Popular History Movies - Page 371
The Alamo
2012
The Alamo
2012
Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II reconstructs one of the most remarkable founding myths of the United States of America: the epic battle of the Alamo, a fortified former Spanish mission near San Antonio de Béjar, in which a group of secessionist Texans withstood for thirteen days the merciless assaults of the Mexican army of President General Antonio López de Santa Anna.Dear Enemy
2006
Dear Enemy
2006
star 6.5Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania while hiding a partisan, an Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his cellar.Amazon Adventure
2017
Amazon Adventure
2017
star 4This film follows scientist Henry Bates as he explores the Amazon for proof of natural selection.Dreams
1940
Dreams
1940
star 5This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.Here, Beneath the North Star
1968
star 6.8Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
star 6.5The re-creation of events leading up to Margaret Thatcher's defeat as party leader and Britain's Prime Minister.Dohten
1991
Dohten
1991
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.Siglo ng Kalinga
2023
Siglo ng Kalinga
2023
Three periods interconnect the life experiences and teachings of Anastacia Giron-Tupas while transposing her story into the lives of her contemporary counterparts. Anna Formantes strives to uphold the personal and professional values of Anastacia Giron Tupas, sacrificing her happiness for education, better degrees and experiences, community advocacy, and advancing nursing standards.Sisa
1951
Sisa
1951
Based on the tragic figure from Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, Sisa tells the story of a mother’s desperate search for her missing sons, Crispin and Basilio, ultimately leading to her own demise. Beyond its heartbreaking narrative, the film highlights the enduring strength and resilience of women in the face of adversity.Makkuro na Obentô
1990
Makkuro na Obentô
1990
The true story a young boy who left for his job with a lunch box his mother prepared for him the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
2004
Able to inspire wonder and awe in all who gazed upon them, The Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome - the Pantheon, the Aqueducts of Rome, the Via Appia, the Baths of Caracalla, Trajan's Markets, Circus Maximus and the Colosseum - were the works of great men who translated fantastic visions into the epitome of human achievement. These visionaries included ambitious Emperors like Hadrian and engineers with revolutionary ideas such as Apollodorus. By the second century AD, Rome had become the 'caput mundi' - the head of the world.Chin Ping Mei
1955
Chin Ping Mei
1955
Chin Ping Mei 金瓶梅 (1955) is a Hong Kong feature film written by Ku Wen-Chung and directed by Wang Yin, it was produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. This is an adaptation of the Lotus Pan tale.Nostalgia
1967
Nostalgia
1967
Manifesto
2023
Manifesto
2023
star 5Chen Wangdao returns from his studies in Japan and takes on the task of translating the Communist Manifesto, which changes the course of his life.Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
2013
star 7.2“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.Marie-Antoinette Queen of France
1956
star 5.9While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.Ça tourne...
2025
Ça tourne...
2025
Clement of Ohrid
1986
Clement of Ohrid
1986
Life and work of Saint Kliment of Ohrid, a medieval Slav saint, scholar, writer and patron saint of the Republic of Macedonia.
