Genre: History
997 content found
Feng huo fang fei 2018

In the 1940s, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed Americans' morale. The president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, decided to risk it all to bomb Tokyo, raising the public's hopes. Bombardment air crafts led by U.S lieutenant colonel Jimmy Doolittle took off from a massive aircraft carrier. However, after completing their missions, the bombardment air craft pilots had to bail out at the coastal areas near Zhejiang due to a shortage of fuel. A young pilot, Jack Turner, was saved by a young local widow named Ying, who risked her life as she hid the injured American pilot in her house. Despite not being able to communicate verbally, they fell for each other and a tear-jerking love story went on between the two.

Category: History, Romantic, War

Stars: Emile Hirsch, Yifei Liu, Fangcong Li

6,2 IMDB Rating 4,827 Views
The Normal Heart 2014

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Mark Ruffalo,Jonathan Groff,Frank De Julio,William DeMeritt

7.9 IMDB Rating 5,207 Views
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Liam Neeson,Diane Lane,Marton Csokas,Tony Goldwyn

6.3 IMDB Rating 6,162 Views
Two Catalonias

Category: Documentary, History, News

Stars: Álvaro Longoria, Gerardo Olivares

3,738 Views
Woman Walks Ahead 2018

Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Jessica Chastain, Sam Rockwell, Ciarán Hinds

5,5 IMDB Rating 5,996 Views
Hatfields & McCoys

Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic

Stars: Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr

8,0 IMDB Rating 9,547 Views
Chappaquiddick 2018

Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,262 Views
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Michael Wood Jr.

7,6 IMDB Rating 3,639 Views
Back in Time 2015

A look at the very real impact the Back to the Future movies have had on our culture. What was once a little idea that spawned a tightly-focused documentary has grown into something truly amazing over two years of filming. Back in Time is a cinematic monument to the vastness of the trilogy's fandom. In addition to the footage and interviews revolving around the time machine itself, the crew found that simply by delving into the impact of the trilogy an epic journey began to unfold before them. The crew captured countless hours of footage during filming. From Steven Spielberg to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, to the Sheas and Hollers, and from James Tolkan and Lea Thompson to Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox, Back in Time features interview after interview that simply must be seen.

Category: Documentary, Family, History, Kids

Stars: Steven Spielberg,Michael J. Fox,Robert Zemeckis,Christopher Lloyd

6.3 IMDB Rating 6,272 Views
My Generation 2018

The cultural revolution that occurred in the 1960s England is explored in this documentary.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: David Bailey, Michael Caine, Joan Collins

7,2 IMDB Rating 6,051 Views
Chuck Norris vs. Communism 2015

A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.

Category: Comedy, Documentary, History

Stars: Irina Margareta Nistor, Ana Maria Moldovan, Dan Chiorean

7,5 IMDB Rating 5,025 Views
120 Battements Par Minute 2017

Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel

7,5 IMDB Rating 3,602 Views
The Toys That Made Us 2018

The minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise (and sometimes fall) of their billion-dollar creations.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Donald Ian Black, Mark Bellomo, David Vonner

8,0 IMDB Rating 7,052 Views
Sarajevo 2014

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. While through the city by car, they are victims of an attack and die. This is the trigger of the First World War.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Tereza Blazková, Mateusz Dopieralski, Michaela Ehrenstein

6,8 IMDB Rating 4,647 Views
Walking with the Enemy 2013

A young man, separated from his family in WWII, disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon

6,2 IMDB Rating 5,210 Views
Milada 2017

Berättelsen om Milada Horáková, demokratiska pre-WW2 tjeckiska politiker först greps och försökte av nazisterna under kriget och sedan efterkrigstidens kommunistiska regering för hennes vägran att upphöra med sin oppositions verksamhet och lämna landet.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, Daniel Rchichev

4,570 Views
Ikitie 2017

Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen,Irina Björklund,Ville Virtanen,Amalia Holm

7.9 IMDB Rating 4,807 Views
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2017

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Nino Amareno,Charles Amirkhanian,Jeanine Basinger,Bill Birnes

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,637 Views
Goodbye Christopher Robin 2017

A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

Category: Biography, Family, History, Kids

Stars: Vicki Pepperdine,Margot Robbie,Domhnall Gleeson,Will Tilston

7.2 IMDB Rating 6,570 Views
Catching the Sun 2015

Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun captures the global race to lead the clean energy future. Over the course of a solar jobs training program, Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the solar industry. With countries like China investing in innovative technologies and capitalizing on this trillion-dollar opportunity, Catching the Sun tells the story of the global energy transition from the perspective of workers and entrepreneurs building solutions to income inequality and climate change with their own hands. Their successes and failures speak to one of the biggest questions of our time: will the U.S. actually be able to build a clean energy economy?

Category: Documentary, Drama, History

Stars: N/A

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,955 Views