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Exposing Muybridge 2021

Exposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Gary Oldman, Marta Braun, Philip Brookman

6.8 IMDB Rating 97 Views
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America 2019

This documentary follows the life of the renowned American director, author of more than 150 works and winner of more Oscar awards than any other, and shed light on the significance of his most outstanding films.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Paul Bandey, John Ford, Joseph McBride

5.7 IMDB Rating 97 Views
Trotskiy 2017

A flashback to earlier episodes in the life of Leon Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary, framed by events during his asylum in Mexico City 1939-1940

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mikhail Porechenkov, Maksim Matveev

7.1 IMDB Rating 320 Views
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind 2021

Joyce Carol Oates has written over one hundred novels in a variety of genres over an award-winning career. Years of friendship and tireless research gave director Stig Björkman unprecedented access to the writer's solitude.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Joyce Carol Oates, Laura Dern

6.4 IMDB Rating 100 Views
I Called Him Morgan 2016

An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.

Category: Documentary, Drama, History

Stars: Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,919 Views
“La case du siècle” Vie et destin du Livre noir, la destruction des Juifs d’URSS 2020

During World War II, Russian writers gathered around the famous authors and war correspondents Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman documented the destruction of the Jews in the Soviet territories conquered by the Nazis, in an unpub...

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: Solomon Mikhoels, Vasiliy Grossman, Ilja Ehrenburg

7.9 IMDB Rating 172 Views
Censored 2019

This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960's, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Dmytro Yaroshenko, Diana Rozovlyan, Evgeniya Gladiy

7.4 IMDB Rating 98 Views
Mutiny on the Bounty 1962

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.

Category: Adventure, Drama, History

Stars: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris

7.2 IMDB Rating 126 Views
The Fencer 2015

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Sport

Stars: Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere Jr.

7.1 IMDB Rating 4,517 Views
K: Special: Made in Sweden – Textilindustrin som försvann. 2022

There was a time when clothes were made in Sweden. The industry had its heart in the Sjuhärad region, and was largely made up of women. Today, the Swedish textile industry is virtually wiped out.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Susanna Alakoski, Kristina Thorsson

7.3 IMDB Rating 318 Views
Gyeongseong Creature 2023–

In Spring 1945 in Gyeongseong, during Japanese rule over Korea, two young adults confront a strange creature born of greed, and battle against it for survival.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Wi Ha-joon

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,554 Views
Once Upon a Time in the North 2012

On the West Coast on Finland in nineteenth-century Ostrobothnia. Esko is the leader of a local gang of troublemakers and an uneven battle ensues over the estate, honor a father's last wishes.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Lauri Tilkanen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola

6.1 IMDB Rating 252 Views
General von Döbeln 1942

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Poul Reumert, Eva Henning

4.5 IMDB Rating 113 Views
Corsage 2022

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz

6.6 IMDB Rating 204 Views
The Patriot 2000

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Category: Action, Drama, History, War

Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

7.2 IMDB Rating 13,293 Views
The Tragedy of Macbeth 1971

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Category: Drama, History, Tragedy

Stars: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

7.4 IMDB Rating 113 Views
Loving Highsmith 2022

Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Annina Butterworth, Patricia Highsmith, Marijane Meaker

6.9 IMDB Rating 94 Views
Riveted: The History of Jeans 2022

The history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: James Sullivan, Kimberly Jenkins, Rabbit Goody

116 Views
Världens vackraste pojke 2021

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Kristina Lindström, Luchino Visconti, Mario Tursi

6.8 IMDB Rating 156 Views
Lincoln 2012

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,417 Views