Popular History Movies - Page 69
The Last Princess
2016
The Last Princess
2016
star 6.7Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.The Butler
2018
The Butler
2018
star 6.5The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, suffers the consequences of the tragedies that will ravage Europe from the beginning of the 20th century until the end of the World War II.The Bengal Files
2025
The Bengal Files
2025
star 5.9A criminal investigator uncovers a web of corruption during a missing person investigation, while a figure connected to the case reflects on the communal violence which broke out ahead of India's partition.Le Menteur
2002
Le Menteur
2002
Dorante just arrived in Paris. As a young man from the countryside, he invents a military career to impress Lucrèce and Clarice, two young women. Other lies follow up where Dorante traps himself, even though his valet Cliton and his friend Alcippe oppose themselves, and even after his father’s intervention.The Forgotten
1974
Bardejov
2024
Bardejov
2024
star 5.5The story of Holocaust survivor Emil A. Fish, who was nine years old when he and his family in Bardejov, Slovakia were sent to a concentration camp.Szabadság - Különjárat
2013
star 61956. Three Hungarian friends hijack a plane to escape from the Iron Curtain.Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001
star 7.3The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.Hunger
2008
Hunger
2008
star 7.2The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.Finding Anastasia
2008
Finding Anastasia
2008
star 6Did Romanov Princess Anastasia survive a Bolshevik firing squad or did she and her brother Crown Prince Alexis perish with their father, Tsar Nicholas II, before another firing squad in 1918? The chance find of human remains in a Siberian forest brings forensic anthropologist Dr.Anthony Falsetti in search of the truth. Marshalling DNA, ballistics and the very latest forensic analysis, an international team works to dispel the greatest myth of the 20th century and tell a real story more remarkable than any fiction.续范亭将军
2026
续范亭将军
2026
First They Killed My Father
2017
star 7.4A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.Amigo
2011
Amigo
2011
star 4.9Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.Battle in Peace
1952
Battle in Peace
1952
star 9András Beke, a tractor driver, enlists as a conscript, but he does not want to accept the army's rules and regulations, he wants to show that he is an individual here too. During the marching drill, he goes on an exploratory expedition, drinks from the forbidden water and commits other offences. But the educational punishments make him realise that in the army, instead of being a hero, you have to learn, work hard, stand up for yourself and show solidarity. His re-education is aided by his commanders and peers, but love also plays an important role...Khaytarma
2013
Khaytarma
2013
star 7.6The film tells about the tragic date in the history of the Crimean Tatar people — May 18, 1944 — Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The plot of the film — a pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Amet-khan Sultan. In May, 1944, a year after the liberation of Sevastopol, Amet-khan goes on vacation to his native town Alupka. On May 18 his eyes witness the beginning of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.Meek's Cutoff
2011
Meek's Cutoff
2011
star 6.5A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.Think of England
2025
Think of England
2025
In 1943, six disparate souls are sent on a secret government mission to produce pornographic propaganda films for the boys on the front, each one struggling under the weight of their own conscience in this war-torn world, and it's not about to get any easier.The Heroic Ones
1970
The Heroic Ones
1970
star 6.6A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on the mission. However, jealously amongst them sparks a treacherous family feud that could lead to catastrophic consequences for all involved.The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
star 7.2Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.
