Genre: History
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Redeeming Love 2022

Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. Can her heart ever be mended? Based upon the novel by Francine Rivers.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic

Stars: Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Famke Janssen

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,169 Views
Einstein and Eddington 2008

Drama about the development of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to experimentally prove his ideas.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: David Tennant, Richard McCabe, Patrick Kennedy, Ben Uttley

7.3 IMDB Rating 1,118 Views
The Last Kingdom 2015–2022

As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Eliza Butterworth, Alexander Dreymon, Arnas Fedaravicius

8.4 IMDB Rating 140,680 Views
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021

English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough

6.9 IMDB Rating 2,245 Views
Heirs to the Land 2022–

Resourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: David Solans,Bruna Cusí,Manel Sans

7.4 IMDB Rating 2,972 Views
The Lost Legion 2014

After years of decline, the Roman Empire is desperate to recapture its past. Amidst war and political confusion, Urbina Prima schemes to make her son, Cassius, the next emperor. The only thing standing in their way is Maximus, a once great Roman commander with his own dreams of nobility. Can Rome reclaim its glory, or will the chaos lead to civil war?

Category: Action, Adventure, History

Stars: Tom McKay,Michelle Lukes,Brian Caspe,Jim High

3.0 IMDB Rating 5,299 Views
1939 Battle of Westerplatte 2013

September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Michal Zebrowski,Robert Zoledziewski,Jan Englert,Piotr Adamczyk

4.9 IMDB Rating 5,297 Views
Jamestown

1619, Virginia: on what feels like the edge of the world sits the first British colony of Jamestown. For 12 years, it has been populated only by men, but the settlement is shaken up when the first women, including Alice, Verity and Jocelyn, land in this breathtaking wilderness. The new arrivals make an immediate impact and are thrust into a new world of love, desire, power and survival. While love triangles, bitter rivalries and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents, ultimately they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.

Category: Drama, History

6.7 IMDB Rating 34,905 Views
Dirty Lines 2022–

In 1980s Amsterdam, a family starts the first-ever phone sex line but being in the business of sexual desires leads them to question their own.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Charlie Chan Dagelet, Abbey Hoes, Benja Bruijning

2,533 Views
Utvandrarna 2021

Based on the book by Vilhelm Moberg (published in 1949) depicting a few people emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1840 - early 1850.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Stig Henrik Hoff

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,333 Views
Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster 2020

The remarkable story of the Mount St. Helen's volcanic eruption of 1980 told by first hand witnesses who survived and using rare remastered archive material.

Category: Documentary, History

7.7 IMDB Rating 1,485 Views
Dark Angel 2016

A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Isla McMonigle

6.7 IMDB Rating 8,256 Views
Women Of The Movement 2021–

An anthology series that chronicles the civil rights movement as told by the women behind it.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Adrienne Warren, Cedric Joe, Timothy Hutton

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,302 Views
The Longest Day 1962

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton

7.8 IMDB Rating 5,107 Views
Truth 2015

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,281 Views
Cold Mountain 2003

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,350 Views
Benedetta 2021

A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia

6.7 IMDB Rating 1,966 Views
Anita 2021

Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Louise Wong, Louis Koo, Fish Liew

7.1 IMDB Rating 2,276 Views
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From the iconic furry characters to the songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed our world.

Category: Documentary, Family, History

Stars: Frank Biondo, Linda Bove, Fran Brill

8.1 IMDB Rating 1,007 Views
Against The Ice 2022

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Þorsteinn Bachmann

7.7 IMDB Rating 2,628 Views