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1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,287,167
2. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,308 | Gross: $4.14M
3. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,684 | Gross: $1.13M
4. The Omega Man (1971)
PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo
Votes: 34,087 | Gross: $8.72M
5. Khartoum (1966)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 8,277 | Gross: $6.54M
6. Lines of Wellington (2012)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, History, War
On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich
Votes: 1,570
7. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 911
8. It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2006)
110 min | Drama, Horror
An orientalist professor researching Delacroix's North African work becomes entangled in an S&M waking dream in Morocco.
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: James Wilby, Arielle Dombasle, Dany Verissimo-Petit, Farid Chopel
Votes: 704
9. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
60 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of Nazi Germany's various military engineering projects during World War II.
Stars: James Holland, Tony Pollard, Richard Lintern, Julian Forsyth
Votes: 615
10. The King's Pirate (1967)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure
A Royal Navy officer, posing as a deserter, joins a crew of pirates in an effort to infiltrate and destroy from within the notorious pirate stronghold of Diego Suarez.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley
Votes: 218
11. Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History, War
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Earle Hodgins, Lane Chandler, Roger Williams, Rex Lease
Votes: 86
12. Walking Tudor England (2021– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb wends her way around the country on the trail of history's most fascinating dynasty.
Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Owen Emmerson, Dominic Fontana
Votes: 48
13. Ski Patrol (1940)
64 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1939 a Finnish reserve unit defends the border and their town in the valley below from Russian invaders who are excavating an explosive-laden tunnel under their mountaintop encampment.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Philip Dorn, Luli Deste, Stanley Fields, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 217
14. Was du nicht siehst (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
This impressive psychological thriller about a sensitive German adolescent grappling with his father's suicide and his mother's new boyfriend plays out against the eerie woods and fantastic rock formations of the Brittany Coast.
Director: Wolfgang Fischer | Stars: Ludwig Trepte, Frederick Lau, Alice Dwyer, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 367
15. The Conquest of Constantinople (1951)
89 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The Turkish Sultan decides to send his armies in war against the remnant of the Roman Empire, Byzantine. All of his advisory council assent to the move with the exception of one aged ... See full summary »
Director: Aydin Arakon | Stars: Sami Ayanoglu, Resit Gürzap, Cahit Irgat, Nazim Akbulut
Votes: 655
16. The Trident Force (1988)
90 min | Action
The Palestinian terrorist Abu Hassad can only be stopped by a group of soldiers called the Trident Force.
Director: Richard Smith | Stars: Anthony Alonzo, Nanna Anderson, Mark Gil, Steve Rogers
Votes: 55
17. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
18. Churchill's Island (1941)
TV-PG | 21 min | Documentary, War, Short
The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.
Director: Stuart Legg | Stars: Lorne Greene, Gérard Arthur, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 233
19. The Crouching Beast (1935)
78 min | Action, Drama, War
In Constantinople in 1915, Gail Dunbar, an American newspaper reporter, gets entangled in a spy network. Ahmed Bey, the head of the Turkish secret service,is trying to recover the stolen ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Hanbury | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson, Richard Bird, Andrews Engelmann
20. Double crime sur la ligne Maginot (1937)
83 min | Drama
Murder on the Maginot LIne, a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s.
Director: Félix Gandéra | Stars: Victor Francen, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer, Henri Guisol
Votes: 23
21. Washington the Warrior (2006 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Inadequately prepared for the responsibilities George Washington accepts first as a British officer and later as the commander of the Colonial Army, his mistakes lead to battlefield and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert M. Wise | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jackson Bolt, Alexander Emmert, Grigorij Strelec
Votes: 53
22. Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Alice and Julius have to hold their western fort against The Three Bad Eggs and a band of marauding Indians.
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Lois Hardwick
Votes: 22
23. Colonello Futurista (2020)
19 min | Short
The launch of an espionage balloon from an Italian village, located opposite the southern part of the Istrian peninsula, marked the beginning of a most unusual adventure for aviation ... See full summary »
Director: Vladislav Knezevic | Star: Mirko Soldano
25. In Search of Alfred the Great (1980 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary, Biography
The only British monarch bestowed with the superlative of Great ruled during the age of the Vikings. This short documentary sheds new light on the legacy of the king who created England.
Stars: David Hill, David Hinton, Phil Holdsworth, Michael Wood
Votes: 14
26. Fort 27 (1948)
70 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Fort 27 was one of the Greek forts on the Rupel straits. In the film, we watch the men defending it against the German attacks, and later, when the front collapses, their resistance to the occupying forces.
