Movie List for "history"

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power. Year 2017.

An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. Year 2020.

In post-civil war America, when a Union soldier is presumed dead, his children are mistakenly sent away on the orphan train. This is a wild-west story of people uniting for the greater good, and children forced to grow up quickly. Year 2022.

During WWII in a small village outpost, a commander has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge. Year 1972.

Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland. Year 2017.

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein. Year 2017.

A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s. Year 2000.

The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812. Year 1965.

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. Year 2005.

Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII. Year 2009.

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green. Year 2020.

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. Year 2015.

A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond. Year 2020.

After years of flying fighter planes and 5 years as test pilot, Guy is now, Dec. 4, 1959, on a secret British space capsule orbiting Earth trying to reenter but things start going wrong. Can he, despite cold war, get back to Earth… Year 2015.

Journey of a seasoned politician from a core party leader to the Chief Minister of a state, filled with achievements, manipulations, self – righteous attitude vs pure instinct, of finding despair in the midst of companionship. Year 2022.

This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romania’s 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Year 1992.