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1. Confucius (2010)
TV-MA | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius.
Director: Mei Hu | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Xun Zhou, Jianbin Chen, Quan Ren
Votes: 3,989
2. Confucius (2011– )
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
A student working on a thesis explores the life of Confucius and the impact of his teachings on modern society.
Stars: Winston Chao, Fa Gao, Issei Ishida, Lee Jung-hyun
Votes: 10
3. Merlí (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Meet the renegade philosophy teacher who's not afraid to speak his mind and break the rules to revolutionize his students' lives, including the son he barely knows and a student with a severe social phobia.
Stars: Francesc Orella, Pere Ponce, Carlos Cuevas, Marta Marco
Votes: 9,901
4. Miguel Servet (La sangre y la ceniza) (1989)
50 min | Biography, Drama
Life of the sixteenth-century Spaniard, burnt at the stake for heresy in Calvin's Geneva.
Stars: Juanjo Puigcorbé, José Luis Pellicena, Pepe Soriano, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 17
5. The Young Karl Marx (2017)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 7,277 | Gross: $0.13M
6. Ferdinand Lassalle (1972 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Hans Peter Hallwachs, Gisela Uhlen, Andrea Jonasson, Hermann Lenschau
7. When Nietzsche Wept (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
Viennese doctor Josef Breuer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.
Director: Pinchas Perry | Stars: Ben Cross, Armand Assante, Joanna Pacula, Michal Yannai
Votes: 4,879
8. Genius of the Modern World (2016)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world: Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Stars: Bettany Hughes, Hannah Dawson, Simon Goldhill, Michael Molnar
Votes: 1,108
9. Philosopher Escaped (2005)
60 min | Documentary
A film about the eccentric and paradoxical Russian philosopher Alexander Piatigorsky - a specialist on Buddhism and ancient Indian philosophy, a legendary character in Russian intellectual ... See full summary »
Director: Uldis Tirons | Star: Alexandre Piatigorsky
Votes: 35
10. The Philosopher (1989)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
The obscure philosopher Georg almost withdrew from the world to concentrate on his studies, especially Heraclitus, having no relationship since his mother's death. When he wants a new suit ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Thome | Stars: Johannes Herrschmann, Adriana Altaras, Friederike Tiefenbacher, Claudia Matschulla
Votes: 217
11. Socrates (1970 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, History
A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Jean Sylvère, Anne Caprile, Giuseppe Mannajuolo, Ricardo Palacios
Votes: 958
12. Cartesius (1974 TV Movie)
150 min | Biography, History
This made for television film chronicles the illustrious life of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650)
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ugo Cardea, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy, Gabriele Banchero
Votes: 471
13. Augustine of Hippo (1972 TV Movie)
121 min | Biography, History
This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. The film details Augustine's struggle to maintain ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Dary Berkani, Virgilio Gazzolo, Cesare Barbetti, Bruno Cattaneo
Votes: 211
14. Blaise Pascal (1972 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, History
Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati, Christian De Sica
Votes: 636
15. Giuliano l'apostata (1919)
102 min | Biography, Drama, History
Highly stylised biopic of the last Pagan Roman-Byzantine Emperor, Julian the Philosopher, known to Christians as 'the Apostate'. Orphaned by his cousin Constantius (Costanzo), and narrowly ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ugo Falena | Stars: Mila Bernard, Rina Calabria, Claudio Caparelli, Vincenzo D'Amore
16. The Last Days of Immanuel Kant (1993)
70 min | Biography, Drama
A brief, fictionalized time period in the life of Professor Kant. The story is set in Kant's hometown, Konigsberg; it chronicles his last few years prior to his death in 1804 at the age of 80.
Director: Philippe Collin | Stars: Christian Rist, André Wilms, David Warrilow, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 111
17. Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977)
127 min | Biography, Drama
Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.
Director: Lino Del Fra | Stars: Riccardo Cucciolla, Paolo Bonacelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Franco Graziosi
Votes: 72
18. Zizek! (2005)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary
A look at the controversial author, philosopher and candidate for Slovenian presidency: Slavoj Zizek.
