Movie List for "history"

Something Like That (2017)

Mari discovers that she is pregnant from her best friend, Caio. Through flashbacks and flash-forwards, we discover the history of their friendship since they were teenagers, while we follow their decision to have this child or not. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama
Director: Mariana Bastos, Esmir Filho
Writer: Mariana Bastos, Esmir Filho
Actors: Clemens Schick, Juliane Elting, Knut Berger, Vera Holtz

Budapest Noir (2017)

A murder mystery set in Budapest 1936, just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler. A young beautiful girl is found dead and noone wants to investigate – except Gordon a … Year 2017.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Director: Éva Gárdos
Writer: Vilmos Kondor, András Szekér (screenplay), András Szekér
Actors: Franciska Töröcsik, Kata Dobó, Zsolt Anger, Szabolcs Thuróczy

The Jade Pendant (2017)

A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871. Filmed in Utah. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Western
Director: Po-Chih Leong
Writer: David Assael (screenplay by), Scott M. Rosenfelt (screenplay by), L.P. Leung (based on the novel The Jade Pendant by)
Actors: Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior

The Shoe (2017)

This anthology film traces one pair of silver shoes from present day back to the 1930s, when they were made. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Dan Steadman
Writer: Rajeev Sigamoney, Dan Steadman
Actors: Cody Heuer, Chris Murphy, Tammy Duensing, Meg Davis

Struggle & Hope (2017)

Among the wealth of untold stories in American history is the rise and slow disappearance of all-black towns that sprung up in the American West following the end of the Civil War. Founded … Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary, History, Music, Western
Director: Kari Barber
Writer: Kari Barber, Nicole Jackson
Actors: N/A

Maze (2017)

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II. Year 2017.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Stephen Burke
Writer: Stephen Burke
Actors: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, Martin McCann, Eileen Walsh

Mystery Stone (2017)

Explores possible explanations for artifacts found in the New World that suggests the possibility of Pre-Columbian migration to what is now commonly referred to as the Americas. Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary, History, Mystery
Director: David Coatney
Writer: David Coatney
Actors: Steven Collins, David Coatney, Stephen Jett, Donald Yates

Do You Want to Win? (2017)

One morning in October 1988, Howard Wilkinson walked into history. History was Elland Road; the great football stadium in Leeds, built by the efforts of Don Revie; home to one of the … Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Daniel Chapman, Lee Hicken
Writer: Daniel Chapman
Actors: Hayden Evans, Bill Fotherby, Vinnie Jones, Dylan Kerr

Curmudgeon (2017)

An aging documentary filmmaker suddenly loses his wife, making him deal with the difficult history with his children (partly created by his alcoholism) and the prospect of a return to filmmaking. Year 2017.

Generes: N/A
Director: David Cox
Writer: David Cox
Actors: Richard Sobek, Katie Trent, David Webster, Eric Willis

Oklahoma City (2017)

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history; this documentary explores how a series of … Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary, Crime, History
Director: Barak Goodman
Writer: Barak Goodman
Actors: Janet Beck, Alan Berg, Jim Botting, Bill Buford

The Girl on the Dock (2017)

Petra Morganstern is a changed witch and now she must make the hardest choice in her life, a choice which will alter the course of history forever. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy
Director: Randal Workman
Writer: G. Norman Lippert (series of novels), Randal Workman
Actors: Steven R. Barnett, Paisley Blackburn, Chris Davis, Wilhelmena Dreyer

Needlestick (2017)

A desperate doctor locks down South Union Cardiac Hospital to keep the greatest discovery in human history to himself, while a young intern races to save a dying young dancer, his ex-girlfriend, and his best friend, and stop his mentor. Year 2017.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Steven Karageanes
Writer: Steven Karageanes
Actors: Lance Henriksen, Harry Lennix, Michael Traynor, Katie Savoy

Arapaho (2017)

In 1852, on the Great Northern Plains of America, a small Arapaho tribe is faced with the fatal choice of rescuing one of their own, or finding the last buffalo herd before winter sets in. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: David Marlett
Writer: David Marlett
Actors: N/A

Stella Polaris Ulloriarsuaq (2017)

The history of the world has been settling on the Greenlandic ice sheet for millions of years. Massive glaciers constantly unearth long gone states of the planet. The Kalaallit people have … Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Director: Yatri N. Niehaus
Writer: Yatri N. Niehaus
Actors: Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, Nomi Baumgartl, Laali Lyberth, Sven Nieder

Frank and Ava (2018)

Frank & Ava joins the wild ride of the tempestuous relationship between icons, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner showing their multi-year love affair and subsequent marriage. In 1949, a … Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Writer: Willard Manus, Rico Simonini (screenplay)
Actors: Rico Simonini, Emily Elicia Low, Harry Dean Stanton, Lukas Haas