Movies: History

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on...

August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission ...

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact....

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States....

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a power...

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor....

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. H...

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. ...

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom....

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine....

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events....

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground....

England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V....

In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry....

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery....

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instab...

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world....

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dom...

Winter 1862. In the midst of the Civil War, the US Army sends a company of volunteer soldiers to the western territories, with the task of patrolling the unchartered borderlands. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their en...

In 1763, Britain defeated France in the worldwide Seven Years War - referred to in the American Colonies as The French and Indian War. As a result, the French abandoned America, leaving the Native population who had sided with the French to fear the ...

Based on the true story of a scientist who pursues another opportunity to fund his solar energy project after the company he works for refuses to, and finds himself confronted with forces that are keeping him from achieving his dream....

Grey Days is a journey through New Balance history that explores the brand’s running heritage and its popularity in style subcultures from the DMV to Tokyo, through the lens of longtime enthusiasts, and features appearances by UK Rapper Dave, star de...

1996 - As Colombia descends into bloody insurgent warfare, a family must travel on a perilous road to visit their ailing grandfather. Their fear of kidnapping forces them to rely on their youngest child to conceal their fake identities, exposing him ...

Through the entanglement of home movies, archival footage, and cinéma vérité, "Ghost Camera" captures 116 years of Toronto history to tell the tale of a documentarian's descent into artistic madness....

In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry....

Travelling the Western Front, grave to grave, former All Black Andrew Mehrtens shares the story of the 13 All Blacks killed in WW I....

Based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during WW2. This movie is a war drama/love story/espionage tale that needs to be told in this era where survivors are dying, and the Holocaus...

A German physician worked tirelessly to bring back hope and pleasure to a country that was uncertain of its future....

In late 1600s Salem, a young farm girl, Elizabeth Thompson, is accused of witchcraft and stands trial. Having to represent herself, Elizabeth attempts to persuade the puritans to be merciful and free her....

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Winston Churchill....

Three years after being attacked by the evil Dr Heinz Mi'Hell, Mitch (Mitchell Lonergan) must return to the underworld along with Ivan (Skye Skelton) to reclaim the stone of power from clutches of Bunny Mitch (Mitchell Lonergan)...

After having his one cigarette of the day, Mervyn LeRoy returns to the chaotic scene that is known as the production of "The Wizard Of Oz"....

Tape #2. The origins of Godzilla and the superfauna species are explored....

We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it’s widely believed “Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter.” Filmed in Poland...

“Escape from Germany,” is the true recounting of a miraculous yet unsung WWII event, releasing in theaters April, 2024. Hitler's army was rapidly closing borders in August of 1939 while eighty-five American missionaries were serving their church insi...

A look into the history and tradition of Queen's Football in it's golden era, featuring never before seen footage of the university in the 1960s....

Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in ...

A found-footage short film documentary exploring the tragedies surrounding America's royal family: The Kennedys. The film highlights the Camelot era spanning from Joe P. Kennedy Sr.'s rise to power until the deaths of John Jr. & Carolyn Bessette. Cre...