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1. Lust, Caution (2007)
NC-17 | 157 min | Drama, History, Romance
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.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang
Votes: 45,559 | Gross: $4.60M
2. The Good Shepherd (2006)
R | 167 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 108,640 | Gross: $59.95M
3. The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying
Votes: 111,618 | Gross: $43.98M
4. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,302
5. Underground (1995)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac
Votes: 61,302 | Gross: $0.17M
6. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Votes: 6,717
7. Red Joan (2018)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes
Votes: 14,442 | Gross: $1.58M
8. Another Country (1984)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie
Votes: 6,974
9. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,807 | Gross: $5.10M
10. The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Knight Godefroy de Montmirail and squire Jacquouille are stranded in 1793. Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the Montmirail family's run away in the quest for an exiting time-shift.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard
Votes: 4,736
11. Red Cherry (1995)
120 min | Drama, War
It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the international school. She is 13; he is 12. Xiaoman is from Yanan, Mao's base after the ... See full summary »
Director: Daying Ye | Stars: Ke-Yu Guo, Xiao-Li Xu, Igor Ledogorov, Vyacheslav Butenko
Votes: 748
12. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta
Votes: 3,709
13. Zoya (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 171 min | Drama, Romance
A young Russian Countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Denise Alexander, Don Henderson
Votes: 698
14. See You in the Next War (1980)
118 min | Drama, Romance, War
The two enemies from war, Slovenian partisan Berk and German soldier Bitter, meet each other during holidays in Spain. Recalling the war through conversation, Berk remembers Anton, his fellow comrade he had spend the most time with.
Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Metod Pevec, Boris Juh, Hans Christian Blech, Milan Puzic
Votes: 173
15. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
177 min | Drama, History
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian liberation national movement. The film demonstrates that the Algerian War was a slow process of revolts and suffering, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization of Algeria in 1830
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Yorgo Voyagis, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Leila Shenna, Cheikh Nourredine
Votes: 624
16. Unli Life (2018)
105 min | Comedy
A man discovers a magical bottle of whiskey which would let him go back in time. The perfect solution that would help him get back with his ex-girlfriend, he goes from different eras, ... See full summary »
Director: Miko Livelo | Stars: Vhong Navarro, Winwyn Marquez, Joey Marquez, Ejay Falcon
Votes: 65
17. Hitler's Hollywood (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, History
Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Rüdiger Suchsland, Rike Schmid, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Udo Kier
Votes: 848 | Gross: $0.04M
18. She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya
59 min | Documentary | Completed
The story of actress and acting teacher Maria Ouspenskaya, who brought modern acting techniques to the U.S., focusing on her years in Hollywood (1936-1949).
Director: Jordan Mohr | Star: Jordan Mohr
19. Cadet 1947 (2021)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, History, War
When the Dutch initiates an aggression against Indonesia to regain its rule post World War II, a group of inexperienced cadets need to defend the last remaining airbase.
Directors: Rahabi Mandra, Aldo Swastia | Stars: Kevin Julio, Bisma Karisma, Marthino Lio, Omara N. Esteghlal
Votes: 274
20. The Last Bolshevik (1993)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin, throughout his life a sincere believer in communism, whose films were repeatedly banned in the Soviet Union. Modern ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Léonor Graser, Nikolai Izvolov, Kira Paramonova, Viktor Dyomin
Votes: 731
21. The Singing Revolution (2006)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, History, Music
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of ... See full summary »
Directors: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty | Stars: Heiki Ahonen, Gustav Ernesaks, Linda Hunt, Mari-Ann Kelam
Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.33M
22. London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, Music
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Keith Allen, Michael Gambon, Steve Jones, Bill Nighy
Votes: 655
23. Borderliners (2019)
Biography, Drama, History
The life and music of composer and activist Jeong Yul-Seong.
Director: Seewoo Kim | Stars: Heo Sung-tae, Oh Man-seok, Ji Dae-han, Hong Kyoung-in
24. In Europe (2007–2020)
40 min | Documentary, History, War
Writer Geert Mak travels around Europe to visit the places where history was made. He speaks with eye witnesses, relatives and experts. One hundred years of European history in 35 episodes.
Stars: Geert Mak, Richard Hufschmid, Georg von Hohenberg, Günter Lamprecht
Votes: 165
25. Dugo at pag-ibig sa kapirasong lupa (1975)
200 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Exact running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Directors: Ding M. De Jesus, Cesar Gallardo, Armando A. Herrera, Johnny Pangilinan, Romy Suzara | Stars: Eddie Del Mar, Ruben Rustia, Barbara Perez, Teody Belarmino
Votes: 15
26. El último magnate (2011)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
During the mid 1920s, a network of spies collaborated with international business interests in order to rearm Germany, gearing her up for another World War. The Weimar Republic hid this ... See full summary »
Directors: José Antonio Hergueta, Olivier van der Zee | Stars: Tuco Nogales, Pablo Diaz Morlán, Michael Mueller-Erdorf, José María Echevarrieta
27. Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe (1988)
580 min | Drama, History, Romance
Epic film about life of three generations in central Russia on the Volga river.
