Genre: History
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K: Special: Made in Sweden – Textilindustrin som försvann. 2022

There was a time when clothes were made in Sweden. The industry had its heart in the Sjuhärad region, and was largely made up of women. Today, the Swedish textile industry is virtually wiped out.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Susanna Alakoski, Kristina Thorsson

7.3 IMDB Rating 340 Views
Gyeongseong Creature 2023–

In Spring 1945 in Gyeongseong, during Japanese rule over Korea, two young adults confront a strange creature born of greed, and battle against it for survival.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Wi Ha-joon

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,595 Views
Once Upon a Time in the North 2012

On the West Coast on Finland in nineteenth-century Ostrobothnia. Esko is the leader of a local gang of troublemakers and an uneven battle ensues over the estate, honor a father's last wishes.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Lauri Tilkanen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola

6.1 IMDB Rating 283 Views
General von Döbeln 1942

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Poul Reumert, Eva Henning

4.5 IMDB Rating 134 Views
Corsage 2022

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz

6.6 IMDB Rating 225 Views
The Patriot 2000

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Category: Action, Drama, History, War

Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

7.2 IMDB Rating 13,351 Views
The Tragedy of Macbeth 1971

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Category: Drama, History, Tragedy

Stars: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

7.4 IMDB Rating 142 Views
Loving Highsmith 2022

Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Annina Butterworth, Patricia Highsmith, Marijane Meaker

6.9 IMDB Rating 112 Views
Riveted: The History of Jeans 2022

The history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: James Sullivan, Kimberly Jenkins, Rabbit Goody

130 Views
Världens vackraste pojke 2021

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Kristina Lindström, Luchino Visconti, Mario Tursi

6.8 IMDB Rating 178 Views
Lincoln 2012

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,454 Views
After Hitler 2016

What happened in France just after WWII, between 1945 and 1949? An interesting historic documentary looks at the fate of male and female (presumed) collaborators with the Nazis, the use of the POW in the reconstruction of the plundered and devastated country.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Will Johnson, Vincent Lindon, Georgi Zhukov

8.3 IMDB Rating 4,226 Views
The Hiding Place 1975

During WWII, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O'Connell

7.4 IMDB Rating 185 Views
Stasi FC 2023

Personal testimony from survivors of the era of late 70's where East Germany's secret service (The Stasi) attempted to subvert the last remaining oasis of free speech in the country football.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History, Sport

7.0 IMDB Rating 192 Views
Vi som överlevde Rågsved 2008

Michaela had three brothers. Christer died aged 28, Benny at 38:th, and Dag was 43 when the drugs finally took his life. Yes. There was hard times in Rågsved in the 70s. But Göte lives and so do many more. So what happened then?

Category: Documentary, History

6.7 IMDB Rating 268 Views
Manhunt 2019–2021

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton tracks down a serial killer.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Gravelle

7.6 IMDB Rating 11,061 Views
United 93 2006

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Category: Action, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas

7.6 IMDB Rating 7,204 Views
Four Lives 2022

A true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery

Stars: Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Stephen Merchant

7.4 IMDB Rating 2,573 Views
History 101 2020–

It is a new type of history show for a new type of audience: Big History delivered in an unadulterated hit of premium archive and jaw-dropping infographics.

Category: History

Stars: Natalie Silverman

6.8 IMDB Rating 8,732 Views
Worth 2020

An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci

6.8 IMDB Rating 2,490 Views