History Movies
The Girl in White

The Girl in White

The Girl in White
IMDb: 6.9
92

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance…

Genre: Drama, History
Torchwood

Torchwood

Torchwood
TMDb: 8.565
N/A

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Status: Released
Genre: Drama, History, War
California Conquest

California Conquest

California Conquest
IMDb: 5.2
79

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the…

The Kaiser’s Lackey

The Kaiser’s Lackey

The Kaiser’s Lackey
IMDb: 7.3
109

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Tall Target

The Tall Target

The Tall Target
IMDb: 7.2
78

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.1
171

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Odette

Odette

Odette
IMDb: 6.8
124

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Go for Broke!

Go for Broke!

Go for Broke!
IMDb: 6.6
92

A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
IMDb: 6.9
88

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba
IMDb: 6.1
123

King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
IMDb: 7.3
117

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American…

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 6.3
106

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they…

Genre: Drama, History
The Flowers of St. Francis

The Flowers of St. Francis

The Flowers of St. Francis
IMDb: 7.3
87

In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously…

Genre: Drama, History
The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow
IMDb: 6.8
88

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.

Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones
IMDb: 6
76

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty…

The Black Rose

The Black Rose

The Black Rose
IMDb: 6.2
116

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but…

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn
IMDb: 6.2
118

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her…

Genre: Drama, History
Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror
IMDb: 6.9
87

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D’Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of…

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes
IMDb: 6.9
107

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea…

The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress
IMDb: 8.1
115

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may…

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade
IMDb: 6.4
103

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
IMDb: 6
99

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific
IMDb: 5.9
95

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee
IMDb: 6.6
90

Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union’s secret service during the Civil War.

Genre: Comedy, History, War
Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic
IMDb: 7
111

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole – only to find…

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers
IMDb: 6.5
96

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever…

Locura de amor

Locura de amor

Locura de amor
IMDb: 6.2
107

The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of…

Genre: Drama, History
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
IMDb: 6.4
145

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices…

Genre: Drama, History
The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow
IMDb: 6.1
76

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now…

Unconquered

Unconquered

Unconquered
IMDb: 6.9
147

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of…

Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent
IMDb: 7
111

The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.

Genre: Drama, History
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 6.9
86

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…

Genre: Drama, History
Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street
IMDb: 6.8
141

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie’s daughter, Marguerite, and William fall…

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey
IMDb: 6.1
85

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical…

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

Forever Amber
IMDb: 6.5
138

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride…

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott
IMDb: 6.5
93

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic…

Genre: Drama, History
The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End
IMDb: 6.6
112

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth
IMDb: 7.1
111

Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise of fascism in Japan…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman
IMDb: 6.5
100

In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.

Pacific Adventure

Pacific Adventure

Pacific Adventure
IMDb: 6.8
119

An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles “Smithy” Kingsford-Smith. The film is unusually frank about the controversies that occasionally dogged him. PG Taylor and Billy Hughes both…

Genre: History