Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "historian"

51. Christmas at the Plaza (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

An archival historian is hired to create a Christmas display at the Plaza Hotel and is paired with a handsome Christmas decorator to bring it to life.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Elizabeth Henstridge, Ryan Paevey, Bruce Davison, Julia Duffy

Votes: 3,512

52. Children of the Revolution (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 2,428 | Gross: $0.83M

53. The Thanksgiving House (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When Boston lawyer Mary Ross inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she has no idea she may have inherited a historical treasure. Mary's initial desire to sell the house is ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Emily Rose, Justin Bruening, Julia Jones, Lindsay Wagner

Votes: 1,146

54. Victorian Farm (2009)

60 min | Documentary, History

In this unique project, historian Ruth Goodman as well as archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn immerse themselves in the life of the Victorian farmer as he would have lived on the Acton Scott Estate.

Stars: Stephen Noonan, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands

Votes: 740

55. Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute (2021)

135 min | Documentary, History

Ahead of the 80th Anniversary of the deadly Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor, this documentary provides a detailed account of events - from planning to the aftermath.

Stars: Russell Boulter, Jonathan Parshall, Laura Lawfer Orr, J. Michael Wenger

Votes: 388

56. Shadowman (1974)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery

A criminal organization led by "The Man Without a Face" scours Paris for a treasure hidden by the Knights Templar.

Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Gayle Hunnicutt, Jacques Champreux, Josephine Chaplin, Ugo Pagliai

Votes: 532

57. William the Conqueror (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Compain | Stars: Vincent Deniard, Eric Challier, Géraldine Martineau, Tercelin Kirtley

Votes: 182

58. Knights of Santiago (2023)

74 min | Drama, History

In a country divided in an eternal internal war, an order of knights rises to build a nation.

Director: Ana L. Martín | Stars: Fran Nortes, Eloy Arenas, Martina Herrero, Javier Esparza

Votes: 67

59. Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)

59 min | Documentary, History

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.

Stars: Geraldine James, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold

Votes: 420

60. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)

95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 575

61. Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)

59 min | Documentary, Adventure

In this 12-part documentary series of Edwardian Farm, archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and historian Ruth Goodman go back in time to the early 1900s to live the lives of Edwardian farmers for a full calendar year.

Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, Stephen Noonan

Votes: 588

62. In Praise of Love (2001)

PG | 97 min | Drama

An author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny

Votes: 3,028 | Gross: $0.25M

63. Same Old Song (1997)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A musical story about how people find their love on the streets of beautiful Paris.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, André Dussollier

Votes: 4,481 | Gross: $0.03M

64. Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)

TV-PG | 89 min | Documentary

A documentary about the impact of the newspaper comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," created by Bill Watterson.

Director: Joel Allen Schroeder | Stars: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Stephan Pastis, Seth Green

Votes: 2,040 | Gross: $0.01M

65. The Adams Chronicles (1976)

50 min | Drama, History

This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a ... See full summary »

Stars: Pamela Payton-Wright, George Hearn, Michael Tolan, William Daniels

Votes: 213

66. Beloved Sisters (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, Romance

The 18th century literary genius Friedrich Schiller falls in love with the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. After a passionate summer together in a menage a trois, jealousy and rivalry endanger their union.

Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner

Votes: 1,601 | Gross: $0.05M

67. Life After People (2008 TV Movie)

108 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Visit the ghostly villages surrounding Chernobyl (abandoned by humans after the 1986 nuclear disaster), travel to remote islands off the coast of Maine to search for abandoned towns that ... See full summary »

Director: David de Vries | Stars: Struan Rodger, John Anderson, David Brin, Bill Bruninga

Votes: 3,193

68. Elizabeth I (2017)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, History

Docu-drama starring Lily Cole as a young Elizabeth I, featuring dramatic reconstructions of key moments in her life. Presented by historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones.

