggles with authorities on both sides of the borderOnce Upon a Time in Shanghai
1998
star 6.5The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown, Shanghai. Huirong and Zhaobai are engaged, and although three of them are close friends, problems arise when they find out that their opinions clash on the matter of what the objective for building a new China should be and what direction it should take.
