Popular History Movies - Page 236
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.一号档案守护者
2011
一号档案守护者
2011
Cards on the Table: The Last Warning
1986
Luan continues to serve as the governor of Kien Hoa province and receives classified information sent by Y5, an agent installed by Kien Hoa Security in the Communist Party of Vietnam. He tries to identify Y5. The coup in 1960 ends with victory for the Republic's government, but unrest soon proves this result impermanent.Bigger
2018
Bigger
2018
star 6.9The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.A Delayed-Action Explosion
1971
star 7The plot is based on the creation of an illegal Marxist printing house in Chisinau in 1901, which reprinted the newspaper Iskra and other underground literature.Malbatt: Misi Bakara
2023
Malbatt: Misi Bakara
2023
star 7In 1993, 19 soldiers from the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment (RAMD), the most senior regiment within the Malaysian army, are sent on a dangerous mission to save 70 US Rangers trapped in the Bakara Market in Somalia during the civil war.Scossa
2012
Scossa
2012
100 years ago, a terrible earthquake, followed by an equally terrible tidal wave, devastated and largely destroyed Messina and Reggio Calabria.Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
star 6.7In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.303 Squadron
2018
303 Squadron
2018
star 5.9After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.Razzennest
2022
Razzennest
2022
star 5.7South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they record an audio commentary track for his new elegiac feature documentary Razzennest. But the session goes down a different path... cazzart! The ultimate elevation of arthouse horror, just not as you might expect.Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
1972
Les Suppliques
2022
Les Suppliques
2022
star 7.8Since the defeat, the Nazis, who were the masters of the occupied zone, and the French State, which had been ruling the so-called free zone since Vichy, ordered the Jews to take a census. From the spring of 1941, whether they had been French for several generations or naturalized for a few years, foreigners who had taken refuge in France or stateless people who had been driven out of their country, they were put on file, arrested or threatened at any time. Some wrote to the administration, or directly to Marshal Pétain, who seemed to them to be the last resort. These requests are called Suppliques. Men, women, sometimes children, tried as best they could, by all means, to loosen the trap. They address themselves to their executioners, but they do not know it.The War of Pelados
1970
The War of Pelados
1970
star 5.8In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.Belle van Zuylen - Madame de Charrière
1993
star 9A biography of Isabelle de Charrière and her friendship with Benjamin Constant.Draft Paper
2025
Draft Paper
2025
An unfulfilled fashion designer faces the moral implications of creating his art when given an intriguing new opportunity during World War II.The Happy Valley
1987
The Happy Valley
1987
star 6.1In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley.Samson
2017
Samson
2017
star 10He defeated an entire army and slayed a lion with his bare hands. But there's a secret behind Samson's superpower. Chosen by God from birth, he's been given superhuman strength - as long as he follows the rules. And that's where the trouble begins. Samson soon falls prey to temptation, losing his strength and sight. And it's here where he will face his greatest challenge. Journey with this unlikely hero as he battle the Philistines - and his own personal calling. Filmed in front of a live audience at Sight & Sound Theatres in Lancaster, PA.O Jerusalem
2006
O Jerusalem
2006
star 6.1A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.La manzana
2024
La manzana
2024