Stars: Lily Cole, Vincent Kerschbaum, Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Jones

Votes: 264

69. Secrets of the Castle (2014)

60 min | Documentary, History

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.

Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, Paul McGann

Votes: 392

70. Wartime Farm (2012)

TV-14 | Documentary

Wartime Farm, is an eight-part British historical docuseries in which the running of a farm during the Second World War is reenacted. First broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012.

Stars: John Simm, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands

Votes: 408

71. España, la primera globalización (2021)

110 min | Documentary

Documentary about Spain's contribution to a time of discoveries and a first globalization.

Director: José Luis López-Linares | Stars: Antonio Valero, Rubén García Benito, Alicia Relinque, Abigail Horro Rodríguez

Votes: 321

72. Tomorrow Ever After (2016)

95 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.

Director: Ela Thier | Stars: Caitlin Mehner, Carolina Ravassa, Valéry Lessard, Ela Thier

Votes: 186

73. The Spy Who Fell to Earth (2019)

94 min | Documentary, Mystery

An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.

Director: Thomas Meadmore | Stars: Henry Kissinger, Muammar Gaddafi, Nikita Khrushchev, Thomas Meadmore

Votes: 1,183

74. Maharana Pratap: The First Freedom Fighter (2012)

145 min | Action, War

Maharana Pratap's clashes with Akbar and Man Singh I, which caused the battle of Haldighati.

Director: Pradeep Kumawat | Stars: Narayan Singh Sisodia, Kuldeep Chaturvedi, Payal Kumawat, Naveen Jinger

Votes: 142

75. Tales from the Green Valley (2005)

29 min | Documentary, History

The series follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate the everyday farm life from the age of the Stuarts; they wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620s.

Stars: Owen Teale, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands

Votes: 315

76. Blown Away

Documentary, History | Announced

Three best friends: a chemist, a bombshell, and historian investigate mind-blowing topics through explosives, science, and history.

Stars: Beth Hagendorf, Rex Rotsko, Matt Barnett

77. The Presidents (2005)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A historical compendium of the 42 men who have served as the chief executive of the United States taking us from George Washington to George W. Bush. Each segment discusses the highlights and often lowlights of the men who have served.

Stars: Edward Herrmann, Walter Cronkite, H.W. Brands, Douglas Brinkley

Votes: 317

78. My Little Friend (2011)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama

Two friends reunite in after ten years and one has a secret waiting to come out.

Director: Dee Herlihy | Stars: Dee Herlihy, Jessica Pierson, Ryan Balas, Alex Herlihy

Votes: 90

79. A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes (2020)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History

The historian explores the history of Greece from the time of the Ancients to the present day.

Star: Bettany Hughes

Votes: 147

80. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.

Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian

Votes: 546

81. Max Is Missing (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

12-year-old Max accompanies his family on a vacation to ancient Incan ruins. While there he discovers an ancient and valuable mask. Suddenly the trip becomes lots more exciting, and dangerous.

Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Toran Caudell, Victor Rojas, Charles Napier, Matthew Sullivan

Votes: 199

82. The Cold Room (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A girl who arrives in modern day East Germany begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl in 1936.

Director: James Dearden | Stars: George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke

Votes: 260

83. The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A bookish historian is married to a steely Southern belle who raises horses, an animal that he doesn't care for. However, the cute young neighbor girl doesn't feel that way about him and makes no bones about letting him know it.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles

Votes: 525

84. Forbidden Films (2014)

94 min | Documentary

During the years of the Third Reich, some 1200 films were produced under Joseph Goebbels' ministry of propaganda. Until now, 40 of them are still banned in Germany.

Director: Felix Moeller | Stars: Hans Albers, Götz Aly, Elise Aulinger, Berta Drews

Votes: 217

85. A Tale of Two Sisters (2015– )

Documentary, Biography, History

The relationships between female historical figures and their sisters.

