History Movies

Vincent (1987)

Vincent (1987)

Vincent (1987)
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A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.

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The Last Emperor (1987)

The Last Emperor (1987)

The Last Emperor (1987)
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half…

Genre: Drama, History
A Month in the Country (1987)

A Month in the Country (1987)

A Month in the Country (1987)
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A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Lighthorsemen (1987)

The Lighthorsemen (1987)

The Lighthorsemen (1987)
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In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Matewan (1987)

Matewan (1987)

Matewan (1987)
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Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson…

Genre: Drama, History
Comrades (1987)

Comrades (1987)

Comrades (1987)
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The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

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Genre: Drama, History
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987)
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The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

Tokyo Bordello (1987)

Tokyo Bordello (1987)

Tokyo Bordello (1987)
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A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Untouchables (1987)

The Untouchables (1987)

The Untouchables (1987)
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Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

Zegen (1987)

Zegen (1987)

Zegen (1987)
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At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains…

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Genre: Comedy, History
Gardens of Stone (1987)

Gardens of Stone (1987)

Gardens of Stone (1987)
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A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Hibiscus Town (1987)

Hibiscus Town (1987)

Hibiscus Town (1987)
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Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the…

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The Mother of the Kings (1987)

The Mother of the Kings (1987)

The Mother of the Kings (1987)
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Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment….

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Warrior Queen (1987)

Warrior Queen (1987)

Warrior Queen (1987)
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In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life…

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Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)

Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)

Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
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Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as…

Tai-Pan (1986)

Tai-Pan (1986)

Tai-Pan (1986)
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The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has…

The Mission (1986)

The Mission (1986)

The Mission (1986)
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When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and…

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Caravaggio (1986)

Caravaggio (1986)

Caravaggio (1986)
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A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

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Belizaire the Cajun (1986)

Belizaire the Cajun (1986)

Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
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In 19th-century Louisiana’s Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who don’t see eye to eye with local racists who wish to eradicate all Cajuns. Complicating matters…

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
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Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned…

Genre: Drama, History
The Last Emperor (1986)

The Last Emperor (1986)

The Last Emperor (1986)
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A 1986 film directed by Li Han-Hsiang. Nominated for Best Film in the 6th annual Hong Kong Film Awards.

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Genre: Drama, History
Lady Jane (1986)

Lady Jane (1986)

Lady Jane (1986)
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The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the…

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The Assault (1986)

The Assault (1986)

The Assault (1986)
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At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
RocketKitKongoKit (1986)

RocketKitKongoKit (1986)

RocketKitKongoKit (1986)
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This kaleidoscopic, amphetamine-paced tour de force uses a barrage of found-footage images and rapid-fire narration to trace a history of Zaire since its independence in 1960.

Genre: History
Revolution (1985)

Revolution (1985)

Revolution (1985)
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New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts…

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Out of Africa (1985)

Out of Africa (1985)

Out of Africa (1985)
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Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is…

The Color Purple (1985)

The Color Purple (1985)

The Color Purple (1985)
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An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie’s abusive father marries her…

Genre: Drama, History
Harem (1985)

Harem (1985)

Harem (1985)
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Diane is a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange who is suddenly kidnapped and held captive in a North African desert hideaway by Selim, an Arab mogul.

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Burke & Wills (1985)

Burke & Wills (1985)

Burke & Wills (1985)
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A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

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The Statue of Liberty (1985)

The Statue of Liberty (1985)

The Statue of Liberty (1985)
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For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the…

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
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In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the…

Genre: History, Horror
Ran (1985)

Ran (1985)

Ran (1985)
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Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Shoah (1985)

Shoah (1985)

Shoah (1985)
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Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses…

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The Official Story (1985)

The Official Story (1985)

The Official Story (1985)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of…

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Genre: Drama, History
King David (1985)

King David (1985)

King David (1985)
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This is a movie about the life of Israel’s king David.

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Colonel Redl (1985)

Colonel Redl (1985)

Colonel Redl (1985)
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Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Lion of Flanders (1985)

The Lion of Flanders (1985)

The Lion of Flanders (1985)
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A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
A Passage to India (1984)

A Passage to India (1984)

A Passage to India (1984)
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Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela…

Solomon Northup’s Odyssey (1984)

Solomon Northup’s Odyssey (1984)

Solomon Northup’s Odyssey (1984)
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This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He’s a born free man who works as…

Twenty Years Later (1984)

Twenty Years Later (1984)

Twenty Years Later (1984)
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Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and…

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