Genre: History
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Red Obsession 2013

For centuries, Bordeaux has assumed a mythical status in the world of fine wine as a leitmotif of wealth, power and influence, but its prosperity has always been linked to the capricious nature of markets and the shifting fortunes of global economies. Now change is coming to Bordeaux, with traditional customers like the US and the UK falling away, as China's new rich push prices to stratospheric levels. The demand is unprecedented, but the product is finite and this new client wants it all. Will the China market be the bubble that never bursts or the biggest threat yet to Bordeaux's centuries old reputation?

Category: Documentary, History, News

Stars: Russell Crowe,Sara Eisen,Debra Meiburg

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,000 Views
John Rabe 2009

After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down. Before he can pack, the Japanese army, lead unofficially by a bloodthirsty imperial uncle, lays siege to the city. Rabe accepts, as prominent representative of Japans' major European ally, to head the Western ex-pats society's plan to start and run an international zone, like worked in Shangai. Rabe however wants it to save his workers and their close ones, over 200,000, and sacrifices all his personal interests.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,427 Views
Studio 54 1998

An anthology film retelling the story of the famous Studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of New York. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Ryan Phillippe,Salma Hayek,Neve Campbell,Mike Myers,Sela Ward,Breckin Meyer,Sherry Stringfield,Ellen Albertini Dow,Cameron Mathison,Noam Jenkins,Jay Goede,Patrick Taylor,Heather Matarazzo,Skipp Sudduth,Aemilia Robinson

5.7 IMDB Rating 5,040 Views
Sharpe’s Enemy 1994

Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos.

Category: Action, Adventure, History

Stars: Sean Bean,Daragh O'Malley,Hugh Fraser,Michael Byrne,Pete Postlethwaite,Assumpta Serna,Jeremy Child,Elizabeth Hurley,Helena Michell,Tony Haygarth,Michael Mears,John Tams,Jason Salkey,Lyndon Davies,Philip Whitchurch

8.0 IMDB Rating 4,440 Views
Sink the Bismarck! 1960

Chronicles the breakout of the Bismarck during the early days of World War Two. Seen both from the point of view of the many naval vessels on both sides and from the central headquarters of the British where the search for the super battleship was controlled.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Kenneth More,Dana Wynter,Carl Möhner,Laurence Naismith,Geoffrey Keen,Karel Stepanek,Michael Hordern,Maurice Denham,Michael Goodliffe,Esmond Knight,Jack Watling,Jack Gwillim,Mark Dignam,Ernest Clark,John Horsley

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,489 Views
Frost/Nixon 2008

Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Frank Langella,Michael Sheen,Sam Rockwell,Kevin Bacon,Matthew Macfadyen,Oliver Platt,Rebecca Hall,Toby Jones,Andy Milder,Kate Jennings Grant,Gabriel Jarret,Jim Meskimen,Patty McCormack,Geoffrey Blake,Clint Howard

7.8 IMDB Rating 3,963 Views
Young Einstein 1988

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beautiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.

Category: Comedy, History

Stars: Yahoo Serious,Odile Le Clezio,John Howard,Peewee Wilson,Su Cruickshank,Lulu Pinkus,Kaarin Fairfax,Michael Lake,Jonathan Coleman,Johnny McCall,Michael Blaxland,Ray Fogo,Terry Pead,Alice Pead,Frank McDonald

5.0 IMDB Rating 3,305 Views
History of the World in 2 Hours 2011

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.

Category: History

Stars: Corey Burton,Alex Flippenko,Peter Ward,Clifford Johnson,Jonathan Markley,Russell Shapiro,Glen MacDonald,Jonathan Cohen,Robert Bakker,Trevor Valle,Nicole Waguespack,John Shea,Todd Surovell,Craig Benjamin,Martin K.A. Morgan

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,120 Views
Nostradamus: 2012 2009

Nostradamus' prophecies are interpreted alongside messages from ancient cultures about galactic alignment and the end of the world.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Vincent Bridges,James Lurie

5.0 IMDB Rating 3,709 Views
The Act of Killing 2012

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Anwar Congo,Herman Koto,Syamsul Arifin,Ibrahim Sinik,Yapto Soerjosoemarno,Safit Pardede,Jusuf Kalla,Adi Zulkadry,Soaduon Siregar,Suryono,Haji Marzuki,Haji Anif,Rahmat Shah,Sakhyan Asmara

8.3 IMDB Rating 5,728 Views
Raid on Entebbe 1976

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Peter Finch,Martin Balsam,Horst Buchholz,John Saxon,Sylvia Sidney,Jack Warden,Yaphet Kotto,Charles Bronson,Tige Andrews,Eddie Constantine,Warren J. Kemmerling,Robert Loggia,David Opatoshu,Allan Arbus,Mariclare Costello

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,492 Views
The Princess of Montpensier 2010

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing cousin Henri de Guise, thwarted when her father's political ambitions force her into marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman with a disdain for warfare, and soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Mélanie Thierry,Lambert Wilson,Gaspard Ulliel,Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet,Raphaël Personnaz,Michel Vuillermoz,Philippe Magnan,Florence Thomassin,Christine Brücher,Evelina Meghnagi,Judith Chemla,César Domboy,Jean-Pol Dubois,Charles Petit,Joséphine de La Baume

6.5 IMDB Rating 4,246 Views
Killing Lincoln 2013

Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Tom Hanks,Regen Wilson,Billy Campbell,Jesse Johnson,Geraldine Hughes,Graham Beckel,Shawn Pyfrom,Greg Cooper,Andrew Collie,Jeremy Ambler,Joe Inscoe,Benjamin Perkinson,Logan Bennett,Geoffrey Culbertson,Leiv Clegg

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,293 Views
A Field in England 2013

Fleeing for their lives, a small party abandon their Civil War confederates and escape through an overgrown field. Thinking only of what lay behind, they are ambushed by two dangerous men and made to search the field. Psychedelia, madness and chaotic forces slowly overtake the group as they question what treasure lies within the malignant field.

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Michael Smiley,Reece Shearsmith,Julian Barratt,Peter Ferdinando,Richard Glover,Ryan Pope,Sara Dee

6.0 IMDB Rating 3,425 Views
Brother’s War 2009

The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany and the Red Army fights its way towards Berlin. Churchill is worried about Russia's post-war plans for Europe but must not endanger the increasingly threatened alliance between the west and Russia. A British military officer attached to the Red Army discovers a Russian war crime against the Polish government in exile and is seized by Stalin's feared intelligence service. He finds unexpected help from an enemy and fellow prisoner, a German Captain. They discover a common bond in Freemasonry and are bound by honor, oath and secrets. They are joined by Anna, a beautiful Polish nurse cast adrift on the tides of war. The three are pursued by A ruthless Russian commander through Germany carrying a secret that can change the outcome of the world and the fate of millions. Brother's War was produced with strict attention to historic accuracy and military detail and portrays the horrors and heroism of desperate battles. The film also opens the door into the ancient order of Freemasons and presents unmatched insight on the real histories of these men, brothers all, who have fought in every war for hundreds of years.

Category: History, War

Stars: Tino Struckmann,Michael Berryman,Olivier Gruner,Hayley Carr,Hugh Daly,Jack Dimich,Adam Leadbeater,Tye Olson,Steve Holm,Dylan Kenin,Boris Kievsky,Time Winters,Joshua Minnick,Andreas T. Ramani,Mark Doerr

2.5 IMDB Rating 4,175 Views