History Movies

Running Start

The film is dedicated to Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, whose name is associated with the first stage of space exploration.

Seven Arhat

The Chinese version of Home Alone; this action comedy chronicles the antics of the seven mischievous young monks Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La and Si as they seek to outwit a group of grave robbers through entertaining tricks and kung fu.

Righetto

The true story of a boy hero during the last fighting before the fall of the Roman Republic before the 1849 birth of the Italian Republic.

The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China

Dan Snow, Dr Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at a mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors in China.

The Dervish's Diary

The events took place in the early 19th century on the eve of the fall of the Azerbaijani khanates. The events coincided with the period of the division of Azerbaijan into two.

Heritage Minutes: Edmonton Grads

The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923.

The Knight of the Night

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a few years together, the couple slowly sinks into weariness. Bella has forgotten what happiness used to taste like. Then a mysterious squire appears. Aware of the couple's faltering situation, he makes Bella and Georges a most astonishing proposal: he claims to be able to separate Good from Evil in Georges. Reluctant at first, the couple eventually agrees to play along. But it's not long before they realize that in Georges, it's Evil that has prevailed.

Azerbaijani Atabegs

The film highlights the lives and deeds of Azerbaijani atabegs Shams ad-Din Eldeniz and Kara Sungur, who played a key role in strengthening the state in the 12th century. Shams ad-Din Eldeniz, the first great atabeg of Azerbaijan, leads successful campaigns, reclaiming territories and uniting the country under his rule. Kara Sungur, the ruler of Aran, engages in political intrigues and military campaigns to protect his lands and influence the sultanate. The film depicts their struggle for power, military achievements, and complex relations with allies and enemies.

Charlatan

3-part documentary on the life of Belgian singer Arno Hintjens.

Battle of Britain

Tackles the 1940 air campaign in which the RAF and the FAA defended the UK against the Nazis. Plot TBA.

浮かれ狐千本櫻

Japanese comedy film.

Perejil Island

Ibrahim, a Moroccan soldier, is sent to a deserted island off the Mediterranean coast of Morocco to monitor the movements of smugglers and illegal immigrants. One day, Ibrahim finds a Sub-Saharan man, Mamadou, washed up on the beach. While the unlikely pair tries to survive on the miniscule island, they inadvertently trigger a diplomatic incident that crescendos into a regional military crisis.

Anabáze

Tavasz a viharban

Ruby and Oswald

The most accurate portrait ever made of the events surrounding the Kennedy assassination and the subsequent assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mommilan veriteot 1917

On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.

Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job that would change his life, working as a bellhop at Kutsher's Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. An unexplored and pivotal chapter in the life of one of basketball's greatest players, and a fascinating glimpse of a time when a very different era of basketball met the Borscht Belt in its heyday.

Vietnam, Love Is the Final Destination

This documentary is narrated in the first person by Mei‑Chen Chalais, who recounts her own life story — a childhood marked by the Vietnam War, her mother’s courage, and their journey from Hanoi to Saigon, and eventually to France.

The First Wave

When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century

Bhavatharana

The film is based on the political and cultural events of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe and his reign.