Popular History Movies - Page 339
The Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen
2016
A documentary of early airplane pilot and WW1 fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, famously known as The Red Baron.Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type).The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
star 6.6How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
star 7.9A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.Fantastic Mr. Dahl
2005
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
2005
Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.Katshinau
2023
Katshinau
2023
star 6In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.Over the Rainbow: The Story of Young Diana
1986
Before she became royalty, Diana Frances Spencer led a simpler life as a child of an aristocratic family. Her experiences in adolescence, from her studies at Riddlesworth Hall to witnessing the separation of her parents, set a course for the storied life of the People’s Princess.Veselé panie z Windsoru
1980
Sir John Falstaff, a bon vivant and womanizer, courts Mrs. Ford one day and Mrs. Page the next. They are cheerful but respectable ladies, so they devise a plan to punish the old rogue and teach him a lesson about his immoral advances and womanizing.The Legend of Fred Paterson
1996
The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament.Joan the Woman
1916
Joan the Woman
1916
star 5.6A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.Ghettos in the Holocaust
2023
star 7.5The gruesome story of the Jewish ghettos during the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe in the dark days of World War II, based on the records written by their inhabitants, who bear witness to the human tragedy of the Shoah; but also to an indomitable will to live.Meera
1979
Meera
1979
Meera, a devotee of Lord Krishna, believes she is married to the lord and rejects her marriage to a Rajput prince. However, her spirituality leads her to face many hardships.Kurukshetra
2008
Kurukshetra
2008
star 5.2During the Kargil War of 1999, an Indian army colonel wages war against the army of Pakistan as retaliation for the murder of his country's soldiers.Down Memory Lane
1949
Down Memory Lane
1949
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.Every Third
1980
We Stick Together
2011
We Stick Together
2011
The story of 18-year-old Gianni who was one of thousands of Italian immigrants living in Western Australia forcibly put into camps.Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
1943
Miyamoto Musashi is challenged by a series of opponents in this follow up to Miyamoto Musashi's Kongoin Ketto (1942, also called Nitoryu Kaigen) also directed by Ito Daisuke.The Timișoara Syndrome
2004
star 5.5A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.Razzennest
2022
Razzennest
2022
star 5.8South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they record an audio commentary track for his new elegiac feature documentary Razzennest. But the session goes down a different path... cazzart! The ultimate elevation of arthouse horror, just not as you might expect.