Director: Astra Taylor | Star: Slavoj Zizek
Votes: 1,733 | Gross: $0.02M
19. Out of Cordoba: Averroes and Maimonides in Their Time and Ours (2009 Video)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Averroes and Maimonides, two wise men from the 10th century, as the inspiration to overcome today's challenges between cultures and religions, the so-called "clash of civilizations"
Director: Jacob Bender | Stars: Jacob Bender, Fran Perea, Maria Rosa Menocal, Sebastian De la Obra
Votes: 11
20. Maimónides, el andalusí judío (2015)
Drama
Director: Miguel Ángel Entrenas | Stars: Mario Gallardo, Clara Gutiérrez-Muñoz, Mauricio Morales, Angeles Muñoz
21. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 16,005 | Gross: $5.79M
22. Martin Luther (1953)
Approved | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, John Ruddock, Pierre Lefevre, Guy Verney
Votes: 667
23. Luther (1974)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama
During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Peter Cellier, Leonard Rossiter, Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee
Votes: 481
24. Giordano Bruno (1973)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Fleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition,... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Hans Christian Blech, Mathieu Carrière, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 981
26. Giordano Bruno megkísértése (1975 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Director: Barna Kabay | Stars: László Mensáros, Csaba Ivánka, Miklós Kalocsay, András Kozák
27. Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
What is the relationship between Manchester in 2018 and the Russian Revolution of 1917? The German philosopher Friedrich Engels, who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, lived for ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Collins | Stars: Phil Collins, Maxine Peake
Votes: 19
28. Marx und Engels - Stationen ihres Lebens (1978–1980)
45 min | Biography, History
Stars: Jan Spitzer, Jürgen Reuter, Micaela Kreißler, Jörg Gudzuhn
Votes: 10
29. Friedrich Engels: Der Unterschätzte (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Biography, History
Coming from the upper industrial bourgeoisie of Wuppertal, the young Friedrich Engels much preferred philosophy and politics to business. Having observed in the family textile factories, ... See full summary »
Directors: Martin Becker, Nina Koshofer | Stars: Leonid Brezhnev, Fidel Castro, Nicole Engeln, Gregor Gysi
Votes: 16
30. Wittgenstein (1993)
Not Rated | 72 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Clancy Chassay, Jill Balcon, Sally Dexter, Gina Marsh
Votes: 2,929
31. Adi Shankaracharya (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama
The first Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Adi Shankaracharya - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy. The ... See full summary »
Director: G.V. Iyer | Stars: Sarvadaman Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Leela Narayana Rao
Votes: 312
32. Little Buddha (1993)
PG | 123 min | Drama
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ruocheng Ying, Chris Isaak
Votes: 17,951 | Gross: $4.86M
33. Tagore (2003)
Not Rated | 175 min | Action, Drama
Ravindranath Tagore, a physics professor, forms the ACF [Anti Corruption Force] along with his former students to take on corruption in society.
Director: V.V. Vinayak | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Jyotika, Shriya Saran, Sunil
Votes: 3,106
34. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,025 | Gross: $0.71M
La banalidad del mal.
35. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,066 | Gross: $0.62M
36. Voltaire (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen
Votes: 244
37. Voltaire in Love (2021)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama series that explores Voltaire's early life and evolution. It reveals aspects of the gifted philosopher's life that received less attention: Voltaire the adventurer, lover, man of justice who had an obscure relationship with royalty.
Stars: Thomas Solivérès, Victor Meutelet, Patrick d'Assumçao, Victor Le Blond
Votes: 127
38. Quo Vadis (1951)
Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 16,747 | Gross: $24.29M
Séneca.
39. Gladiator (2000)
R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 1,620,773 | Gross: $187.71M
El emperador estoico Marco Aurelio y su hija.
40.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Tocqueville
(1963)
48 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Seban | Stars: Raymond Aron, André Thorent
41.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: part 2
(1962)
83 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Stars: Pierre Burgelin, Edgar Faure, Henri Guillemin, Claude Lévi-Strauss
42.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Montesquieu
(1962)
42 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Stars: Maurice Duverger, Maurice Garrel, Michèle Simonnet, André Thorent
43.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(1962)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Star: Claude Lévi-Strauss
44.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Saint-Simon
(1961)
47 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Stars: Pierre Bertin, Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
45.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Voltaire
(1961)
41 min | Documentary
Director: Gérard Herzog | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Bernard Lajarrige, André Maurois, Robert Murzeau
46.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Blaise Pascal
(1960)
25 min | Documentary
Directors: Robert Valey, Jean Vernier | Stars: Jean Daniélou, Annie Ducaux, Maurice Escande, Renée Faure
47.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Gobineau
(1961)
35 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Stars: François-Régis Bastide, Jean Muselli
48. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda
Votes: 1,652
49. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1996)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.
Director: Michael Paxton | Stars: Sharon Gless, Michael S. Berliner, Harry Binswanger, Sylvia Bokor
Votes: 649 | Gross: $0.21M
50. Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Stars: James V. McConnell, Ayn Rand
Votes: 20
51. Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Not Rated | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt
Votes: 1,922
52. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari
Votes: 3,201
53. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 117,287 | Gross: $7.15M
54. Om Søren Kierkegaard (1994)
165 min | Documentary
About the Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and author Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), his life, thoughts and works. He is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
Director: Anne Wivel | Stars: Søren Kierkegaard, Johannes Møllehave, Joakim Garff, Niels Barfoed
Votes: 25
55. Kierkegaard: Dangerous Thoughts (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Drama
In his work, Søren Kierkegaard has themed the fear of the modern individual, who, in view of his freedom and need, feels the search for and to find the meaning of his own life.
