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1. A Knight's Tale (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon
Votes: 201,912 | Gross: $56.57M
2. Time Bandits (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 68,404 | Gross: $42.37M
3. Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005 TV Movie)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
An outrageous tongue-in-cheek musical comedy adaptation of the classic anti-marijuana propaganda film Reefer Madness (1936).
Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Neve Campbell, Alan Cumming
Votes: 6,830
4. The Lion in Winter (1968)
PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle
Votes: 34,235 | Gross: $22.28M
5. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
Votes: 28,671 | Gross: $0.11M
6. The Sense of Wonder (2015)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Director: Éric Besnard | Stars: Virginie Efira, Benjamin Lavernhe, Lucie Fagedet, Léo Lorléac'h
Votes: 3,354
7. Those People (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.
Director: Joey Kuhn | Stars: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower
Votes: 6,635
8. Kaos (1984)
R | 187 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Margarita Lozano, Orazio Torrisi, Carlo Cartier, Biagio Barone
Votes: 3,143 | Gross: $0.33M
9. The Hoax (2006)
R | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, David Aaron Baker, John Carter
Votes: 17,185 | Gross: $7.16M
10. Parisienne (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
The 90s. Lina, 18, arrives to Paris for her studies. She is looking for what she can't find in her home country Lebanon: a taste of freedom. She experiences different sides of the Parisian jungle and becomes conscious of her own place.
Director: Danielle Arbid | Stars: Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle
Votes: 762
11. William the Conqueror (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Compain | Stars: Vincent Deniard, Eric Challier, Géraldine Martineau, Tercelin Kirtley
Votes: 179
12. Go for Broke! (1951)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga
Votes: 1,748
13. Knights Templar: Rise and Fall (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 67 min | History
Eons ago, an enigmatic group of warrior monks made history. In the 21st Century we are still looking back upon their history and mystery with wonder and speculation. They are linked to the ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: Philip Gardiner, Paul Hughes, O.H. Krill
Votes: 67
14. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 952
15. In Search of Athelstan (1981 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
Impassioned documentary by Michael Wood, exploring the achievements of Athelstan, the first king of England, and grandson of Alfred the Great, enhanced by a late 70's - early 80's soundtrack.
Stars: Susan Pierce, Michael Wood
Votes: 23
16. Rifftrax Live: Hobgoblins (2021)
TV-14 | 117 min | Comedy
Back in the era of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Hobgoblins nearly destroyed Mike and the Bots. But the combined powers of Bill, Mike and Kevin will turn this wretched chunk of cheese into comedy gold.
Director: Don Carr | Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson
Votes: 35
17. Honoré de Marseille (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
An ethnologist comes to interview a Marseillais of old stock.
Director: Maurice Régamey | Stars: Fernandel, Andrex, Francis Blanche, Claire Diamant
Votes: 149
18. In Search of Offa (1979 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary, Biography
Most traces of Mercian King Offa have vanished since his rule in the mid-8th Century, leaving little more than some coins and remnants of a dyke he built as a barrier along the Welsh marches. Michael Wood attempts to find other traces.
Director: Derek Towers | Stars: David Hill, Bob Meeson, Ron Shusnik, Harold Taylor
Votes: 15
20.
Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode:
The Hand of Saint Sebastian
(1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Obsessed Watts asks Frank to travel with him to Germany where a legendary holy relic tied to the very origin of the thousand-year-old Millennium Group may have been found. But, mysterious traitors within the Group stand in their way.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 332
21.
Zorro (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Jewelled Sword
(1991)
TV-G | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A theater troupe arrives in town, but Zorro suspects that the real reason why they're there is the Magistrate's priceless jeweled sword of Charlemagne.
Director: Michael Levine | Stars: Duncan Regehr, Patrice Martinez, James Victor, Michael Tylo
Votes: 26
22.
Psych (2006–2014)
Episode:
Dis-Lodged
(2008)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A man dies during a ritual at the Monarch Lodge, a local brotherhood, and Lassiter's soon-to-be ex-father-in-law is the prime suspect.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson
Votes: 970
23.
Barbarians II (2007– )
Episode:
Franks
(2007)
Documentary, History
Under three generations of leaders know as the Merovingian dynasty a tribe in Europe called the Franks established an empire that comprised all of Gaul and its surrounding regions. This ... See full summary »
Stars: Bob Boving, Kelly DeVries, Steven Fanning, Kenneth Harl
Votes: 14
24.
Barbarians II (2007– )
Episode:
The Lombards
(2007)
Documentary, History
The Lombards were a small Scandanavian tribe that migrated to southern Europe and eventually to northern Italy. Then under the command of Albowin who deftly employed allies and intrigue to ... See full summary »
Stars: Bob Boving, Thomas Burns, Nicholas Everett, Steven Fanning
Votes: 14
25.
Civilisation (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Skin of Our Teeth
(1969)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary, History, Music
Two Dawns of European Civilization expounded from the Classical Greco-Roman Worlds unto the aftermath of Germanic Invasions of Early Middle Ages (500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.) by focusing on the Arts, not the standard History of Works and Words.
Director: Michael Gill | Star: Kenneth Clark
Votes: 99
26.
The Moodys (2019–2021)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2021)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
After a brief reconciliation, Dan and Cora break up again sending Dan back to his parent's basement.
Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Stars: Denis Leary, Elizabeth Perkins, François Arnaud, Chelsea Frei
Votes: 74
27.
Monsieur Spade (2024)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2024)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Spade arrives in Bozouls and he falls for a local vineyard owner. Years later, Spade remains, a widower and retiree quietly living out his golden years in peace, but the return of his adversary changes everything.
Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin
Votes: 527
28.
The Secrets to Civilization (2021)
Episode:
Empire and Epidemics
(2021)
53 min | Documentary, History
The Roman empire grew and prospered unprecedented by combining exemplary organization, technological advances and military skills with fortunate climate in its 'Golden Age', virtually ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Drake | Stars: Alice Roberts, Sia Alipour, Ulf Büntgen, Lewis Dartnell
Votes: 24
29.
Ryan Reeves (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Vikings
(2014)
31 min | Documentary, History
The decline of the Roman Empire left a power vacuum in Europe that lead to the formation of empires one of which was the Viking realm in Scandanavia. Circa 700 A. D. a period of Viking ... See full summary »
Star: Ryan Reeves
30.
The Normans (2010)
Episode:
Men from the North
(2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History
The name Normans originally simply refers to Vikings, Germanic people raiding the Eurpean coast from their Scandinavian homes for centuries. As the clergy, their main prey, wrote histories,... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood | Star: Robert Bartlett
Votes: 33
31.
Universum History (2013– )
Episode:
Der Aufstieg der Habsburger - Schlacht am Marchfeld
(2022)
50 min | Documentary, History
The 1278 battle between Rudolph of Habsburg, the new German King, and Ottokar II of Bohemia in Eastern Austria is well-documented, but archaeological evidence has been elusive. A new search seeks to solve the historical mystery.
Director: Fritz Kalteis | Stars: Eloise Adde, Petter Akeson, Klara Cibulova, Julius D'Silva
32.
History Time (2017– )
Episode:
Normans in Italy: Wars of the Lombards & Byzantines (1008-1053)
(2019)
31 min | Documentary, History
Following the collapse of the Roman Empire under the invasion of Germanic tribes, the Lombards sought control of Italy but were opposed by the Bizantine Empire in the south. This unstable ... See full summary »
Star: Pete Kelly
33.
Decoded (2010–2012)
Episode:
Spear of Destiny
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
What if I told you that for two thousand years, many of the world's most powerful men have pursued an ancient artifact they believed would bring them unparalleled power? It's the lance that... See full summary »
Star: Peter Levenda
Votes: 15
34.
Ryan Reeves (2014–2018)
Episode:
Great Schism (1054)
(2015)
31 min | Documentary, History
Due to the Great Schism the Eastern Orthodox Church generally is little noticed in the West particularly in the New World. But it represents a substantial portion of Christianity. The ... See full summary »
Star: Ryan Reeves
35.
DA Group Education (2017– )
Episode:
The Holy Roman Empire-A Confusing Concept of Craziness
(2017)
6 min | History
The Holy Roman Empire was an complex feudal empire encompassing most of Europe that existed from the time of Charlemagne to Napoleon. The citizens did not identify with it so they tended to... See full summary »
Star: Simon Machin
36.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
How did Venice Become a Trade Empire?
(2018)
8 min | Documentary, Animation
The Armchair Historian traces the history of the Venetian republic from its creation shortly after the fall of Rome through the next thousand years as a mercantile power.
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
37.
Be Amazed (2015– )
Episode:
Things You Don't Know About Playing Cards
(2017)
10 min | Documentary
Here are few facts you can use to annoy your friends the next time you sit down to a game of cards.
38.
Joe Scott (2006– )
Episode:
5 Good Ideas that Went Horribly Wrong Answers with Joe
(2020)
19 min | Documentary, Short
As Robert Burns wrote "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley." Joe agrees but adds, you've got to try anyway. Here are a few examples. Could you have done better?
Star: Joe Scott
39.
Total Onslaught (2004– )
Episode:
In the Mists of Time
(2004)
85 min | Documentary, History
What does Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, an ancient king, have to say about Napoleon, Hitler, and the powers that rule our present world?
Star: Walter J. Veith
40.
The Daniel Factor Conference (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
100 min
Stars: John Higgins, James Jacob Prasch, Marco Quintana
41.
En direct de... (1956–1974)
Episode:
L'Hôtel des Monnaies
(1956)
32 min | Documentary
Director: Hubert Knapp | Star: Claude Darget
42.
Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode:
Paris: Embracing Life and Art
(2012)
TV-G | 24 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
We'll ride a unicorn into the Middle Ages at Paris' Cluny Museum, get a heavenly look at stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle, go on a tombstone pilgrimage at Père Lachaise Cemetery, and savor the Parisian cafe scene.
Director: Simon Griffith | Star: Rick Steves
Votes: 29
43.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Don't Mention the War with Islamism!!!
(2017 Podcast Episode)
47 min | Talk-Show
Jake Tapper gets angry at Drew. Mailbag topics include: the usefulness of the Left; a man feeling guilty over a friend's suicide; famous people women can look to as role models; and more.
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Shimon Prokupecz
44.
Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Life Lessons from My Attempt at Carpentry
(2019 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News
Star: Owen Benjamin