Popular History Movies - Page 224
Death of a Soldier
1986
Death of a Soldier
1986
star 3.2Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2018
star 6.2In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.Fall of Ming
2013
Crimson Dynasty
1935
Crimson Dynasty
1935
star 6.3Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.The Grey Fox
1982
The Grey Fox
1982
star 6.9Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.The Situation
2007
The Situation
2007
star 5.8The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi mayor Sheikh Tahsin (Saïd Amadis), who has a complex relationship with the Americans.Gesto
2022
Gesto
2022
The history of the citizens' movement that for thirty years worked hard to overcome fear, fight hatred and eradicate the violence exercised by the savage terrorist gang ETA, both in the Basque Country and in the rest of Spain.De Gaulle bâtisseur
2020
The Real Anthony Fauci
2022
Different experts make a stand against today's putatively criminal and harmful health system, focusing on Anthony Fauci and his role in the shaping of the AIDS and COVID-19 epidemics.Silence
1971
Silence
1971
star 7.2Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.Canta Maria
2006
Canta Maria
2006
star 6After her parents were killed by a troupe of soldiers in search of Lampião, an outlaw living in Northeastern Brazil, Maria marries Filipe, a horse whisperer. But his nephew Coriolano soon develops an attraction for Maria, while a jealous Filipe decides to break his marriage and sends Maria away.Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
star 6.3A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.The Incredible Monk
2018
The Incredible Monk
2018
star 1The movie takes Ji Gong on another adventure as he fights demons to save the people. It was a time of peace as word of Ji Gong's limitless powers has spread throughout the land and no demon, ghost nor evilbeing dares to wreak havoc except for the water demon that occasionally causes trouble by way of flooding the river. One day, the water demon gathers other forces to create a tsunami that threatens that threatens to engulf everything on its way. Ji Gong steps up to save the day, but realizes that a bigger conspiracy is in the works.Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
1952
star 7.5The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination.Thunder in the Sun
1959
Thunder in the Sun
1959
star 5.6A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries. When the group's leader dies, his widow Gabrielle marries his brother in accordance with Basque tradition. But it's a loveless union; Gabrielle is smitten with Lon Bennett, the scout who's been hired to guide them on their journey.Ape to Man
2005
Ape to Man
2005
star 7Scientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain where mankind came from. But over the last century and a half, it has been the idea of what a missing link is that has evolved. The history of this scientific quest - peopled with fanatics, frauds, amateurs, professionals, the lucky, the unlucky, the unfairly neglected and the undeservedly praised - is the subject of this documentary. Reenactments depict scientists making their discoveries and then stretch back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years to depict the typical lives of our human and human-like ancestors. Interviews with leading scientists fill in the details.Moses the Lawgiver
1976
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
star 6.1The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. This is the edited-down version for theatrical release.Alidha Ávila's Sucre
1995
Alidha Ávila's Sucre
1995
star 9TV Movie based on the life of Antonio José de Sucre, the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