Director: Wilfried Hauke | Stars: Søren Bang Jensen, Mia Jexen, Preben Kristensen, Joakim Garff
Votes: 18
56. While at War (2019)
107 min | Drama, History, War
Writer Miguel de Unamuno faces himself and his ideals after the 1936's military coup d'etat.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego, Nathalie Poza
Votes: 6,942
58. Saints Alive! (2011– )
G | 30 min | Drama
Ten of the great saints of history return from heaven to be interviewed and questioned on some of the most important issues of our age.
Stars: Stephen Diacrussi, Taylor Valentine, Michael Engberg, Mark Epperson
59. Human, All Too Human (1999– )
147 min | Documentary, Biography
Human, All Too Human is a three-part 1999 documentary television series co-produced by the BBC and RM Arts.[1] It follows the lives of three prominent European philosophers: Friedrich ... See full summary »
Stars: Haydn Gwynne, Ronald Hayman, Clive Merrison, Jean-Louis Grinfeld
Votes: 109
60. La controverse de Valladolid (1992 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama, History
Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Carmet, Jean-Michel Dupuis
Votes: 414
61. Creation (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Torn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete 'On the Origin of Species' and maintain his relationship with his wife.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly, Guy Henry
Votes: 15,133 | Gross: $0.34M
62. Voltaire-Rousseau (1992 TV Movie)
Director: Maté Rabinovski | Stars: Jean-Paul Farré, Jean-Luc Moreau
63. Gramsci 44 (2016)
67 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Between 1926 and 1927, the Italian intellectual and Communist political figure Antonio Gramsci spent 44 days imprisoned on the island of Ustica, off the northern coast of Sicily. Together ... See full summary »
Director: Emiliano Barbucci | Stars: Davide Cirri, Peppino Mazzotta, Americo Melchionda, Maria Milasi
Votes: 21
64. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (1981– )
300 min | Biography
Stars: Mattia Sbragia, Stefano Santospago, Alessandro Haber, Milena Vukotic
Votes: 10
65. The Philosopher's Zone (2005 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
The Philosopher's Zone is a conversation podcast and radio series that examines issues in philosophical thought. Through the years the program has been hosted by Alan Saunders, Joe Gelonesi... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Saunders, Joe Gelonesi, David Rutledge, Scott Stephens
66. Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (1987 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Mike Alexander | Star: John Sessions
67. The Age of the Medici (1972– )
255 min | Biography, History
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history, told through dramatised conversations between the main participants, particularly Cosimo ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 346
68. Eugenio Trías: la aventura filosófica en busca del arcano (2015)
Documentary
Eugenio Trías is considered in wide circles as the most influential philosopher in Spanish language since Ortega y Gasset. We explore the keys to his way of thinking as well as his core concept - the philosophy of limit.
Director: Karlos Alastruey | Star: Ander Janin
69. Gustavo Bueno. La vuelta a la caverna (2015)
78 min | Documentary
Feature-Length Documentary about the renowned Spanish philosopher Gustavo Bueno. The documentary reconstructs his life through Plato's allegory of the cavern and thus becomes a reflection on the role of philosophy today.
Director: Héctor Muniente | Stars: Gustavo Bueno, Javier Nart, Julia Otero, Fernando Sánchez Dragó
Votes: 13
70. Milano, la citta' dei libri: Giants in Milan vol. 9 (2018)
50 min | Documentary
The history of publishing in Milan through the stories of Milanese writers such as Alessandro Manzoni, Cesare Beccaria and Carlo Porta, but also naturalized Milanese like Ernest Hemingway and Stendhal.
Director: Tiziano Sossi | Stars: Francesco Alberoni, Andrea Camilleri, Pino Farinotti, Pope Francis
71. Konstantin Filosof (1983)
308 min | Drama, History
The action takes place back in the 9th century - a time of trouble and constant changes. The central dramatic character is that of Constantine the Philosopher -a thinker, a diplomat and a ... See full summary »
Director: Gueorgui Stoyanov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Marin Yanev, Naum Shopov, Itschak Fintzi
Votes: 45
73. Stealing Heaven (1988)
R | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In medieval Paris, a young religious scholar and the beautiful niece of a local patrician fall madly in love and consummate their passion for each other. In the religious uproar that follows, they are condemned and brutally punished.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 829
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