Popular History Movies - Page 80
Yellow Dreams
2023
Yellow Dreams
2023
Biopic about the famous Lakers player. It chronicles his rise and fall between 2014 and 2022.Makaramanju
2011
Makaramanju
2011
star 6.5The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.Tigers
2021
Tigers
2021
star 5.7Super-talented footballing prodigy Martin is bought by top club Inter Milan, aged just 16. It’s the chance of a lifetime – but at what price?Firebrand
2024
Firebrand
2024
star 6.3Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.Twilight Over Burma
2015
Twilight Over Burma
2015
star 7.7The U.S. scholarships Austrian student Inge and young mining student from Burma Sao Kya Seng fall in love. But it's only at the lavish wedding ceremony that Inge discovers her husband is the ruling prince of the Shan state of Burma. After a coup staged by the Burmese military, Sao is imprisoned. Inge does everything she can to free him. Base on the true story of Inge Sargent.Elvis & Nixon
2016
Elvis & Nixon
2016
star 6In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.John Cranko
2024
John Cranko
2024
star 8.2The gifted, charismatic artist John Cranko moves to the Swabian province from London, where he is attacked for his homosexuality, and after many crises becomes the great sensation as the new pop star of the arts: the Stuttgart Ballet Miracle.Trần Quốc Toản Goes To The Frontlines
1971
When Kublai Khan threatens to invade Vietnam, the young prince Trần Quốc Toản pleads to fight but is dismissed by the generals due to his age. Undeterred, he decides to gather his own army. A theatre production of the famous chèo play to be filmed for screenings in 1970s Vietnam.Sword and Dice
1959
Sword and Dice
1959
star 7During the freedom fight led by Rákóczi, Schwartzenau carries the wages of the Emperor's soldiers to Tokaj. A small group of freedom-fighters, led by Captain Árvay, attack the major's escort, then hide in the local inn. Árvay introduces himself to the entering Schartzenau as a Hungarian aristocrat, while Simon Pali rushes to get help. The major has a passion for games, they start throwing dice.The Royal Siren
2010
The Royal Siren
2010
star 6.1Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced about her fiancé, who she has only seen twice. Her suspicions are confirmed tragically on the eve of the wedding when, after signing the marriage contract, a stranger breaks into the house ensuring that Marie has slept with other men in exchange for gifts, like a vile harlot. From that moment, the life of the girl will give a terrible unexpected turnaround. Alone, with his reputation ruined, she will have no choice to survive than partnering with a prostitute and lying on the roads.The Wire Game
2026
The Wire Game
2026
star 10Wounded and left for dead, a British soldier embarks on a daring escape from a booby-trapped German dugout.My Little Sunrise
2026
My Little Sunrise
2026
star 10After leaving the Rohwer Japanese internment camp, a Japanese father and his young daughter hide in rural Arkansas, where survival depends on every choice that could lead to their freedom... or capture.Charlotte Gray
2001
Charlotte Gray
2001
star 6.1This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara
2018
star 4Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. This historical biographical film film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha.Liberation
1994
Liberation
1994
star 7.9Liberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Allied campaign to liberate Europe and Hitler's genocidal campaign against the Jews. The World War II documentary uses film footage, radio broadcasts, and period music gathered from archives around the world. Interwoven throughout the film are the compelling stories of the Jews of Europe - unforgettable stories of tragedy, courage, resistance, and survival. Liberation begins in 1942, when Adolf Hitler was still at the height of his power and the Allies began envisioning a cross-channel invasion of Europe.Lines of Wellington
2012
Lines of Wellington
2012
star 5.7Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.Forever Young
2018
Forever Young
2018
star 7.1From World War, to revolution and ultimately rebirth, Forever Young is the story of four generations spanning a hundred years of modern Chinese history. Each generation faces its own unique set of challenges. Up against corporate corruption, the trials and tribulations of the cultural revolution, and one's duty to nation in time of war, they are faced with choosing their individual paths through history. But as the challenges and turmoil of each generation may differ as time changes, what was learned in the past cannot help but effect the choices that are made in the future as it is passed down from generation to generation. And that is the universal message that being true to yourself is precious. It is the source of strength that empowers one to become the person they want to be, to march forward as far as their hearts desire, into the future.Denial
2016
Denial
2016
star 6.8Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.Satyavan Savithri
1977
Satyavan Savithri
1977
star 8Savithri, whose devotion to her husband was compared to that of Draupadi from the Mahabharata, is determined to bring her husband Satyavan from the dead.
