History Movies

In the mob-controlled town of Phenix City, Alabama in the 1950s, a crusading lawyer is assassinated after he is elected attorney general on a...

The historian investigates the discovery of a group of Viking graves in the eastern Baltic that date back over 1200 years, predating the established...

For 700 years, the Roman Empire held exciting and dramatic shows in the Colosseum. But not all gladiators were human, animals were also forced to...

The brilliant self-taught pianist Erroll Garner left his mark on jazz forever. His song Misty, which he allegedly composed between two concerts on an...

In Slovakia, behind walls built to separate the Romani ethnicity from the “white” population, babies are born in precarious conditions....

Dan Snow sets sail across the Mediterranean in the wake of Homer's The Odyssey. This epic was written down almost 3,000 years ago, and it has been...

In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin...

The desert city of Las Vegas embodies the American Dream in its most extreme form. Turbo-capitalism and gigantic shows are a magnet for gamblers and...

Botanical gardens have long aroused the curiosity and wonder of visitors with exotic species from all over the world. Today they are taking on a new...

The Spruce Forest explores one of the darkest pages in Romanian history. Inspired by the drama of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the...

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and...

Two men meet at a closed nightclub for a conversation that will alter the course of history.

An insight into the life of Indigenous singer Harold Blair, who achieved overseas success at a personal cost. In 1945, Harold broke free of the...

Set in late 40s in Iran, a politically exiled man meets strange rural people with weird actions and accents in a village called Barareh.

Hagalu Vesha is a 2000 Indian Kannada -language film directed, written and scripted by Baraguru Ramachandrappa starring Shiva Rajkumar and Reshma.

50 years on from the event, environmentalist Steve Backshall retraces a young Prince Charles' Arctic adventure and uncovers dramatic changes to our...

The great myths of mankind have captivated us for thousands of years. Inexplicable phenomena, places shrouded in legend and superhuman heroes puzzle...

In 1920s Shanghai, a group of brave young individuals band together to carry out a dangerous mission, and amid political turmoil, they grow through...