Top Rated History Movies on Pantaflix - Page 500

The Stars Don't Fade

1971

The Stars Don't Fade

1971
9
The film consists of several novels reproducing the most vivid pages of the biography of the first Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Azerbaijan Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925).
For It's Weight in Gold

1984

For It's Weight in Gold

1984
5
Former Red Army combat commander Zavgorodniy is appointed head of the Sivash salt mines. Salt is worth its weight in gold for the young Soviet republic. Zavgorodniy must restore the mines' operations despite fierce resistance from the White Army.
The Hoodlum Priest

1967

The Hoodlum Priest

1967
7
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.
An Excavation of Us

2017

An Excavation of Us

2017
6
The shadows of Napoleon’s army fall upon their boat traveling through the mysterious cave named after Marie Jeanne, a female soldier who fought in the Haitian Revolution. It is this battle inside her cave that will become the most successful slave revolution in history.
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

2016

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

2016
7
In the thick of World War I, Allied forces attempt the daring feat of planting over a million pounds of explosives beneath enemy lines.
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

2015

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

2015
6
Historians, boat builders and experts examine the tale of Noah's Ark, studying ancient texts and attempting to rebuild a forerunner of the Ark itself.
Personal Happiness

1977

Personal Happiness

1977
6
The distinctive traits of the Doroshin family are hard work, courage, and principledness. Pavel Nikolaevich is a war veteran and the chief engineer of a factory, while Anastasia Mikhailovna is the head of a university department and an active participant in the partisan movement. Their eldest son, Ilya, a sanitary doctor, demands the closure of one of the city's enterprises. However, war criminals, who are hiding from retribution, know that the Gestapo archives are hidden in the building's basement and fear that the documents might be discovered. Terrified of exposure, they try to prevent Ilya from carrying out this action and attempt to discredit the Doroshins.
Code Name "Southern Thunder"

1980

Code Name "Southern Thunder"

1980
5
Soviet WW2 film about operation that resulted in liberation of.Romania and Moldova from the Nazis.
The Cherry Tree

1983

The Cherry Tree

1983
5
In postwar Tokyo, while his mum works, Taichi spends his days alone and misses his dad who was killed in the war. Through his friendship with an old man who tends a seemingly dead cherry tree, Taichi learns about the tree and gradually becomes more positive. (Source: Treasures of the Heart)
North Korea: Dark Secrets

2018

North Korea: Dark Secrets

2018
8
This two-hour special reveals the complicated history, extreme politic, and rigid societal standards that have created a legacy of internal oppression and external aggression. As the North Korean people suffered famine, labor camp and public executions, the Kim regime spent three generations relentlessly pursuing nuclear ambitions. They operate as a criminal syndicate, using counterfeit money, drugs and cyber espionage to fund their war machine. Now, with weapons rivaling the world’s superpowers, their aggressive rhetoric has pushed the world to a crisis point.
It's Dangerous to Put Out to Sea

1976

It's Dangerous to Put Out to Sea

1976
9
The film is about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lifes.
Every Tenth

1984

Every Tenth

1984
7
Five Red Army soldiers, who found themselves in the rear of the Kolchak troops, captured an enemy armored car and captured an intelligence officer. From him they learn that soon a steamer with weapons and ammunition for the upcoming white counteroffensive is due to pass along the river. How to stop the ship, capture it, and then transport such a valuable cargo through ambushes and cordons of Kolchak troops entrenched on both sides of the river?..
Life Will Be Beautiful

2007

Life Will Be Beautiful

2007
6
Five young men from well-off families, whom fate never intended to be partisans in an occupied Paris, so different from one other and yet so close, reject the French defeat and resulting German occupation and decide to take on Nazi Germany.
Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück

2009

Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück

2009
4
And It's May Again

1968

And It's May Again

1968
6
A group of Bolsheviks in 1908 attempts to establish the publication of underground literature under police terror.
The Poet

1991

The Poet

1991
8
The film is dedicated to the memory of the great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli by the relic-gazalakh, and the lyric poet Aliaga Vahid. The poet's life is presented in chronological order. The authors do not clearly indicate the names of the people who covered Vahid. They tried to create a generalized artistic image using some of the master poet's masterpieces from his difficult life.
For Those Who Are at Sea

1948

For Those Who Are at Sea

1948
4
The film is about the sailors who fought on torpedo boats in the Great Patriotic war.
The Atlantic

1995

The Atlantic

1995
6
A documentary about the islands in the Atlantic, about the islanders and their stories.
Smoke of the Fatherland

1980

Smoke of the Fatherland

1980
6
The Great Russian scientist, famous politician and poet M.Lomonosov is severely ill. Understanding that there is not much time left for him to live, he decides to visit his beloved small native town. Taking a coach, he heads for the motherland of his ancestors. A shaky road raises thoughts and reminiscences about his days of youth, about the time when he was young and unknown, how he made first steps on his long way of the truth comprehension. He recollects early death and funeral of his mother, the repeated, and not very successful marriage of his father, hatred of stepmother, care of godfather, who gave him the books of Peter the Great, wandering monk, who taught him the fundamentals of science, Latin, and, of course, his first love.
Válek

2018

Válek

2018
1
Miroslav Válek was a Slovak poet whose sensitive and intimate work clashed with his political engagement in the communist party. How to approach this discrepancy, how to cope with it? Can one read poems while disregarding their author?