Category: History
Posted on January 16, 2021 |
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Amazing Grace (2006)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Michael Apted
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Tags: Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Apted, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour
Posted on January 15, 2021 |
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The Molly Maguires (1970)
Drama | History
In the Pennsylvanian coal mines of 1876, a group of Irish immigrant workers begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Anthony Zerbe
Director: Martin Ritt
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Tags: Anthony Zerbe, Frank Finlay, Martin Ritt, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Sean Connery
Posted on January 7, 2021 |
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The Black Rose (1950)
Adventure | History | Romance | War
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie
Director: Henry Hathaway
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Tags: Cécile Aubry, Finlay Currie, Henry Hathaway, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power
Posted on December 27, 2020 |
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The Queen (2006)
Biography | Drama | History
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
Director: Stephen Frears
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Tags: Alex Jennings, Helen McCrory, Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen, Roger Allam, Stephen Frears
Posted on December 26, 2020 |
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ADN / DNA (2020)
Drama | History
After the loss of her grandfather, Maïwenn explores her heritage and her Algerian roots.
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Dylan Robert, Marine Vacth
Director: Maïwenn
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Tags: Dylan Robert, Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Maïwenn, Marine Vacth
Posted on December 14, 2020 |
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Hero / Ying xiong (2002)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History
A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Yimou Zhang, Ziyi Zhang
Posted on December 8, 2020 |
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The Pagan King / Nameja gredzens (2018)
Action | Drama | History | War
On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom.
Starring: Edvin Endre, James Bloor, Dainis Grube, Gints Andzans, Armands Ikalis, Ieva Aleksandrova-Eklone, Maya Arwen
Director: Aigars Grauba
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Tags: Aigars Grauba, Armands Ikalis, Dainis Grube, Edvin Endre, Gints Andzans, Ieva Aleksandrova-Eklone, James Bloor, Maya Arwen
Posted on December 4, 2020 |
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Lonesome Dove Church (2014)
History | Western
The true story of the formation of the Lonesome Dove Church in Texas.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Greyston Holt, Alex Zahara, Andrea Whitburn, Nicole Oliver, Linden Banks
Director: Terry Miles
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Tags: Alex Zahara, Andrea Whitburn, Greyston Holt, Linden Banks, Nicole Oliver, Terry Miles, Tom Berenger
Posted on November 23, 2020 |
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Karmouz War / No Surrender (2018)
Action | Crime | History | Thriller | War
An Egyptian police officer named General Yousef al-Masri lives in Karamouz neighborhood in Alexandria. The film dates back to the reign of King Farouk before the 1952 revolution in the English occupation of Egypt.
Starring: Scott Adkins, Amir Karara, Ghadah Abdulrazeq, Ahmed el-Sakka, Rogina, Mayan El Sayed
Director: Peter Mimi
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Tags: Ahmed el-Sakka, Amir Karara, Ghadah Abdulrazeq, Mayan El Sayed, Peter Mimi, Rogina, Scott Adkins
Posted on November 20, 2020 |
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The Rising Hawk / The Rising Hawk: Battle for the Carpathians (2019)
Action | Drama | History
The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. It's armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
Starring: Tommy Flanagan, Robert Patrick, Alison Doody, Poppy Drayton, Alex MacNicoll, Rocky Myers, Alina Kovalenko, Tserenbold Tsegmid
Director: John Wynn, Akhtem Seitablaev
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Tags: Akhtem Seitablaev, Alex MacNicoll, Alina Kovalenko, Alison Doody, John Wynn, Poppy Drayton, Robert Patrick, Rocky Myers, Tommy Flanagan, Tserenbold Tsegmid
Posted on November 14, 2020 |
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The Concubine / Hoo-goong: Je-wang-eui cheob (2012)
Drama | History | Romance
A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon.
Starring: Yeo-jeong Jo, Dong-wook Kim, Min-Joon Kim, Ji-Young Park, Eun-ji Jo
Director: Dae-seung Kim
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Tags: Dae-seung Kim, Dong-wook Kim, Eun-ji Jo, Ji-Young Park, Min-Joon Kim, Yeo-Jeong Jo
Posted on November 12, 2020 |
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
Crime | Drama | History | Romance
Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.
Starring: Rekha, Indira Varma, Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram, Harish Patel
Director: Mira Nair
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Tags: Harish Patel, Indira Varma, Mira Nair, Naveen Andrews, Ramon Tikaram, Rekha, Sarita Choudhury
Posted on November 11, 2020 |
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World Trade Center (2006)
Drama | History | Thriller
Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez
Director: Oliver Stone
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Tags: Jay Hernandez, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Nicolas Cage, Oliver Stone, Stephen Dorff
Posted on November 9, 2020 |
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The Secret Ways (1961)
Adventure | History | Mystery | Thriller
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla, Senta Berger, Howard Vernon
Director: Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark
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Tags: Charles Regnier, Howard Vernon, Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark, Senta Berger, Sonja Ziemann, Walter Rilla
Posted on November 8, 2020 |
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The Plainsman (1936)
Biography | History | Romance | War | Western
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Tags: Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Bickford, Gary Cooper, James Ellison, Jean Arthur, Paul Harvey, Porter Hall
Posted on November 7, 2020 |
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs / L'albero degli zoccoli (1978)
Drama | History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Starring: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
Director: Ermanno Olmi
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Tags: Antonio Ferrari, Ermanno Olmi, Francesca Moriggi, Giuseppe Brignoli, Luigi Ornaghi, Omar Brignoli, Teresa Brescianini
Posted on November 2, 2020 |
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Treto poluvreme / The Third Half (2012)
Drama | History | Romance | Sport | War
Determined to build the best football club in the country, Dimitry hires the German coach, Rudolph Spitz, to galvanize his rag tag team but – when the first Nazi tanks roll through the city and Rebecca, the beautiful daughter of a local banker, elopes with his star player, all Dimitry's plans must change.
Starring: Katarina Ivanovska, Sasko Kocev, Richard Sammel, Rade Serbedzija, Emil Ruben, Mitko Apostolovski
Director: Darko Mitrevski
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Tags: Darko Mitrevski, Emil Ruben, Katarina Ivanovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Rade Serbedzija, Richard Sammel, Sasko Kocev
Posted on October 22, 2020 |
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The Floating Castle / Nobô no shiro (2012)
Comedy | Drama | History
In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika must use his army to defend the castle.
Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Kôichi Satô, Masachika Ichimura, Takehiro Hira, Takayuki Yamada
Director: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudô
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Tags: Hiroki Narimiya, Isshin Inudô, Kôichi Satô, Mansai Nomura, Masachika Ichimura, Nana Eikura, Shinji Higuchi, Takayuki Yamada, Takehiro Hira, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Posted on October 17, 2020 |
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Drama | History | Thriller
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Alex Sharp, John Doman, Ben Shenkman
Director: Aaron Sorkin
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Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Alex Sharp, Ben Shenkman, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, John Doman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mark Rylance, Michael Keaton, Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Posted on October 17, 2020 |
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Cherkasy / U311 Cherkasy (2019)
Drama | History | War
The crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 "Cherkasy" is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014.
Starring: Evhenii Lamakh, Dmitriy Sova, Roman Semysal, Ruslan Koval', Oleg Scherbyna, Evgeny Avdeenko, Vadim Lyalko
Director: Tymur Yashchenko
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Tags: Dmitriy Sova, Evgeny Avdeenko, Evhenii Lamakh, Oleg Scherbyna, Roman Semysal, Ruslan Koval', Tymur Yashchenko, Vadim Lyalko