Popular History Movies - Page 60
The Man Behind The Curtain
2024
After having his one cigarette of the day, Mervyn LeRoy returns to the chaotic scene that is known as the production of "The Wizard Of Oz".Expunged Chronicle of Miroku
1989
A psychic ninja fantasy suggesting that the assassins did not die out during the Sengoku era but burrowed under Japan, where they fought a new war against the alien occupants of a crashed spaceship that has lain undisturbed for several millennia.Sokolovo
1975
Sokolovo
1975
star 4.3The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.Finding Altamira
2016
Finding Altamira
2016
star 5.8The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.The Barber of Siberia
1998
star 7Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.The Day We Died
2020
The Day We Died
2020
star 5.6Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.Mariana's Room
2025
Mariana's Room
2025
star 6.9In the darkest days of the Second World War, Yulia and Hugo, a Jewish mother and son, escape from a Ukrainian ghetto. Fearing for his safety, Yulia entrusts her boy to the care of her friend Mariana, a sex worker who lives in a brothel. Hugo is placed in a closet, nominally for his safety, but from which he rarely leaves. With little view of the outside world, he conjures up ghosts and scenarios. But over time, Mariana brings the boy out and in doing so transforms his life.Romzsa Tódor
2026
Romzsa Tódor
2026
Bau, Artist at War
2024
Bau, Artist at War
2024
star 6.4Based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau, whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during WW2. Using his artistic skills, Joseph stays alive and helps hundreds to escape. Miraculously, he finds love in the midst of despair. Years later, when called to be a key witness in the trial of the brutal Nazi officer who tortured him and killed his father, Joseph is thrust back into vivid memories of the Holocaust. Now, he calls upon this love and resilience of spirit to face the ultimate demon of his past.The Brawler
2019
The Brawler
2019
star 4.3The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
star 7.1During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.The Partisan
2025
The Partisan
2025
star 6A Polish spy working for the British during World War II is betrayed and compromised in Warsaw, leaving her no other choice but to descend into a dangerous world of treachery and deception in order to survive.The Cat's Meow
2001
The Cat's Meow
2001
star 5.8Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.The Convent
2018
The Convent
2018
star 5.5During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.Aravaan
2012
Aravaan
2012
star 4.8Komboodhi is the leader of a tribe that steals from the rich to survive. He befriends Varipuli, unaware of his past, only to learn that his village has been hunting him to offer his life to god.Przedwiośnie
2001
Przedwiośnie
2001
star 5.9Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.Nanking
2007
Nanking
2007
star 7.1The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.The Egyptian
1954
The Egyptian
1954
star 6.5In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.The Surrogate Womb
1987
The Surrogate Womb
1987
star 7.1A barren noblewoman encourages her husband to take a young peasant as a surrogate to secure the male line.
