Movie List for "history"

An artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam. Year 2017.

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight. Year 2015.

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Year 2020.

In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure. Year 2018.

East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them. Year 2018.

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William M… Year 2019.

Children who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters. Year 2010.

A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China. Year 2015.

Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians. Year 2005.

The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Year 1935.

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called “The Time of Troubles.” There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there’s only on… Year 2007.

Depicting Ted Kennedy’s involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. Year 2017.

Saketh Ram’s wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him. Year 2000.

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna. Year 1968.

Businessman Greville Wynne is asked by a Russian source to try to help put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Year 2020.

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. Year 1992.