Popular History Movies - Page 116
The Moment of Peace
1965
The Moment of Peace
1965
The movie "L'instant de la paix" consists of three segments: 1. "Les rideaux blancs" (France) 2. "Berlin N 65" (West Germany) 3. "Matura" (Poland)The Sound of Freedom
2010
The Sound of Freedom
2010
star 2Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,The Stamp
2024
The Stamp
2024
A middle-aged woman decides to overthrow the powerful oligarch who controls her country. She must stop the oligarch from stealing the people's money and making her country the poorest in Europe.Max & Me
2023
Max & Me
2023
The story unfolds through a present-day encounter of an older man, Gunther, and a rebellious teenager, DJ, as the story of Father Max teaches the young boy about love and sacrifice.Ann
2022
Ann
2022
star 7Based on what happened to 15-year-old Ann Lovett in 1984. When she wakes up that morning, Ann feels that she is going to give birth that day. She puts on her school uniform, but instead of going to school she is terrified of what is to come and quietly wanders the streets, hoping for human kindness and help, hoping for a miracle, while afraid to approach anyone.The Airship
1994
The Airship
1994
star 5.1A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She is helped by a photographer and both fall into a police intrigue.Two Prosecutors
2025
Two Prosecutors
2025
star 5.2In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
2017
star 3Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.Girls in Summer Dresses: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
1988
star 3.5In 1945, the second- and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the seventh of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb." (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)Ulysses' Gaze
1995
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
star 7.4An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.Hammer
2024
Hammer
2024
star 2Cartagena, Colombia – 1666. An enslaved woman accused of witchcraft comes face to face with evil incarnate and a Faustian bargain for her freedom while imprisoned in the bowels of the Palace of the Inquisition.The Endless Trench
2019
The Endless Trench
2019
star 6.9A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.Gertrudis
1992
Gertrudis
1992
star 6The life and execution of Gertrudis Bocanegra, a sympathizer of the libertarian cause and a prominent figure in Mexico's independence from Spain.Mard
1985
Mard
1985
star 6.1King Azad gets locked in a dungeon by the British general Dyer who wants to take over his kingdom. Years later, Azad's son decides to put an end to Dyer's tyranny and comes to his father's rescue.Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
2018
star 7A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.If I Were King
1938
If I Were King
1938
star 6.8King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
star 8.4After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.The Good Earth
1937
The Good Earth
1937
star 6.2China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.Sardar Udham
2021
Sardar Udham
2021
star 7.2A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
star 7.7What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
