HISTORY Movies and Tvshows

Virgin Territory (2007)

IMDb: 4.8
2007

Young Florentines take refuge from the black plague and engage in bawdy adventures and lusty exchanges

Shogun (2024-)

IMDb: 8.7
2024–

When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies

Oppenheimer (2023)

IMDb: 8.5
2023

The story of American scientist J Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb

Curiosa (2019)

IMDb: 5.4
2019

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Lous and Marie de Regnier

Ancient Aliens (2009)

IMDb: 7.2
2009–

Science and mythology and how they are the same thing

The Decameron (2024–)

IMDb: N/A
2024–

Set in 1348 during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, explores the timely themes of class systems, power struggles, and survival in a time of pandemic

The Sensualist (1991)

IMDb: 6.7
1991

A mans erotic encounter with a courtesan in the 1700s

The Key (1983)

IMDb: 5.4
1983

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years of marriage, a Professor and his younger wife witness the passion wane Now, all that remains is to confess the rousing thoughts to an elaborate diary hoping to break free from ties and inhibitions

The Concubine (2012)

IMDb: 6.1
2012

A tragic love triangle story between Hwa Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon

Caligula (1979)

IMDb: 5.3
1979

Details the graphic and shocking but undeniably tragic story of Romes most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula

Lust, Caution (2007)

IMDb: 7.5
2007

During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr Yee

Chernobyl (2019)

IMDb: 9.4
2019

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the worlds worst man made catastrophes

Boardwalk Empire (2010 2014)

IMDb: 8.5
2010–2014

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era

One Life (2023)

IMDb: 7.7
2023

The story of Sir Nicholas Nicky Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued Jewish children from the Nazis

Supersex (2024-)

IMDb: 6.3
2024–

Siffredis family, his origins, his relationship and the context that led him to embark on his path in pornography and accept that the demon in his body is compatible with love

Call the Midwife (2012)

IMDb: 8.4
2012–

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s

The Last Kingdom

IMDb: 8.4
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

Heeramandi The Diamond Bazaar (2024-)

IMDb: 6.4
2024–

Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings his majestic signature flair to stories of love and betrayal in the lives of courtesans in pre independence India

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

IMDb: 8.1
2016

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot

Ghost Adventures

IMDb: 7.4
2008–

Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley investigate the scariest, most notorious, haunted places in the world

Prehistoric Planet (2022)

IMDb: 8.5
2022

Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies

Band of Brothers (TV Mini-Series 2001)

IMDb: 9.4
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 to V J Day

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

IMDb: 6.0
1996

Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity

Rome

IMDb: 8.7
2005–2007

A down to earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic

The Chosen (2017-)

IMDb: 9.6
2017–

A charismatic fisherman struggling with debt A troubled woman wrestling with demons A gifted accountant ostracised from his family and people In this ground breaking first season of The Chosen see how Jesus reaches each of these a

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

IMDb: 7.6
2023

Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F B I investigation involving J Edgar Hoover

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

IMDb: 7.8
2015

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid 1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood

A Frozen Flower (2008)

IMDb: 7.1
2008

A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard

D Day The Unheard Tapes (2024)

IMDb: N/A
2024

The invasion of Nazi occupied France relived through powerful eyewitness recordings Young actors who resemble the interviewees at the time of the war lip sync the original testimony

Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020-)

IMDb: 7.9
2020–

An urban dark fantasy drama about a gumiho who settles into the city and a producer who is after it

Queen Charlotte A Bridgerton Story (2023

IMDb: 7.5
2023–

The rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte

Greyhound (2020)

IMDb: 7.0
2020

Several months after the U S entry into World War II, an inexperienced U S Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack

1982 (2019)

IMDb: 6.7
2019

During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11 year old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict

Troy 2004

IMDb: 7.2
2004

An adaptation of Homers great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved

Cleopatra (1999)

IMDb: 6.4
1999

Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypts Queen and has an out of wedlock son with the son less Roman ruler Julius Caesar Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Caesars Roman Em

Sometimes in April (2005)

IMDb: 7.8
2005

When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000