Popular History Movies - Page 34
INERCIA
2026
INERCIA
2026
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
star 7.2Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.Belfast
2021
Belfast
2021
star 7Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.El Cid
1961
El Cid
1961
star 6.8Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.Koroghlu
1960
Koroghlu
1960
star 5.5The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.Rasputin
1984
Rasputin
1984
star 7.4The monk Rasputin is summoned by the Russian nobility to use his healing powers to heal the dying heir to the Russian Empire.The Current War
2018
The Current War
2018
star 6.7Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.Portable Country
1979
Portable Country
1979
star 7Portable Country is a classical Venezuelan film about the urban guerrilla. Based on the novel of the same name, written by Adriano González León, the film centers on Andrés Barazarte, a disillusioned man from a wealthy landowning family, who grapples with his personal and political identity in the midst of Venezuela's tumultuous social changes and engages in the guerrilla. He reflects on his life, his family's decline, and the broader struggle for power in a country torn between tradition and revolution.The story unfolds as Andrés is tasked with transporting a mysterious package. This journey becomes a metaphor for his search for meaning and a confrontation with his family’s, and his country's, violent past. His recollections weave together with present events, creating a complex tapestry of memory and history.1921
2021
1921
2021
star 5.8Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.Flyboys
2006
Flyboys
2006
star 6.5The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.Race
2016
Race
2016
star 7.3Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
star 7.4A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
star 6.8As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.Nightwatching
2007
Nightwatching
2007
star 6.2An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
1897
star 4.9This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.Flower Power - Dutch Women Painters of the 17th Century
2026
star 6In the 17th century, advances in the natural sciences and the invention of the telescope led Dutch women painters to closely study nature and include reptiles and insects in their art. Women such as Maria Sibylla Merian, Alida Withoos and Maria Moninckx advanced botany and zoology with their highly detailed paintings. Almost forgotten, now their works hang in many important museums around the world.The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
star 8.1After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.J. Edgar
2011
J. Edgar
2011
star 6.2As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.Assassinat de Kleber
1897
