historical movies page 5

Mali Twist (2022)
6.5 / 10

Drama

Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young...

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch (1954)
8 / 10

Drama, History

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram out of desperation about her miserable life, a...

Quo Vadis? (1913)
5.6 / 10

Drama, History

During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young...

The Tichborne Claimant (1998)
8 / 10

Drama

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American...

Falling Angels (2008)
5.8 / 10

Drama, History

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of...

Pyhä (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Real Right Stuff (2020)
6.4 / 10

Documentary, History

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard...

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph (2019)
7 / 10

Documentary, History, Family

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the...

The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)
4.8 / 10

History, Drama

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to...

The Cost of Deception (2021)
4.3 / 10

Crime, Drama

When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to...

A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
8 / 10

Drama

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (1991)
0 / 10

Animation, Action, Adventure

The first specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers...

Rikyu (1989)
7.5 / 10

Drama

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...

Lockfågeln (1971)
2 / 10

Comedy

On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill king Gustav III, which his father hates. Second, to...

The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)
5 / 10

Drama

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka...

Geniale Frauen - Malerinnen von der Renaissance bis zum Klassizismus (2024)
8 / 10

Documentary, History

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
6 / 10

Drama

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

Beaten by Black Rain (1984)
4 / 10

History, Animation, Drama

Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the...

Abnegation (2018)
0 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

A woman's secret relationship is discovered putting her and those around her in danger.

When the Redskins Rode (1951)
4.7 / 10

Western

A French spy (Mary Castle) flirts with an Indian chief's son (Jon Hall) amid war in 1753 Williamsburg, Va.