Genre: History
Year: Before 2010
254 content found
Cromwell 1970

Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley

7.0 IMDB Rating 86 Views
The War Lord 1965

In 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic, War

Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth

6.6 IMDB Rating 151 Views
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento

7.2 IMDB Rating 96 Views
Restrepo 2010

A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History, War

Stars: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney

7.4 IMDB Rating 9,187 Views
The Warrior’s Brother 2002

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, and coming between them, a woman...

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Doutey

6.0 IMDB Rating 119 Views
Rid i natt! 1942

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Oscar Ljung, Gerd Hagman, Eva Dahlbeck

6.4 IMDB Rating 118 Views
Gandhi 1982

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi

8.0 IMDB Rating 125 Views
633 Squadron 1964

A RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy

6.4 IMDB Rating 133 Views
Khartoum 1966

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Category: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Tragedy, War

Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson

6.8 IMDB Rating 172 Views
1939 1989

World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Helene Egelund, Helena Bergström, Per Morberg

6.1 IMDB Rating 233 Views
Chapter 27 2007

A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander

5.6 IMDB Rating 315 Views
Young Andersen 2005

Drama about the difficult early years of Danish writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Simon Dahl Thaulow, Peter Steen, Stine Fischer Christensen

6.2 IMDB Rating 161 Views
The Passion 2008

Follows Jesus' last days and crucifixion.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Ben Daniels, John Lynch, Joseph Mawle

6.6 IMDB Rating 303 Views
Trafalgar 2007

This historical drama takes us back to one of the great battles in naval history. It took place in 1805 during the great Napoleonic Wars and pitted the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of Spain and France. In one of the most decisive engagements ever, the Royal Navy lost only one ship while sinking 22 French and Spanish warships.

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: Jérémy Braitbart, Laurent Schilling

5.7 IMDB Rating 267 Views
Che: Part One 2008

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,884 Views
The Molly Maguires 1970

In 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar

6.8 IMDB Rating 337 Views
The Lion in Winter 1968

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

7.9 IMDB Rating 226 Views
Hem till Midgård 2003–2004

A Swedish show concerning the fates of some dorky Swedish Vikings. The show is mainly about a viking called Lill-Snorre and his friends, including Tyke Mörbult who has a below average IQ, to put it mildly. How will they survive? A sm

Category: Action, Comedy, History

Stars: Fredde Granberg, Sara Sommerfeld, Marko Lehtosalo

7.4 IMDB Rating 24,132 Views
They Came to Cordura 1959

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History, War

Stars: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin

6.4 IMDB Rating 204 Views
The Silent Enemy 1958

During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.

Category: Action, Biography, History, War

Stars: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig

6.6 IMDB Rating 199 Views