History movies
Period pieces that transport you back in time, recreating the events and figures that shaped our past.
Subgenres include: Historical Event, Biographical History, Political History.
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Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
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Peasant girl Jagna is forced to marry the much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and disdain with the villagers and she must fight to preserve her independence.
73. The Burial
Drama History Legal Drama Historical Event2023•2h 6min
United States
Director: Margaret Betts
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When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.
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In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
75. The Promised Land
Action Drama History Historical Drama Epic Action2023•2h 7min
Denmark, Germany
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
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Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?
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Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate the Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II.
77. Dumb Money
History Comedy Drama Historical Event Satire2023•1h 45min
United States
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
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78. A Million Miles Away
Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History2023•2h 2min
Mexico, United States
Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella
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The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
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Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
80. The Hill
History Drama Biographical History Coming-of-Age Drama2023•2h 1min
United States
Director: Jeff Celentano
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The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
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