Popular History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 244

Once Upon a Time...

2013

Once Upon a Time...

2013
7.8
In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.
Assassination

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Assassination

0000
A new take on the JFK conspiracy, centering around Dorothy Kilgallen, one of the most famous voices in media at the time. When Dorothy suspects that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, she uses her fame and influence to find the real killer of JFK.
Nagi El-Ali

1992

Nagi El-Ali

1992
7
After the assassination of the Palestinian artist Naji Al-Ali in London in 1987, the film flashes back to the stops that he went through in his life, starting from his displacement with his family to Lebanon, to his work in Kuwait, to his return to Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war.
Gladiator of Rome

1962

Gladiator of Rome

1962
5.5
A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.
Dersimiz: Atatürk

2010

Dersimiz: Atatürk

2010
5.4
Tarihci Dede is giving information to a couple of children about Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's success and his way to shape todays Turkey.
Patrice: The Movie

2024

Patrice: The Movie

2024
5.5
Meet Patrice Jetter, a beloved school crossing guard in her New Jersey town. She carries herself with uncommon optimism and vigour despite, as a disabled person, constantly having to navigate a world that was not built with her in mind. She has a passion for figure skating, model trains, and making art of all kinds.
A Prayer for Rain

2014

A Prayer for Rain

2014
6.4
Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.
Comrade Innokenti

1981

Comrade Innokenti

1981
About the initial period of the revolutionary activity of the Russian revolutionary Joseph Dubrovinsky (1877-1913, Innokenty is one of the underground nicknames of the Bolshevik), about the years of active propaganda work, a duel with the "king of the Okhrana" Zubatov, exile and the resumption of work underground.
The Forgotten Battle

2021

The Forgotten Battle

2021
7.1
During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
Made in Dagenham

2010

Made in Dagenham

2010
6.7
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
The Rose of Kentucky

1911

The Rose of Kentucky

1911
5.7
A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband. When the younger brother proves to be a coward, she chooses the older brother instead.
Sons and Lovers

1981

Sons and Lovers

1981
An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
Battal Gazi Destanı

1971

Battal Gazi Destanı

1971
6.1
Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.
Sri Krishnavataram

1967

Sri Krishnavataram

1967
6
The life story of Sri Krishna.
The Final Days

1989

The Final Days

1989
6.8
The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
Jeans: A Faded Blue Planet

2010

Jeans: A Faded Blue Planet

2010
6
A legendary garment, mass-produced, which witnessed the Industrial Revolution and clad cowboys on the western frontier, is now a fashion statement worldwide for men and women, young and old: an icon of modernity which has lasted for 150 years. With flying colors, the jeans have sailed through early marketing, the Internet, the world of collectors, the end of the Cold War, and now globalization. Their eternal popularity begs a question: Why?
7 Women

1965

7 Women

1965
6.5
In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
Marrying Death

1992

Marrying Death

1992
8.2
End of the 1930s. The times of Stalin's terror. Lieutenant Scherbakov got the order to shoot several "enemies of the people". Unexpectedly, a rural wedding found itself at the crime scene. Pursuant to the instruction, witnesses were also eliminated...
The Lone Sabre

1994

The Lone Sabre

1994
In the late Qing Dynasty, the policeman Wang Wu (played by Zheng Haonan) was dedicated to arresting imperial criminals for the court. He was called the "Wang Wu of the Big Sword" because of his good use of a big knife. An Xiaoren, the imperial censor of the time, spoke bluntly, impeaching the eunuch Li Lianying for interfering in the government, which angered Cixi. Xi ordered Wu to suppress and kill Ren's family, and Wu to avoid killing Zhongliang by mistake, but he openly disobeyed the order, thus incurring the disaster of exterminating the family. Wu's wife Ao Xue (played by Lan Jieying) was brutally murdered, and Wu Sui and her young son wandered around the world. Sado (played by Yin Yangming), the governor of the imperial court, was ordered to hunt down the five fathers and sons. Although the five and many cherished each other, the two still could not escape a life-and-death battle in the end...
Combat Obscura

2018

Combat Obscura

2018
6.9
Former combat videographer Miles Lagoze presents personal footage of U.S. Marines in the Afghan war zone.