History Movies

⭐ 6.5

Hanussen

1988

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?

⭐ 6.6

When the Raven Flies

1984

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.

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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022

2022

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series. This was the SP released in 2022.

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Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

2007

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?

⭐ 6.8

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

2020

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

⭐ 7.2

The Deluge

1974

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.

⭐ 8.5

Italo Calvino nelle città

2024

A portrait of Italo Calvino, composed with his words and texts, focusing in particular on his cities, those in which he lived and those he imagined.

⭐ 6.2

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.

⭐ 7.2

Spitfire

2018

A feature documentary about the people and the planes that helped win World War War II. Through people personally connected to the events, the film investigates the story of how the Spitfire, its stable-mate, the Hawker Hurricane and its great adversary, the Messerschmitt 109 came into being during the huge advances in aviation in the interwar period—and then how the pilots fared in combat, three miles up in the skies over Europe, Africa and Asia.

⭐ 6.4

Legend of a Fighter

1982

This is a powerful, yet fictionalized life story of Huo Yuan Chia, a real kung fu master in Southern China who brought respect to the populace and allowed kung fu to be taught to all Chinese during a time of revolt and low morale in the country's history.

⭐ 6.1

Out Standing

2025

Officer Sandra Perron resigns from the Canadian military after a controversial photo surfaces. Adapting to civilian life amidst an investigation, she denies abuse allegations despite evidence suggesting mistreatment within her unit.

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Archiving Ireland

TBA

A documentary exploring the importance of film preservation through the work of the IFI Irish Film Archive

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Clinton, Inc.

2016

The true story of Bill and Hillary Clinton's political alliance, business partnership, and unique marriage. Biographers, confidants, Democrats and Republicans discuss the political dynasty of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

⭐ 7.0

Carmel

2009

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.

⭐ 6.8

Against the Law

2017

United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.

⭐ 5.1

Mary, Queen of Scots

2013

The life and death of the Scottish monarch.

⭐ 7.1

Dear Gentlemen

2024

In 1954 Colombia, Esmeralda Arboleda leads women fighting for suffrage. During a crucial assembly debate, she faces fierce opposition and a personal crisis when her son has an accident, testing her resolve between family and cause.

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The Scar-faced Cat: Way of Asura

2026

A vengeful Taiwanese maiko breaks out of prison to kill every Japanese cop who raped her, only to realize it was the person closest to her who first put her through hell.

⭐ 7.3

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1958

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.

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Till Forever

2018

A Paratroop Regiment returns to England after succeeding a top secret mission in world war II , only to find things are not as they seem…