Stars: Rachael Stirling, Sarah Bradford, A.N. Wilson, Kate Williams

Votes: 80

86. The Bloom of Yesterday (2016)

125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Adèle Haenel, Jan Josef Liefers, Hannah Herzsprung

Votes: 1,080

87. Dalva (1996 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Romance

When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 21 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.

Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Peter Coyote, Rod Steiger, Carroll Baker

Votes: 147

88. Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story (2011)

90 min | Documentary, History

Taking you back to 1888, this extraordinary two-part special goes back to basics, dispelling the myths and misconceptions that have surrounded this case for so long. Reconstructing in 3D ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Begg, John Bennett, Dianne Learmouth, Caroline Waite

Votes: 106

89. Vlad's Legacy (2016)

Horror

Filmmaker John Gillespie and his crew travel to Turkey to document the legend of Vlad The Impaler, only to find themselves caught up in a centuries old conspiracy in a village nestled on the outskirts of Istanbul.

Director: Patricio Valladares | Stars: Gianni Capaldi, Natalie Burn, Selma Ergeç, Guillermo Iván

Votes: 86

90. Frank Serpico (2017)

Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

Director: Antonino D'Ambrosio | Stars: Frank Serpico, Stanislao Pugliese, Janet Panetta, John O'Connor

Votes: 389 | Gross: $0.01M

91. The Mystery of the Druids (2001 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy

PC adventure game about present day Scotland Yard inspector Brent Halligan who uncovers an ancient conspiracy while investigating a ritualistic murder committed by an evil druid cult.

Director: John Delbridge | Stars: Roger A. Graves, Emily Clarke-Brandt, West Westbrook, Ray Strachan

Votes: 33

92. Terror's Advocate (2007)

Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif

Votes: 1,702 | Gross: $0.04M

93. Digging Up Britain's Past (2019– )

60 min | Documentary, History

Presenters Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands explore some of the most fascinating periods of British history through current archaeological excavations around the country.

Stars: Alex Langlands, Helen Skelton, Raksha Dave, Elizabeth Norton

Votes: 27

94. The Little Switzerland (2019)

86 min | Comedy

A fictional Castillian village but located in Basque Country tries become part of Switzerland after a surprising discovery.

Director: Kepa Sojo | Stars: Jon Plazaola, Maggie Civantos, Ingrid García Jonsson, Secun de la Rosa

Votes: 1,400

95. Sand Castles (2015)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eleanor, thirties, has just lost her father. He bequeathed his house in Brittany in the Cotes d'Armor. She is a photographer, has had some success but business no longer work as before. It ... See full summary »

Director: Olivier Jahan | Stars: Emma de Caunes, Yannick Renier, Jeanne Rosa, Alain Chamfort

Votes: 379

96. The Burning Court (1962)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob

Votes: 419

97. The Curse of the Volcano (2019 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Juliette Gentil, police officer, is in charge of the investigation of the strange death of the unique heir of a big geranium plantation. Zaccharia "Zac" Bellême is sent from mainland France to help her.

Director: Marwen Abdallah | Stars: Catherine Jacob, Ambroise Michel, Philippe Caroit, Thierry Desroses

Votes: 85

98. Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992)

229 min | Drama

Three-part miniseries about aging historian Gerald Middleton, who reflects on his youth, relationships (especially the one with his best friend's girl), career (shadowed by a scandal), and current issues, like his marriage and kids.

Stars: Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs, Briony Glassco

Votes: 173

99. The Algerian War, 1954-1962 (1984)

280 min | Documentary, History, War

The Algerian War was a momentous struggle for independence from France by Algerian nationalists between 1954 and 1962. This eight-year conflict caused the fall of six French Prime Ministers... See full summary »

Star: Jim Norton

Votes: 17

100. Squeamish About ... (2020)

15 min | Comedy

Following his "successful" in-depth investigation of Brexit, investigative rogue historian Michael Squeamish (Matt Berry) returns to shine a weird and wonderful torch on various topics.

Star: Matt Berry

Votes: 71