historical reenactment movies

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors (2024)
6.643 / 10

Documentary

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.

Lady of the Manor (2021)
6.081 / 10

Comedy, Fantasy

Past and present collide when aimless slacker Hannah gets hired to portray Lady Wadsworth -- a Southern belle from the 1800s -- for tours at...

House of Bodies (2013)
5.464 / 10

Crime, Thriller

While indulging his appetite for the grim and gruesome by patronizing a voyeuristic Web site that's based in a house where a serial killer once...

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation

In this journey through the seasons, you’ll experience a year in the life of hundreds of plant-eating dinosaurs. From the moment they hatch, these...

Culloden (1964)
7.298 / 10

TV Movie, War, History, Drama

Culloden, Scottish Highlands, April 16th, 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was...

Manaslu: Mountain of Souls (2018)
9 / 10

Documentary, Drama

The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.

The Lost Battalion (1919)
5 / 10

Drama, War, History

World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City...

Der Reichstag (2017)
8 / 10

History, Documentary, TV Movie

Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flourished in the Weimar Republic, perished in the...

The American Dream: Europeans in the New World (2019)
4 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss...

Belgique nazie (2021)
8.5 / 10

Documentary, War, TV Movie

Rendezvous Canada, 1606 (1988)
0 / 10

History

The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...

Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer (2009)
6.7 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all...

After Mein Kampf? (1961)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, War

By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional account of the life of Adolf Hitler, from his...

A Railway Collision (1900)
3.6 / 10

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

Theatre of War (2018)
7.25 / 10

Documentary

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...

First Journey, Fort William (1987)
0 / 10

History

Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's...

La défense du drapeau (1897)
4.5 / 10

History, Drama, War

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

The True Story of Troy: Ancient War (2004)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, War, TV Movie

The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with a foreign prince, which results in a decade-long...

Naval Sham Battle at Newport (1900)
2.3 / 10

History, War

Showing the attacking forces drawn up in line of battle. They immediately commence firing on the shore batteries. The batteries return the fire with...

Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970 (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, History

In this reenactment of a propaganda documentary, a woman is falling prey to the role assigned to her in slow motion. Upon her arrest, diplomat Mária...