History Movies

Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.

A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines, science,...

April 15, 1874, boulevard des Capucines, Paris: a group of young feverish painters shunned by the official Salon and mocked by the classical masters,...

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at...

Exiled French patriot helps to find the men who want to betray emperor Napoleon III by selling military secrets to the German government.

England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066),changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner B...

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a s...

Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burm...

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. N...

Vincent Van Gogh's life was a masterpiece painted with the dueling colors of madness versus genius. However, this inner battle gave birth to some of t...

A miniseries about Caravaggio's life.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterfeiting exploits of Everett Nordill, one of the cle...

The story is based in the times of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The film depicts the life of his soliders who sacrifice their life for their Maharaj.

When she was in high school, Ainun was known as a smart girl and became the target of many male students, including Habibie. In college, Ainun became...

A woman tries to reach her man in his childhood town. While traveling, the woman reflects on her past, and the man thinks about his childhood adventur...

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, throug...

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors. From...