Genre: History
1055 content found
Prison Chronicles 2024

Inside the history and inner workings of prisons; covering institutions from the Tower of London to the high-tech ADX through interviews with journalists, former correctional officers and previously incarcerated individuals.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Xavier Cadeau

1,517 Views
Markisinnan de Sade 1992

Ingmar Bergman's staging at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. While the Marquis De Sade is in prison on charges of crimes of gross perversion, his faithful wife Renee awaits him. Despite all the horrors her husband has committed, she believes that his evil is sacred. Her mother however does everything possible to ensure that the Marquis stays in prison.

Category: History

Stars: Stina Ekblad, Anita Björk, Marie Richardson

6.8 IMDB Rating 32 Views
The Lady’s Companion 2025–

A romantic comedy set in 1880s Madrid, coinciding with the Alphonsine era and the Restoration period, depicting the social and cultural landscape of the time.

Category: Comedy, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Maria Caballero, Nadia de Santiago, Álvaro Mel

17 Views
When Life Gives You Tangerines 2024–

A drama that tells the adventure-filled life of the rebellious Ae-soon and cast-iron man Gwan-sik, both born in Jeju in the 1950s.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Kim Seon-ho, Park Bo-gum, IU

9.3 IMDB Rating 371 Views
Land of Hope 2018

Anni lives a sheltered life until she falls in love with Veikko, who has been wounded at the end of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her life behind and moves with Veikko to North Karelia.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic, War

Stars: Oona Airola, Konsta Laakso, Helmi Linnosmaa

6.5 IMDB Rating 4,394 Views
Chappaquiddick 2017

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

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms

6.4 IMDB Rating 4,491 Views
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan 2007

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun

7.2 IMDB Rating 6,465 Views
Underground 2016–2017

With the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever. Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom.

Category: Action, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw

7.9 IMDB Rating 16,999 Views
House of David 2025–

The once-mighty King Saul falls victim to his own pride, as an outcast shepherd boy, David is anointed as the second king.

Category: History

Stars: Michael Iskander, Bahia Haifi, Petros Triandafyllopoulos

5,100 Views
The King’s Speech 2010

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

8.0 IMDB Rating 5,539 Views
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2017

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History, War

Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,916 Views
Adalen 31 1969

During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between demonstrators and the military who open fire and five people are killed and five injured.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund

7.0 IMDB Rating 159 Views
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth 2025

Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie 38 minutes after takeoff on Dec. 21, 1988, killing 259 on board and 11 on ground. Dr. Jim Swire loses daughter Flora and seeks justice with wife Jane.

Category: Drama, History, TV Mini

Stars: Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,030 Views
King of Thieves 2018

A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Michael Caine, Francesca Annis, Olivia Le Andersen

5.5 IMDB Rating 6,597 Views
9-11: The Day the World Stood Still 2025

It had been a crisp September morning like so many others. And then it was not. An explosion of evil would carve a path of death and destruction. The untold stories of resilience and unity from survivors pay tribute to hope amid t...

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Jake Sanscliff

6.4 IMDB Rating 473 Views
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story 2024–

Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, TV Mini

Stars: Toby Stephens, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones

7.3 IMDB Rating 302 Views
My Happy Marriage 2023–

An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.

Category: Animation, Anime, Drama, Fantasy, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Reina Ueda, Kaito Ishikawa, Damien C. Haas

7.7 IMDB Rating 2,773 Views
When Calls the Heart 2014–

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner

7.9 IMDB Rating 87,300 Views
The Underground Railroad 2021

A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, History, TV Mini, War

Stars: Thuso Mbedu, Chase Dillon, Joel Edgerton

7.4 IMDB Rating 10,716 Views
Gentleman Jack 2019–2022

A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan

8.2 IMDB Rating 25,780 Views