Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 234

Joe

2002

Joe

2002
10
This animated short tells the story of Seraphim "Joe" Fortes, one of Vancouver's most beloved citizens. Born in the West Indies, Joe Fortes swam in English Bay for over than 30 years. A self-appointed lifeguard at first, he became so famous that the city of Vancouver finally rewarded him with a salary for doing what he loved best.
The Vikings

1958

The Vikings

1958
7
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Meaning of Life

1987

Meaning of Life

1987
Follows the construction of the Fergana Canal, which employed 170 thousand people, and Usman Yusupov was given a very specific task - in 45 days, a 270-kilometer-long canal should provide water to the cotton fields.
Слуша-ай!

1964

Слуша-ай!

1964
On the beginning of revolutionary activity of F. E. Dzerzhinsky.
Winter in Wartime

2008

Winter in Wartime

2008
6.7
During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.
Young Dr. Freud

1976

Young Dr. Freud

1976
5.2
A portrait of Sigmund Freud as a young man.
Before Stonewall

1984

Before Stonewall

1984
6.5
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
Farha

2021

Farha

2021
7.1
Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.
A Beggar's Daughter

1965

A Beggar's Daughter

1965
7
This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love and gratitude. Mo wins the third place in the imperial examinations, but now he is looked down upon because his wife is a beggar's daughter. Extremely embarrassed and ashamed, Mo wants to divorce but has no excuse. Jin then jumps into the river and Mo has deep regrets but it is too late. Later, Mo’s senior Ambassador Lin appreciates his talents and wants to marry him his daughter. On the wedding night, the bride orders Mo to kneel in her room and beats him hard with a cane. Not until then does Mo know his bride is actually Jin, who has been saved by Lin. At the end, Lin knows Jin still loves Mo and helps the couple reunite.
The Challenger Disaster

2019

The Challenger Disaster

2019
5.9
On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals will fail and kill everyone on board. The Company, Marshall Space Flight and NASA made a business decision. He made a human decision.
Friends

1939

Friends

1939
5
The Soviet classic based on the biography of one of the main October Revolution leaders - Sergey Kirov.
Stories of the Revolution

1960

Stories of the Revolution

1960
6.2
A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives.
J'étais à Nüremberg

2011

J'étais à Nüremberg

2011
Nina, a young Polish woman exiled in London, and Pierre Bernard, envoy of General de Gaulle, are part of the international team assembled in Nuremberg after the Second World War to try twenty-four Nazi war criminals.
Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra

2024

Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra

2024
2
A student whose parents died in the Gujarat pogrom receives an assignment on the same topic at his university. During his research, he meets everyone associated with the commission and tries to uncover various other aspects.
Ararat

2002

Ararat

2002
6.1
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Hadrián z Římsů

1976

Hadrián z Římsů

1976
Ruiny strelyayut...

1971

Ruiny strelyayut...

1971
6
The plot centers on the people who began to form underground groups from the very first days of the occupation of Minsk: oil engineer Isa Kazinets, soldier Ivan Kabushkin, student journalist Vladimir Omelianuk, medical professor Yevgeny Klumov, party and Soviet worker Sergey Blagorazumov, and others. Their main weapon was their hatred of the occupiers. Soon, the underground fighters managed to establish contact with the partisans, and they began to plan joint operations.
Ninth January

1985

Ninth January

1985
About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.
School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

1987

School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

1987
6
Blending drawings, paintings, filmed interviews, and recorded testimony, this animation-documentary hybrid tells of the tragic fate of the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster.
Berlin Babylon

2001

Berlin Babylon

2001
7.6
A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.