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Band of Brothers
2001
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
9.4 IMDB Rating 33,025 Views
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
2019
A series of colorized archive footage of important events during World War II.
Category: Documentary, History, War
Stars: Derek Jacobi, James Holland, Geoffrey Wawro
9,0 IMDB Rating 10,438 Views
Jaguar
2021–
In the 1960s, Spain became a home to hundreds of survivors of the Mauthausen camp. Isabel, a young Spanish woman, is one of them. She is looking for Skorzeny, Europe's most dangerous man, but she is not alone.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Blanca Suárez, Iván Marcos, Francesc Garrido
9.0 IMDB Rating 1,563 Views
Dark Side Of The Ring
2019–
From backstage controversies to mysterious deaths and unsolved homicides, this series explores the darkest stories from the golden age of professional wrestling, and tries to find truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality.
Category: Drama, History
Stars: Dutch Mantell, Bruce Prichard, James E. Cornette
9,3 IMDB Rating 5,874 Views
The Vietnam War
2017
Epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in history as never told before on film. Visceral and immersive, exploring the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses.
Category: Documentary, History, War
Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, Duong Van Mai Elliott
9,2 IMDB Rating 18,006 Views
Schindler’s List
1993
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
8.9 IMDB Rating 11,563 Views
Prehistoric Planet
2022
Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies.
Category: Animation, Documentary, History
Stars: David Attenborough
8.8 IMDB Rating 1,629 Views
A Girl Named Jo
2019–
Two girls from opposite sides of the tracks begin to unravel a dark chapter in Attaway's past.
Category: Drama, History, Mystery
Stars: Annie LeBlanc, Addison Riecke, Bella Shepard
8.7 IMDB Rating 3,525 Views
Hamilton
2020
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Chris Jackson
8.6 IMDB Rating 4,989 Views
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
2017
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special band of brothers in Mission Control. The feature documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo tells their stories, describing the rural homesteads and smokestack towns they came from, and the remarkable team they became. The film consists of interviews with those who worked in Mission Control and astronauts, enhanced by extraordinary archive, stunning VFX and an original orchestral score. The film covers the first journeys to the moon by Apollo 8 and Apollo 11, and the huge effort required to save the crew of Apollo 13.
Category: Documentary, History
Stars: N/A
8.6 IMDB Rating 3,489 Views
John Adams
2008
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane
8.5 IMDB Rating 4,539 Views
Call the Midwife
2012–
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to late-1960s.
Category: Drama, History
Stars: Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, Vanessa Redgrave
8.5 IMDB Rating 54,144 Views
They Shall Not Grow Old
2018
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Category: Documentary, History, War
Stars: Peter Jackson
8.4 IMDB Rating 8,953 Views
Capsule
2015
Guy is an experienced British fighter pilot who is in command of Britain's first manned mission to space. He has trained for this for three years at the height of the Cold War and now he is alone in space with a malfunctioning capsule. He has limited contact with the UK, some unusual communication with the US and some unorthodox communication with Tyuratam deep in Soviet Russia. Who will help him? Will he make the right choice?
Category: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Stars: Edmund Kingsley,Lisa Greenwood,David Wayman,Nigel Barber
8.4 IMDB Rating 4,602 Views
The Last Kingdom
2015–2022
As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.
Category: Action, Drama, History
Stars: Eliza Butterworth, Alexander Dreymon, Arnas Fedaravicius
8.4 IMDB Rating 114,526 Views
Genius
2017–
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, Antonio Banderas
8.4 IMDB Rating 25,271 Views
The Act of Killing
2012
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Category: Crime, Documentary, History
Stars: Anwar Congo,Herman Koto,Syamsul Arifin,Ibrahim Sinik,Yapto Soerjosoemarno,Safit Pardede,Jusuf Kalla,Adi Zulkadry,Soaduon Siregar,Suryono,Haji Marzuki,Haji Anif,Rahmat Shah,Sakhyan Asmara
8.3 IMDB Rating 4,551 Views
Downfall
2004
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Bruno Ganz,Alexandra Maria Lara,Corinna Harfouch,Ulrich Matthes
8.3 IMDB Rating 9,213 Views