History Movies
Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London
IMDb: 6.6
92

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King…

Genre: Drama, History, Horror
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
IMDb: 7
98

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put…

Genre: Drama, History
Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone
IMDb: 7
101

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the…

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight
IMDb: 6.4
97

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
IMDb: 7
106

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
IMDb: 6.4
85

McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw “The Oklahoma Kid” Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a…

Genre: History, Western
The Night Riders

The Night Riders

The Night Riders
IMDb: 5.7
56

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won’t pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious “night riders” to fight this…

Genre: History, Western
Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest
IMDb: 6
105

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask
IMDb: 7
112

Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father’s trusted friend D’Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos,…

Juarez

Juarez

Juarez
IMDb: 6.9
125

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade
IMDb: 6.5
97

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers
IMDb: 7.4
129

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk
IMDb: 7
100

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising
IMDb: 6.3
81

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who…

Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack
IMDb: 6.2
83

A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed’s search for the cause of “Yellow Jack” or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.

We’re Going to Be Rich

We’re Going to Be Rich

We’re Going to Be Rich
IMDb: 6.4
78

A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.

Genre: Comedy, History
Suez

Suez

Suez
IMDb: 6.5
104

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it’s just the place for a canal.

La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise
IMDb: 7
131

A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI,…

Genre: Drama, History
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
IMDb: 7.3
149

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in…

Genre: Drama, History
If I Were King

If I Were King

If I Were King
IMDb: 7.1
101

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François…

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer
IMDb: 6.6
126

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky
IMDb: 7.5
109

When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood
IMDb: 7.9
102

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
IMDb: 5.9
83

Mozart biopic.

Genre: Drama, History
Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great
IMDb: 6.3
112

The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert’s death in 1861.

Genre: Drama, History
The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray
IMDb: 5.5
68

The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in…

Genre: Drama, History
The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York
IMDb: 6.3
109

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Parnell

Parnell

Parnell
IMDb: 5.3
118

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O’Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

Humanity and Paper Balloons

Humanity and Paper Balloons

Humanity and Paper Balloons
IMDb: 7.6
86

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father’s former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the…

Genre: Drama, History
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola
IMDb: 7.1
116

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of…

Genre: Drama, History
Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour
IMDb: 6.8
100

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because…

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago
IMDb: 6.7
111

The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Genre: Drama, History
Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion
IMDb: 8.1
114

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Good Earth

The Good Earth

The Good Earth
IMDb: 7.5
139

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over…

The Firefly

The Firefly

The Firefly
IMDb: 6.8
131

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon’s…

Genre: Drama, History, Music
Fire Over England

Fire Over England

Fire Over England
IMDb: 6.5
92

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations…

The Emperor’s Candlesticks

The Emperor’s Candlesticks

The Emperor’s Candlesticks
IMDb: 6.5
89

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Conquest

Conquest

Conquest
IMDb: 6.5
113

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte’s mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.

Camille

Camille

Camille
IMDb: 7.3
109

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and…

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours
IMDb: 5.9
66

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

Genre: Drama, History