History Movies
Locura de amor

Locura de amor

Locura de amor
IMDb: 6.1
107

The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of…

Genre: Drama, History
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
IMDb: 6.4
145

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices…

Genre: Drama, History
The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow
IMDb: 6
76

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now…

Unconquered

Unconquered

Unconquered
IMDb: 6.9
147

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of…

Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent
IMDb: 7
111

The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.

Genre: Drama, History
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 6.9
86

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…

Genre: Drama, History
Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street
IMDb: 6.8
141

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie’s daughter, Marguerite, and William fall…

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey
IMDb: 6.1
85

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical…

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

Forever Amber
IMDb: 6.5
138

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride…

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott
IMDb: 6.5
93

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic…

Genre: Drama, History
The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End
IMDb: 6.5
112

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman
IMDb: 6.5
100

In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.

Pacific Adventure

Pacific Adventure

Pacific Adventure
IMDb: 6.8
119

An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles “Smithy” Kingsford-Smith. The film is unusually frank about the controversies that occasionally dogged him. PG Taylor and Billy Hughes both…

Genre: History
A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris
IMDb: 6.5
100

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine
IMDb: 7.7
97

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take…

Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll
IMDb: 6.2
95

While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first…

Genre: Drama, History
Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra
IMDb: 6.2
138

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady
IMDb: 6.8
104

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail
IMDb: 6.7
59

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal
IMDb: 6.7
94

Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Kitty

Kitty

Kitty
IMDb: 6.9
103

Pickpocket Kitty’s life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
IMDb: 7.6
95

Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein’s final…

Genre: Drama, History
Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd
IMDb: 6.3
89

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne’s treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable merchant captain, offers his services to…

The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans
IMDb: 7.4
112

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi
IMDb: 6.3
69

In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang
IMDb: 6.8
101

The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Henry V

Henry V

Henry V
IMDb: 7
137

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath
IMDb: 8
97

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is…

Genre: Drama, History
Titanic

Titanic

Titanic
IMDb: 6.1
88

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star…

Genre: Drama, History
Tonight We Raid Calais

Tonight We Raid Calais

Tonight We Raid Calais
IMDb: 6.3
80

A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson
IMDb: 6.5
103

The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson’s boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a…

Genre: Drama, History
Paracelsus

Paracelsus

Paracelsus
IMDb: 6.8
106

The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to the world as Paracelsus.

Genre: Drama, History
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow
IMDb: 5.4
124

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

Madame Curie
IMDb: 7.2
124

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually…

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls
IMDb: 6.8
170

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on…

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day
IMDb: 6.9
104

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from…

Genre: Drama, History
December 7th

December 7th

December 7th
IMDb: 6.1
32

“Docudrama” about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to…

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt
IMDb: 6.8
118

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

Genre: Drama, History
Ride Tonight!

Ride Tonight!

Ride Tonight!
IMDb: 6.3
106

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…

Genre: Drama, History
Native Land

Native Land

Native Land
IMDb: 6.3
89

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support…

Genre: Drama, History