HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 57

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia

A detailed account of the McDonalds Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents involved

A surreal biopic of Armenian poet Sayat Nova, depicted through non narrative amalgamations of images, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lords double When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place

A road trip through medicalized America, examining the pervasiveness of pharmaceutical drugs through the lives of eight very unique characters

From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa, Dreams, Ran, comes the untold story of one of the worlds greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Vic

A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note

The movie is set during the Japanese invasion of China The story is told from the perspective of Gao a soldier seeking revenge from the Japanese He is trying to assassinate the visiting Japanese commander In the process of plott

In the 1970s Korea is under the absolute control of the president Park who controls the KCIA the organization with the edge over any branch of government

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London

During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi occupied France

With the accolade of flying 24 men to the Moon, the Saturn V will always be considered one of Mankinds greatest technological achievements This inspirational film reveals the colossal challenges NASA faced to make it fly

Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post war Broadway through the 1960s

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolandas initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloba

Paco Ignacio Taibo II brings his book trilogy to life, highlighting Mexicos history in 1854 1867, a period he considers foundational to the country

Sold into slavery, delivered from a terrible storm at sea, a troubled young man finds amazing grace in the darkest moments and becomes driving force behind the move to abolish the slave trade

Noreno, a half Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men

Three teenagers risk their lives when they commit treason to spread the truth in Nazi Germany Based on the true story of the Helmuth Hubener group, the youngest German resistance fighters in World War II

During WW2, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships

During the height of World War II, commander Stan and a courageous group of resistance fighters are given a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine filled with atomic uranium Hunted down by Hitlers army, the motley crew

Based on the novel by Pulitzer winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization late 1600s New Fran

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelsons stature and notes his feet of clay And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man How can this be resolved

The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman

Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune

Sir Walter Raleigh Richard Todd overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I Bette Davis in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks How can they be rescued before they run out of air

Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is trying to force the King to resign

From fashion to pop culture, the series examines how through decades Americas style and iconic moments reflected the countrys political and social climate

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self disgust

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan

Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty

Traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he cant adjust to peacetime life