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1,452 history movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Fabiola
1949 · History
Island of the Blue Dolphins
1964 · Family
Compulsion
1959 · Thriller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · History
The Tall Target
1951 · History
The Red Tent
1969 · Adventure
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · Romance
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · History
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · History
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Adventure
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · History
The Valley of the Bees
1968 · History
Raintree County
1957 · Romance
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
1930 · History
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957 · Romance
Park Row
1952 · Thriller
Isadora
1968 · History
John Paul Jones
1959 · Romance
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Drama
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Drama
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · History
Juarez
1939 · History
Khartoum
1966 · War
Wells Fargo
1937 · Western
Prince of Foxes
1949 · History
The Wet Parade
1932 · History
La Marseillaise
1938 · Drama
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Drama
Man of Conquest
1939 · History
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Drama
The Lost Squadron
1932 · War
Serpent of the Nile
1953 · History
The First Texan
1956 · Western
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Action
Lenin in October
1937 · Drama
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Drama
The Conspirators
1969 · Drama
Band of Angels
1957 · Drama
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Action
The Forbidden Street
1949 · Drama
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