History Movies
The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice
IMDb: 4.6
142

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem…

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan
IMDb: 5.9
92

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the…

Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth
IMDb: 7.4
94

At New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is…

Genre: Drama, History
The Story of Vickie

The Story of Vickie

The Story of Vickie
IMDb: 6.5
103

Vickie, short for Victoria, is crowned Queen of England and as such needs to learn the responsibilities of her new post.

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest
IMDb: 5.6
77

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in…

King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders
IMDb: 5.5
114

Based on Sir Walter Scott’s The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of…

Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter
IMDb: 6
108

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king’s skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal…

Genre: Drama, History
The Egyptian

The Egyptian

The Egyptian
IMDb: 6.5
139

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe’s personal triumphs and tragedies…

Genre: Drama, History
Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators
IMDb: 6.6
101

The story picks up at the point where “The Robe” ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ’s robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula…

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters
IMDb: 7.4
124

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron ‘The…

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth
IMDb: 6.4
99

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one…

Bengal Brigade

Bengal Brigade

Bengal Brigade
IMDb: 5.6
87

Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the…

Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell
IMDb: 6.4
113

Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince’s uniform…

Sins of Jezebel

Sins of Jezebel

Sins of Jezebel
IMDb: 4.7
75

The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the…

Serpent of the Nile

Serpent of the Nile

Serpent of the Nile
IMDb: 5.1
81

Cleopatra toys with Mark Antony who wants to merge his Rome with her Egypt.

The Robe

The Robe

The Robe
IMDb: 6.7
135

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus’ robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when…

Genre: Drama, History
Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Martin Luther
IMDb: 6.8
105

A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.

Genre: Drama, History
Malta Story

Malta Story

Malta Story
IMDb: 6.5
99

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 7.2
120

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.

Genre: Drama, History
Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell
IMDb: 7.1
86

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he…

Houdini

Houdini

Houdini
IMDb: 6.8
106

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and… Scotland Yard’s jails.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Hiroshima
IMDb: 7.5
105

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

Genre: Drama, History
The Sea has Risen

The Sea has Risen

The Sea has Risen
IMDb: 6.2
135

March 15, 1848; the revolution breaks out in the town of Pest. Yet at café Pilvax, in among he revolutionary youth, there is the informer of the imperial court as…

Genre: Drama, History
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea
IMDb: 7.4
126

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest
IMDb: 7.3
78

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
IMDb: 4.7
75

With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar’s Opera
IMDb: 6.1
94

Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

Genre: Crime, History, Music
After the Ball

After the Ball

After the Ball
IMDb: 6.1
89

The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility

Genre: Drama, History, Music
Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.
IMDb: 6.6
88

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen “Albert”…

Genre: History, War
Yankee Buccaneer

Yankee Buccaneer

Yankee Buccaneer
IMDb: 5.9
86

A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the…

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!
IMDb: 7.2
113

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda
IMDb: 6.9
96

A kingdom’s ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find…

Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure
IMDb: 6.2
105

During the Mayflower pilgrims’ long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford’s wife Dorothy.

Park Row

Park Row

Park Row
IMDb: 7.2
83

In New York’s 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger…

Mutiny

Mutiny

Mutiny
IMDb: 5.2
77

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben…

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Les Miserables
IMDb: 6.8
105

In 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…

Lydia Bailey

Lydia Bailey

Lydia Bailey
IMDb: 6.3
89

A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L’Overture,…

Jhansi Ki Rani

Jhansi Ki Rani

Jhansi Ki Rani
IMDb: 6.6
148

Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and…

Genre: Drama, History
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe
IMDb: 6.7
106

Sir Walter Scott’s classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

The Iron Mistress

The Iron Mistress

The Iron Mistress
IMDb: 6.2
110

In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse’s murder, but Judalon takes…