History Movies
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
That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman
IMDb: 7.2
125

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Sergeant York

Sergeant York

Sergeant York
IMDb: 7.7
134

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The 47 Ronin

The 47 Ronin

The 47 Ronin
IMDb: 7.2
223

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takuminokami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and…

Genre: Drama, History
The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk
IMDb: 7.6
127

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage
IMDb: 7
126

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers’ Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy…

Little Old New York

Little Old New York

Little Old New York
IMDb: 6.5
100

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia
IMDb: 6
116

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England….

Genre: Drama, History, War
Four Sons

Four Sons

Four Sons
IMDb: 6.5
89

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man
IMDb: 7
107

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He’s on his way with…

Genre: Drama, History
A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
IMDb: 6.9
90

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Genre: Drama, History
Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna
IMDb: 6.2
86

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Brigham Young
IMDb: 6.3
114

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City….

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
IMDb: 7.3
110

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of…

Genre: Drama, History
Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln
IMDb: 7.5
100

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge,…

Genre: Drama, History
Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London
IMDb: 6.6
92

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King…

Genre: Drama, History, Horror
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
IMDb: 7
98

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put…

Genre: Drama, History
Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight
IMDb: 6.5
97

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone
IMDb: 7
101

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the…

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
IMDb: 7
106

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
IMDb: 6.4
85

McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw “The Oklahoma Kid” Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a…

Genre: History, Western
The Night Riders

The Night Riders

The Night Riders
IMDb: 5.7
56

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won’t pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious “night riders” to fight this…

Genre: History, Western
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask
IMDb: 7
112

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D’Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc…

Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest
IMDb: 6.1
105

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

Juarez

Juarez

Juarez
IMDb: 6.8
125

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade
IMDb: 6.6
97

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History