Top Rated History Movies on Tub Tv - Page 256

79 A.D.

1962

79 A.D.

1962
5.6
Intrigue at the Roman Emperor's court prior to its destruction by Vesuvius.
An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill

1983

An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill

1983
4.2
A historical drama about Barbara Radziwiłł, whose controversial love affair and marriage with King Sigismund II Augustus defied political opposition in 16th-century Poland. The film follows their romance, Barbara’s untimely death, and her posthumous return to Vilnius, framed through the king’s memories of his beloved queen.
Blood of War

2012

Blood of War

2012
4.5
October 1941. German forces have penetrated deep into Russia and are laying waste to everything they see. The Soviet high command takes every chance they get to secure the rear and take anything of historic importance out of harm's way.
Seven Angry Men

1955

Seven Angry Men

1955
5.2
Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
1921

1988

1921

1988
7.3
The Malabar rebellion, more popularly known as the Mappila Lahala, has a dramatic impact on the lives of everyone involved.
Turkish Passport

2011

Turkish Passport

2011
7.2
The Turkish Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to Turkish embassies and consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War. Whether they pulled them out of camps or took them off trains that were taking them to concentration camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that the Jews, who were Turkish citizens, could return to Turkey and thus be saved. Based on the testimonies of witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time.
Jan Žižka

1956

Jan Žižka

1956
6.6
The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.
Giovanni de Medici: The Leader

1937

Giovanni de Medici: The Leader

1937
5.8
Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy.
Seven Green Bottles

1975

Seven Green Bottles

1975
6.2
Seven wayward juveniles (the "Green Bottles" of the title) spend their days truanting and thieving. One by one they are caught and made to face the consequences of the choices they have made.
Crimson Color of Snowfall

2009

Crimson Color of Snowfall

2009
3.4
A young girl Kseniya becomes a nurse in the Russian Army during the WWI.
Across the Sea of Time

1995

Across the Sea of Time

1995
5.2
A young Russian boy, Thomas Minton, travels to New York as a passenger on a Russian freighter. Close to Ellis Island he gets off and thus starts his journey to America the same way as all immigrants in former times. Thomas is searching for the family of one of his ancestors, who had emigrated decades ago, but once sent a letter home together with a sample of his new profession: 3D-Photography.
The Lightning Tree

2010

The Lightning Tree

2010
6.4
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
Strikebound

1984

Strikebound

1984
5.3
Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization."
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room

2012

Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room

2012
6.6
Documentary about an extraordinary lady, Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery). In the early 1920s she was one of Hollywood's first major child stars, Baby Peggy.
The Reluctant Saint

1962

The Reluctant Saint

1962
7.6
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
Peasant Psalm

1989

Peasant Psalm

1989
4.8
This heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a peasant in a pre-war Belgian village, who has a hard time accepting the curate’s assurance it’s all part of God’s grand plan when his loved ones keep coming to harm.
Destiny

1977

Destiny

1977
6
A war comes to the life of the heroes of "Earthy Love" (1975).
Miracle of the Wolves

1924

Miracle of the Wolves

1924
5.4
King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois and the king's god-daughter Jeanne Fouquet and knight Robert Cottereau unfurl in spite of all the obstacles in their way. One of these being a pack of hungry wolves trying to stop Jeanne from carrying out an important mission assigned to her by the king himself.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot

1998

The Day Lincoln Was Shot

1998
6.8
A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
The Wind Is My Lover

1949

The Wind Is My Lover

1949
6
Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.