Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 141

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963
7
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
Dandelion

2025

Dandelion

2025
In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.
When We Were Kings

1996

When We Were Kings

1996
7.6
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

2013

Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

2013
6
Isaac Newton - brilliant rational mathematician or master of the occult? This innovative biography reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist. Magical images mix with actors and experts to bring alive Britain's greatest scientific genius in his own words.
Pasteur

1922

Pasteur

1922
6.2
Jean Benoît-Lévy & Jean Epstein's inventive documentary about the life of Louis Pasteur, a French chemist and one of the most important figures of medical microbiology, blends biographical drama with scientific recreations of his experiments, using Pasteur's actual instruments.
Mission Majnu

2023

Mission Majnu

2023
6.8
Set in the 1970s, an undercover Indian spy takes on a deadly mission to expose a covert nuclear weapons program in the heart of Pakistan.
La storia del fornaretto di Venezia

1952

La storia del fornaretto di Venezia

1952
Rubinstein Remembered

1987

Rubinstein Remembered

1987
This program traces Rubinstein's career and features excerpts from his performances of works by Frederic Chopin, his favorite composer. There are also effervescent Rubinstein reminiscences told as only he could tell them, as well as interviews with his family and colleagues. A 100th anniversary tribute to the famous virtuoso pianist, Arthur Rubinstein.
The Soldier and the Lady

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

1937
6.5
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
The Autumn of History

2020

The Autumn of History

2020
Barcelona, 1992. A historian has a conversation with a mysterious man who claims that, after the Spanish Civil War, witnessed one of the darkest episodes of Franco dictatorship. The meeting soon becomes an exchange of personal memories of that year 1940, the autumn of history.
Verde

0000

Verde

0000
Gassoh

2015

Gassoh

2015
7.6
In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of the feudal military dictatorship known as the Bakufu system.
New Abarenbō Shōgun

2025

New Abarenbō Shōgun

2025
8.9
The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, fights against evil rampant in Edo while blending in with the common people as Tokuda Shinnosuke, the third son of a poor samurai retainer, commonly known as "Shin-san". The story depicts Yoshimune, who is shaken by the issue of succession, the drama within Edo Castle, and a difficult case involving a conspiracy that occurs in the castle town, with the addition of new characters and a sense of the era.
The Accidental Prime Minister

2019

The Accidental Prime Minister

2019
5
Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over his cabinet and the country.
Tatara Samurai

2017

Tatara Samurai

2017
5.5
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

2016

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

2016
7.1
In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.
Zrinski

0000

Zrinski

0000
The Zrinski family lineage had produced many great warriors, lovers and even political conspirators. However, the first to put it on the map was Nikola the Seventh Zrinski, who political influence, military prowess and poetic skills made him one of the most influential figures in Europe at the time. In this new docudrama, his life comes on screen for the very first time.
Sarraounia

1986

Sarraounia

1986
6.2
On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

2011

Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

2011
5.3
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
Les appelés de la guerre d’Algérie, un si long silence

2022

Les appelés de la guerre d’Algérie, un si long silence

2022
6