Genre: History
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Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War 2023

Michael Portillo returns with an authored documentary, that uses British state papers to shed fresh light on key events and personalities during the Civil War period in Ireland.

Category: History

Stars: Max Hastings, Fearghal McGarry, Michael Portillo

347 Views
Hidden Blade 2023

Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Yibo Wang, Lei Huang

6.4 IMDB Rating 524 Views
Dark Marvels 2023–

Examines the background and engineering of some of mankind's most evil creations. From cunning torture and death devices to terrifying weapons of war, nefarious spy tools, and games that kill.

Category: History

Stars: Adam Pepper,Jonathan Peacy,Jimmy Bacon

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,719 Views
Tamango 1958

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais

6.5 IMDB Rating 509 Views
Warsaw ’44 2014

A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Józef Pawlowski, Zofia Wichlacz, Anna Próchniak

6.6 IMDB Rating 724 Views
The Indian Doctor 2010–2013

In a comedy-drama set in the 1960s, a South Wales coal mining community is changed forever following the death of the local doctor, whose replacement comes as quite a shock to the villagers.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Jacob Oakley

7.9 IMDB Rating 1,395 Views
Stargate Origins: Catherine 2018

In 1939, Professor Paul Langford and his daughter Catherine are still grappling with the mysteries of the ancient relic they discovered in the Egyptian desert more than ten years ago. With war looming in Europe and funding running out, these brilliant minds are approaching their lowest ebb. Little do they know, answers are about to present themselves in a dangerous form, when the Nazi Occultist Dr. Wilhelm Brücke approaches their facility with a sinister motive. Enlisting the help of two young soldiers, Catherine must use all of her wit and nous as she and her new allies embark on an adventure into the unknown to rescue her father, and save the Earth from an unimaginable darkness.

Category: Adventure, History, Sci-Fi

Stars: Ellie Gall, Connor Trinneer, Aylam Orian

4.2 IMDB Rating 962 Views
Domina 2021–

The life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Alex Lanipekun, Kasia Smutniak, Matthew McNulty

7.1 IMDB Rating 14,657 Views
Jagun Jagun (The Warrior) 2023

A young man determined to become a mighty warrior joins an elite army, encountering the wrath of a maniacal warlord and the love of a woman.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Adebowale Adedayo , Lateef Adedimeji , Odunlade Adekola

7.1 IMDB Rating 490 Views
The Essex Murders 2023

This gripping three-part series explores one of the most notorious multiple murders in British history, the assassination of the so-called Essex Boys in an isolated country lane, 26 years ago.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Lee Mayo, Steve Nipper Ellis, Albert Patrick

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,291 Views
Che: Part One 2008

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,236 Views
Yaathisai 2023

A periodical fiction based on the 7th-century Pandiyan prince Ranadheeran who ruled during a time when the Chola dynasty lost its power and its people were forced to live in the woods.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Guru Somasundaram, Seyon Purushothaman, Subathra

7.9 IMDB Rating 941 Views
Game Change 2012

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,245 Views
The Confederate 2018

Georgia, 1864. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to her brutal neighbor, Willa Randall disguises herself as a boy and joins the Confederate cavalry.

Category: History, Western

Stars: Jezibell Anat, Dan Beck, Christopher Bowman

4.6 IMDB Rating 725 Views
Land of Mine 2015

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.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman

7.8 IMDB Rating 669 Views
Jaguar 2021

In the 1960s, Spain became a home to hundreds of survivors of the Mauthausen camp. Isabel, a young Spanish woman, is one of them. She is looking for Skorzeny, Europe's most dangerous man, but she is not alone.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Blanca Suárez, Iván Marcos, Óscar Casas

5.9 IMDB Rating 4,480 Views
China’s Megatomb Revealed 2016

Unearthing the terrible secrets hidden in the tomb of China's first emperor. The Terracotta warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in a mausoleum the size of Manhattan, which has gone largely unexcavated.

Category: Documentary, Drama, History

Stars: Dong Chunguang, Liming Geng, Albert Yu-Min Lin

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,170 Views
Southside with You 2016

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway

6.3 IMDB Rating 3,793 Views
Superpowered: The DC Story 2023–

Follows the DC's history and legacy, highlighting the universe of characters, and the iconic comic book company's origins and its evolution.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Rosario Dawson

7.2 IMDB Rating 982 Views
Gold Coast 2015

In 1836 the Danish romantic visionary Wulff travels to Africa to create plantations on the Gold Coast, but his best intentions and belief is soon confronted with a harsh reality dominated by slave trade and unbelievable brutality.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic

Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Danica Curcic, John Aggrey

5.3 IMDB Rating 556 Views