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The Last Kingdom
2015–
As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred - born a Saxon but raised by Vikings - seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, Ian Hart, David Dawson
8.3 IMDB Rating 67,814 Views
Poldark
2015–
Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
Category: Drama, History, Romantic
Stars: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Farthing
8.3 IMDB Rating 50,594 Views
Warrior
2019–
Set during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy originating from China to San Francisco, ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan
8.2 IMDB Rating 49,143 Views
Project Blue Book
2019–
The story of the real-life, U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena from 1947-70.
Category: History, Mystery
Stars: Aidan Gillen, Michael Malarkey, Laura Mennell, Ksenia Solo
7.6 IMDB Rating 18,934 Views
Band of Brothers
2001
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
9.4 IMDB Rating 18,068 Views
The Borgias
2011–2013
Following the Borgia family as they rise to power in the Roman Catholic church. Rodrigo Borgia uses bribery, with the help of his son, to secure his position as Pope Alexander VI. But he has gained enemies in the College of Cardinals, who begin to plot against him. He must find alliances.
Category: Crime, Drama, History
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
7.9 IMDB Rating 16,894 Views
The Vietnam War
2017
Epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in history as never told before on film. Visceral and immersive, exploring the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses.
Category: Documentary, History, War
Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, Duong Van Mai Elliott
9,2 IMDB Rating 13,346 Views
Pearl Harbor
2001
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunteers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor."
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Ben Affleck,Josh Hartnett,Kate Beckinsale,William Lee Scott
6.1 IMDB Rating 12,286 Views
Dunkirk
2017
Allierade soldater från Belgien, det brittiska imperiet och Frankrike är omgivna av den tyska armén, och evakueras under en våldsam strid under andra världskriget.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance
8,3 IMDB Rating 11,632 Views
When They See Us
2019
Chronicle the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Jovan Adepo, Reginald L. Barnes, Asante Blackk
7.0 IMDB Rating 11,537 Views
12 Strong
2018
12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down for the Taliban.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña
7,0 IMDB Rating 11,198 Views
Another Period
2013
Another Period follows the lives of the obscenely rich Bellacourt family and their many servants in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island. Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome lead an all-star cast - including Michael Ian Black, David Wain, Christina Hendricks, Jason Ritter and Paget Brewster - in this historical satire about narcissistic aristocrats and the poor souls in their employ.
Category: Comedy, History
Stars: Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome, Armen Weitzman
7,2 IMDB Rating 9,794 Views
Schindlers List
1993
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Liam Neeson,Ben Kingsley,Ralph Fiennes,Caroline Goodall,Jonathan Sagall,Embeth Davidtz,Malgorzata Gebel,Shmuel Levy,Mark Ivanir,Béatrice Macola,Andrzej Seweryn,Friedrich von Thun,Krzysztof Luft,Harry Nehring,Norbert Weisser
8.9 IMDB Rating 9,678 Views
The Patriot
2000
It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can't wait to enlist in the newly formed "Continental Army." When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father's permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Mel Gibson,Heath Ledger,Joely Richardson,Jason Isaacs
7.1 IMDB Rating 9,532 Views
Zodiac
2007
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.
Category: Crime, Drama, History
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal,Mark Ruffalo,Anthony Edwards,Robert Downey Jr.
7.7 IMDB Rating 9,369 Views
First Man
2018
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
7,7 IMDB Rating 9,197 Views
The Name of the Rose
2019–
In 1327, an enlightened friar and his young apprentice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor. Television adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose'.
Category: Drama, History, Mystery
Stars: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
6.9 IMDB Rating 9,146 Views
The Impossible
2012
A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them?
Category: Drama, History, Thriller
Stars: Naomi Watts,Ewan McGregor,Tom Holland,Samuel Joslin
7.6 IMDB Rating 8,893 Views
12 Years a Slave
2013
Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor,Dwight Henry,Dickie Gravois,Bryan Batt
8.1 IMDB Rating 8,863 Views