Popular History Movies - Page 146
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
star 7A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.Open Space
1985
Open Space
1985
Summer of 1972, a small group of fanatical Croatian nationalists, trained and equipped by extreme emigrant organizations, infiltrated the territory of former Yugoslavia with intent to organize an uprising against Tito's regime. This series, very loosely based on true events, depicts the manhunt that followed.Battlefield
2024
Battlefield
2024
star 6.4These are the years of the First World War and Dr. Stefano Zorzi spends his days in the Exemption Clinic in a large city of Northern Italy, where he not only takes care of soldiers who arrive from the massacre of the front, but also he fights simulation and self-harm of those who hope to be dispensed, by sending them before the Military Court. If Stefano, in fact, does his utmost to heal soldiers and send them back to fight, Dr. Giulio Farradio makes them ill, or helps them to self-injure seriously enough to be exonerated. The two doctors, who went to university together and were great friends, they not only (secretly) challenge each other on a professional level, but also on the sentimental one: they are both linked to Anna, a courageous nurse with a strong character. But when the great ‘Spanish’ fever epidemic arrived in 1918, the time for love, politics and science ends up getting confused dangerously...Underwater Warrior
1958
Underwater Warrior
1958
star 5Based upon the life of Commander Francic D. Fane (USNR), UnderWater Warrior follows the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit from its inception near the end of World War II through its acceptance and finally successful utilization in Korea. Landmark underwater camera work makes Underwater Warrior a milestone in cinematic history.斬人 KIRIHITO
2005
斬人 KIRIHITO
2005
Mahabharat
2013
Mahabharat
2013
star 7.2Mahabharat is considered as the greatest and the longest epic in world literature It has all the possible elements that a story could have - conflict, duty, sacrifice, heroism, truth, justice, romance, adventure, fantasy and relationships - making it truly an all-encompassing fascinating saga.A Woman Called Golda
1982
A Woman Called Golda
1982
star 7.7The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.The Courier
2020
The Courier
2020
star 7Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.Word and Utopia
2000
Word and Utopia
2000
star 5.5The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
star 7.3Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.Punishment Battalion
1960
Punishment Battalion
1960
star 6The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.La Revolución De Juan Escopeta
2011
star 6.6Mexico 1914. During the Revolution, a raid by the army in a small mining town leaves Gapo, 11, orphaned. Taken captive to be turned into a child soldier he escapes with the help of Juan Escopeta, a gunman for hire. Together they travel through a country absorbed in civil war in search of Gapo’s older and only brother: a famed revolutionary outlaw.Invasion
2014
Invasion
2014
star 7.3INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order to re-define their identity and become who they are today.Maledictis
2023
Maledictis
2023
star 8.3During the anti-communist uprisings of the late 1950s, a writer of comedic poems against socialism was constantly pursued by Securitate troops.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)Acorn and the Firestorm
2017
star 5For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
star 4.9Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.Augustine of Hippo
1972
Augustine of Hippo
1972
star 5.9A biography of St. Augustine as he enters the episcopacy and deals with heresy and the decline of the Western Roman Empire.Young Chopin
1952
Young Chopin
1952
star 5.7Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.Run, Melos!
1992
Run, Melos!
1992
star 6.2The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius (Selinae), a genius sculptor that Melos just met stays as a hostage.
