History
2021

Popular History Movies

King Richard
King Richard
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
King Richard 2021
Respect
Respect
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Respect 2021
House of Gucci
House of Gucci
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.
House of Gucci 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021
Worth
Worth
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
Worth 2021
The Courier
The Courier
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Courier 2021
Spencer
Spencer
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Spencer 2021
The Mad Women's Ball
The Mad Women's Ball
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
The Mad Women's Ball 2021
Being the Ricardos
Being the Ricardos
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Being the Ricardos 2021
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally 2021
The Auschwitz Report
The Auschwitz Report
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, they manage to escape. While the inmates they had left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi officers, the two men are driven on by the hope that their evidence could save lives.
The Auschwitz Report 2021
Son of the South
Son of the South
Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Son of the South 2021
Burning at Both Ends
Burning at Both Ends
The movie follows a group of resistance radio broadcasters in Nazi-occupied France as they evade capture alongside a Jewish family.
Burning at Both Ends 2021
Edge of the World
Edge of the World
Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.
Edge of the World 2021
The East
The East
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.
The East 2021
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory 2021
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
‘Marakkar Lion of the Arabian Sea’ portrays the courageous life-events of a rebellious naval chief, Kunjali Marakkar the fourth, who fought against the Portuguese in the ancient times. He was the fourth naval chief of the Calicut Zamorin. The film revolves around him who was also the first Indian Naval Commander and Indian freedom fighter for the war against the Portuguese. He is said to have won 16 such battles with his impeccable strategies and fighting skills.
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea 2021
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival 2021
Sardar Udham
Sardar Udham
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.
Sardar Udham 2021
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 2021
First Signal
First Signal
When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.
First Signal 2021
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Benedict Arnold is not the villain of American history most people were taught to believe. New facts and never before presented material illuminate his heroic contributions to the American Revolution and explains his later change of allegiance.
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed 2021
Berenshtein
Berenshtein
The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Berenshtein 2021
Stuck in the Groove
Stuck in the Groove
A Documentary film exploring the history and evolution of vinyl records. Featuring Interviews with the experts, musicians and fans alike, 'Stuck in the groove' takes you on a journey of vinyl-mania, music and nostalgia.
Stuck in the Groove 2021
Texas Red
Texas Red
Part of the 12 Western feature films to be made in 12 months during 2020, this film tells the story of Texas Red, an African-American man who was hunted by hundreds through the Winter wilderness of Mississippi.
Texas Red 2021
Sonata
Sonata
Diagnosed as an autistic child, Grzegorz lives in his own, hermetic world not being able to connect with others. When he is a teenager, it turns out that the cause of Grzegorz’s isolation is not autism but a deep hearing impairment, underneath which a great musical talent has been hidden for years.
Sonata 2021
Julia
Julia
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.
Julia 2021
Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island
Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.
Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island 2021
Vivandiére
Vivandiére
Two young women from both sides of the Civil War volunteer as battlefield nurses, facing down scornful commanders and murderous war criminals to accomplish their hazardous duty.
Vivandiére 2021
Homesick
Homesick
A university student returns home to self-isolate during the lockdown. He's totally alone, he's caught the virus and in order to cope, he's started to talk to himself.
Homesick 2021
The Son
The Son
Using unpublished photos taken by Italian war photographer Enrico Sarsini, and the reconstruction of key events, this film examines the battle for a strategically-located church that was defended by Azerbaijani teenager Natig Gasimov. After his surrender and interrogation by Armenian forces, he was never heard of again. This film finds out what happened to Natig and who may be responsible. Filmed over a period of three years, filmmaker Karan Singh spoke to witnesses in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Italy and Russia in his search for the truth.
The Son 2021
Counter Histories: Rock Hill
Counter Histories: Rock Hill
They stood up for their rights by sitting down at the counter of the Rock Hill Five and Dime. Orders of coffee were met with violence, police brutality and unjust imprisonment, turning a peaceful protest into a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement.
Counter Histories: Rock Hill 2021
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