Director: Grigori Nikulin | Stars: Nikolai Voloshin, Andrey Dudarenko, Sergey Nikonenko, Nina Ruslanova
Votes: 168
28. Pohjantähti (1973)
202 min | Drama, History, War
A combination of Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968) and Akseli and Elina (1970), edited together by István Szintai for foreign markets.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Olavi Ahonen, Dagi Angervo, Pekka Autiovuori, Asta Backman
Votes: 35
29. Trading Germans (2014)
90 min | Documentary
A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse.
Director: Razvan Georgescu | Stars: Heinz-Günther Hüsch, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Klaus Kinkel, Horst Teltschik
Votes: 115
30. Maratón (1968)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, War
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Jana Brejchová, Vladimír Mensík, Karel Höger
Votes: 29
31. Spanac (1982– )
61 min | Biography, Drama, History
This mini TV series tells about the beginning of the uprising in Serbia in World War II and its organizers, the national hero and revolutionary Zikica Jovanovic Spaniard. The uprising, ... See full summary »
Stars: Danilo Lazovic, Marjan Srienc, Dragan Maksimovic, Mira Stupica
Votes: 16
32. Red! Art in the Land of Soviets (2019 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
This film documents the rising of new artistic movements inspired and formed by the Russian Revolution.
Director: Pierre-Henri Gibert | Stars: Tsar Nicholas II, Cécile Pichon-Bonin, Kazimir Malevich, Jean-Claude Marcadé
Votes: 21
33. Women's Day (2019)
85 min | Documentary
The lives of women living through a convulsive era of historical and social change. It provides a unique insight into Russian feminism.
Director: Dolya Gavanski | Stars: Svetlana Alexievich, Dolya Gavanski, Dina Grigoreva, Natalya Kaspersky
Votes: 33
34. A Poet on the Frontline: The Reportage of Ryszard Kapuscinski (2004 TV Movie)
63 min | Documentary
A POET ON THE FRONTLINE will introduce audiences to the world of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the famous daredevil war correspondent and one of the world's most important contemporary literary ... See full summary »
Director: Gabrielle Pfeiffer | Star: Ryszard Kapuscinski
Votes: 10
35. Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
Approved | 72 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Documentary about the major events of the first fifty years of the Twentieth Century.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Arthur Godfrey, Quentin Reynolds, H.V. Kaltenborn, Clem McCarthy
Votes: 21
36. La fabulosa Casablanca (2016)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Casablanca evokes romance, freedom fighters and magic. Under the myth built by Hollywood lies a town full of stories, such as that of the Spanish community that played a key role to turn Casablanca in the French colonial pearl in Africa.
Director: Manuel Horrillo | Stars: Pedro Casablanc, Angel Velasco, Mariví Carrillo, Fernando Jiménez
Votes: 7
37. Pobeda kitayskogo naroda (1950)
88 min | Documentary, History, War
This color documentary account of the Communist conquest of China begins in 1929 (all archive footage) when Mao Zedong and his small army held only a few cities in the northern part of ... See full summary »
Directors: Ivan Lukinsky, Leonid Varlamov | Stars: Leonid Khmara, Kai-Shek Chiang, Madame Chiang, Zedong Mao
Votes: 15
38. Tsutisopeli (1971)
87 min | Drama, Romance, War
Directors: Nodar Managadze, Shota Managadze | Stars: Sofiko Chiaureli, Grigol Tsitaishvili, Manuchar Shervashidze, Zura Kipshidze
Votes: 30
39.
The David Pakman Show (2009– )
Episode:
Bloomberg Admits to Buying Politicians in Debate
(2020)
Talk-Show
Stars: David Pakman, Isaac Bogoch
40.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
41.
Cursed Bloodlines (2017)
Episode:
The Curse of the Peacock Throne
(2017)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
The story of how ancient Persia morphed into the Iran of today is very much the story of one family: the Pahlavis. Their reign would prove short-lived for a dynasty and would be the most tumultuous in the nation's complicated history.
Director: Susana Lopez | Star: Drew Patterson
42.
Tucker on X (2023– )
Episode:
The National Security State Is the Main Driver of Censorship and Election Interference in the United States.
(2024)
News
Mike Benz describes the military rule, The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States.
Stars: Tucker Carlson, Mike Benz
Votes: 16
43.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Abby Martin
Votes: 11
44.
Bohéma (2017)
Episode:
Vyhrát za kazdou cenu
(2017)
TV-PG | 79 min | Biography, Drama, History
On a barricade, together with other citizens,Stepánek, Havel, Vávra, Drda, or Vítezslav Nezval were on it. And because they are Bohemians, they take a sip of wine for courage. A German tank... See full summary »
Director: Robert Sedlácek | Stars: Michal Dlouhý, Vladimír Javorský, Jaroslav Plesl, Sasa Rasilov
Votes: 9
45.
Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode:
The Story of Fascism in Europe
(2018)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Rick visits historical sites with local tour guides to explore the rise and fall of fascism in 20th-century Europe. He traces history after World War I to the rise of leaders who manipulated angry people to build totalitarian societies.
Stars: Rick Steves, Andreas Clemens, Alfio Di Mauro, Francesca Caruso
Votes: 94
46.
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun (1999)
Episode:
Age of Kalashnikov's AK 47
(1999)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Lawrence Bayne, Jack Blum, John Bolton, George Bush