Category: History
Posted on April 20, 2023 |
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The Young Victoria (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Tags: Emily Blunt, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend, Thomas Kretschmann
Posted on April 14, 2023 |
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The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
Action | Drama | History
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
Starring: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley, Arnas Fedaravicius, Cavan Clerkin, James Northcote
Director: Edward Bazalgette
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Tags: Alexander Dreymon, Arnas Fedaravicius, Cavan Clerkin, Edward Bazalgette, Harry Gilby, James Northcote, Mark Rowley
Posted on March 31, 2023 |
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Tetris (2023)
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pajitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring Tetris to the masses.
Starring: Taron Egerton, Toby Jones, Nikita Efremov, Togo Igawa, Roger Allam, Matthew Marsh
Director: Jon S. Baird
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Tags: Jon S. Baird, Matthew Marsh, Nikita Efremov, Roger Allam, Taron Egerton, Toby Jones, Togo Igawa
Posted on March 19, 2023 |
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Battle for Saipan (2022)
Action | History | War
When a US Army hospital on the remote island of Saipan is overrun by Japanese forces, a lone medic puts it all on the line to lead a band of wounded warriors to safety in this edge-of-your- seat WWII ep
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Louis Mandylor, Jeff Fahey, Eoin O'Brien, Jennifer Wenger, Devanny Pinn, Randall J. Bacon
Director: Brandon Slagle
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Tags: Brandon Slagle, Casper Van Dien, Devanny Pinn, Eoin O'Brien, Jeff Fahey, Jennifer Wenger, Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon
Posted on March 17, 2023 |
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Boston Strangler (2023)
Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.
Starring: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane, David Dastmalchian
Director: Matt Ruskin
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Tags: Alessandro Nivola, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, David Dastmalchian, Keira Knightley, Matt Ruskin, Rory Cochrane
Posted on March 16, 2023 |
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The Fighting Preacher (2019)
Comedy | Drama | History
When Willard and Rebecca Bean are called on a mission to a town that's hostile towards them, they must choose whether to fight for their right to live there or love their hostile neighbors.
Starring: David McConnell, Charley Boon, Kenna Dawn, Steve Anderson, Richard Benedict, Liz Christensen
Director: T.C. Christensen
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Tags: Charley Boon, David McConnell, Kenna Dawn, Liz Christensen, Richard Benedict, Steve Anderson, T.C. Christensen
Posted on February 24, 2023 |
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Bathory / Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
Biography | Drama | Fantasy | History
With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
Starring: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Hans Matheson, Franco Nero, Anthony Byrne
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
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Tags: Anna Friel, Anthony Byrne, Franco Nero, Hans Matheson, Juraj Jakubisko, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan
Posted on February 21, 2023 |
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The Countess / La comtesse (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Starring: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, Sebastian Blomberg, Charly Hübner
Director: Julie Delpy
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Tags: Anamaria Marinca, Charly Hübner, Daniel Brühl, Julie Delpy, Sebastian Blomberg, William Hurt
Posted on February 13, 2023 |
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De Heineken ontvoering / The Heineken Kidnapping (2011)
Crime | History | Thriller
A bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heineken's 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands' most infamous crimes.
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Teun Kuilboer, Korneel Evers
Director: Maarten Treurniet
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Tags: Gijs Naber, Korneel Evers, Maarten Treurniet, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Rutger Hauer, Teun Kuilboer
Posted on February 8, 2023 |
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She Said (2022)
Drama | History
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Angela Yeoh
Director: Maria Schrader
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Tags: Andre Braugher, Angela Yeoh, Carey Mulligan, Jennifer Ehle, Maria Schrader, Patricia Clarkson, Zoe Kazan
Posted on January 23, 2023 |
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Till (2022)
Biography | Drama | History
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Starring: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
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Tags: Chinonye Chukwu, Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell, John Douglas Thompson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Whoopi Goldberg
Posted on January 5, 2023 |
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Kingdom 2: Far and Away / Kingdom II: Harukanaru Daichi e (2022)
Action | Adventure | History | War
It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Starring: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, Nana Seino, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Amane Okayama, Takahiro Miura
Director: Shinsuke Sato
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Tags: Amane Okayama, Kanna Hashimoto, Kento Yamazaki, Nana Seino, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shin'nosuke Mitsushima, Shinsuke Sato, Takahiro Miura
Posted on December 15, 2022 |
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De Gaulle (2020)
Biography | Drama | History
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carré, Olivier Gourmet, Tim Hudson, Gilles Cohen
Director: Gabriel Le Bomin
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Tags: Gabriel Le Bomin, Gilles Cohen, Isabelle Carré, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Gourmet, Tim Hudson
Posted on December 9, 2022 |
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Call Jane (2022)
Drama | History
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith
Director: Phyllis Nagy
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Tags: Chris Messina, Cory Michael Smith, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, Phyllis Nagy, Sigourney Weaver, Wunmi Mosaku
Posted on December 7, 2022 |
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The Woman King (2022)
Action | Drama | History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Tags: Gina Prince-Bythewood, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Thuso Mbedu, Viola Davis
Posted on December 7, 2022 |
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Amsterdam (2022)
Comedy | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldana
Director: David O. Russell
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Tags: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, David O. Russell, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Zoe Saldana
Posted on November 29, 2022 |
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Hibiscus Town / Fu rong zhen (1986)
Drama | History | Romance
Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution.
Starring: Xiaoqing Liu, Wen Jiang
Director: Jin Xie
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Tags: Jin Xie, Wen Jiang, Xiaoqing Liu
Posted on November 29, 2022 |
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Operation Seawolf (2022)
Action | Adventure | History | Mystery | Thriller | War
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, formed together the German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland.
Starring: Frank Grillo, Dolph Lundgren, Hiram A. Murray
Director: Steven Luke
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Tags: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Grillo, Hiram A. Murray, Steven Luke
Posted on November 22, 2022 |
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
Adventure | Drama | Family | History
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Tags: Anne Baxter, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, Debra Paget, Edward G. Robinson, Yul Brynner, Yvonne De Carlo
Posted on November 11, 2022 |
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Septet: The Story of Hong Kong / Cat yan ngok deoi (2020)
Drama | History
Seven of Hong Kong's leading filmmakers have come together to each direct a short film set in Hong Kong during one decade from the 1940s to the 2000s.
Starring: Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng, Sire Ma, Jennifer Yu, Ian Iskandar Gouw, Wah Yuen
Director: Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui, Woo-Ping Yuen
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Tags: Ann Hui, Francis Ng, Hark Tsui, Ian Iskandar Gouw, Jennifer Yu, Johnnie To, Patrick Tam, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Sire Ma, Timmy Hung, Wah Yuen, Woo-ping Yuen