Popular History Movies - Page 34
Scarlet
2023
Scarlet
2023
star 6.8A French widower and WWI veteran returns home after the war to raise his newborn daughter.Ayla: The Daughter of War
2017
star 8In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.Resistance
2020
Resistance
2020
star 6.9The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.The Conquerors
1932
The Conquerors
1932
star 4.8A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.The Hunley
1999
The Hunley
1999
star 6.1CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It is a story of heroism in the face of adversity, the Hunley being the first submersible to sink an enemy boat in time of war. It also relates the human side of the story relating the uncommon and extaordinary temperament of the 9 men who led the Hunley into history and died valiantly accomplishing this feat.Semmelweis
2023
Semmelweis
2023
star 8Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.Man of God
2021
Man of God
2021
star 7Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.Mother Night
1996
Mother Night
1996
star 6.6An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.Jan Žižka
1956
Jan Žižka
1956
star 6.6The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.Sita Ramam
2022
Sita Ramam
2022
star 7.8Afreen, a rebellious Pakistani student sets ablaze the car of an Indian in London. Angered Afreen returns to Pakistan to ask for money from her grandfather that she has to pay in a month's time as damages. However, she gets to know that he is no more and the only thing he has left for her is a letter-delivering task, written by Ram to Sita. As Afreen sets out to find Ram, there begins her journey of discovering the secret behind the 20-year-old letter.Policejní hodina
1961
Policejní hodina
1961
star 4The story of a poor, disintegrating family of a mother Fišerová and her three children. It is set in the 1890s - a time when the poor working classes did not yet have the right to vote or a permanent eight-hour working day.Ben-Hur
2016
Ben-Hur
2016
star 5.8A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.Fort Saganne
1984
Fort Saganne
1984
star 6In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.Radioactive
2020
Radioactive
2020
star 6.6The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.Colonel Wolodyjowski
1969
Colonel Wolodyjowski
1969
star 7In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.Hamlet
1990
Hamlet
1990
star 6.6Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.Respect
2021
Respect
2021
star 6.8The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.Les Misérables
1982
Les Misérables
1982
star 6.9In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.The Adventurous Bachelor
1946
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system, finds out. But the stingy and proud townspeople soon grow to dislike him, and even love does not develop according to his wishes.The Possessed
1988
The Possessed
1988
star 5.3Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.