Director: Mavrikios Novak | Stars: Billy Konstantopoulou, Giorgos Loukakis, Kostas Papahristos, Anthi Miliadi
Votes: 12
27. Varjoja Kannaksella (1943)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directors: Theodor Luts, Erkki Uotila | Stars: Matti Lehtelä, Dolly von Alfthan, Ensio Jouko, Aarno Kivistö
Votes: 35
28. Marseille, premier port de France (1945)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Cuckvective Daniel and Rommel go on a lifelong quest to find Ross a girlfriend.
Director: Jean Mineur | Stars: Maurice Pierrat, Erwin Rommel
29. Moundville: Journey Through Time (1999 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short
The story of the Moundville archaeological site, situated on the banks of the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was a ceremonial center of the Mississippian Indian culture ... See full summary »
Director: Gray Warriner | Star: Glenn Mazen
30. ReachAnother: Fortifying the Future (2023)
6 min | Documentary, Short, News
This short not only illustrates the legacy of Dr. Koning's work in Ethiopia for babies with hydrocephalus and spina-bifida but also the active role ReachAnother is taking to prevent these birth defects by fortifying salt with folic acid.
Directors: Marinus Koning, Leah Olwen Llewellyn | Stars: Marinus Koning, Jan Koning
31. Non è mai passato (2018)
20 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Ludovico, a normal city boy, on his 18th birthday discovers that he had a previous life, and was reincarnated. Shortly thereafter, he learns that he had a task to accomplish.
Director: Christian Orlandi | Stars: Christian Orlandi, Alessandro Nannini, Giacomo Laudato, Luca Lasiu
Votes: 11
32. Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Armies (2001 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
This episode of Secrets of Ancient Empires collection features stunning re-creations and reconstructions as it tells the powerful story of the origins of organized warfare. The program ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Gormlie
Votes: 14
33. Kampen om Åland (2022 TV Special)
29 min | History
In 1918, the Swedish army landed on the Åland Islands by three warships. The Finnish Civil War had spilled over to Åland from the Finnish mainland. The Swedes came as a so called ... See full summary »
Directors: Per Hansson, Mirka Kettunen | Stars: Maria Gussarsson, Kenneth Gustavsson, Mirka Kettunen, Henrik Meinander
34. Castle Warfare Expert Rates 8 Castle and Fortress Scenes in Movies and TV (2022 Video)
18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Medieval-fortification expert Michael Fulton looks at nine fortress defense scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. He looks at "Outlaw King" (2018), "... See full summary »
Star: Michael Fulton
35. The West Wall (2014 Video)
60 min | History, War
A documentary charting the construction and strategic development of the German Siegfried Line, which stretched from the Netherlands to Switzerland.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler
37.
Secret Nazi Bases (2019– )
Episode:
Hitler's Forbidden Island (Guernsey)
(2019)
Documentary
Why would the Nazi's pour so many resources into this strategically insignificant island, and hold onto it at all costs even at the end of the war when the end was surely near? What dark ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Oron | Stars: James MacPhee, Rejeanne Aimey, Rob Bell, Brooke Guzar
Votes: 19
38.
The Naked Archaeologist (2005–2008)
Episode:
Jesus: The Early Years
(2005)
23 min | Documentary, History
The Gospels sometimes contradict each other in their descriptions of Jesus' early years and not much is known about how he spent his childhood. Now archaeology can help uncover some clues ... See full summary »
Stars: Simcha Jacobovici, Stephen Pfann, Claire Pfann, Aviram Oshri
Votes: 13
39.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
France Falls: May-June 1940
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Edward Spears, Lawrence Durrell, Siegfried Westphal
Votes: 528
40.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Andrey Yeryomenko, Hermann Göring, Franz Halder
Votes: 469
41.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 5
42.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Siege of Leningrad
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels
Votes: 6
43.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Pyrénées, de village en village
(2020)
90 min | Documentary
The Pyrenees, from village to village: Castelnou, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Cauterets and Saint-Lary; villages nestling deep in the Pyrenean valleys. Tiga sets out on a journey to wander ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Corre | Star: Tiga
44.
WW2 from Above (2021– )
Episode:
The Siege of Malta
(2021)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
The fate of the island of Malta hung by a thread during the war. Using drones, experts explore the defences of Malta to understand how the island survived.
Directors: Myles Judd, Danny O'Brien | Stars: Tony Robinson, Nigel Barber
45.
Walking Tudor England (2021– )
Episode:
The South Coast
(2021)
45 min | Documentary, History
The series begins in Hampshire, visiting Southsea Castle (where King Henry VIII watched as the Mary Rose sank in the Solent), encounters the fortifications of Old Portsmouth and gets a lesson from a Tudor blacksmith.
Director: Anabelle Marshall | Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Dominic Fontana
Votes: 10
46.
Megaprojects (2020– )
Episode:
Hadrian's Wall: The Mysterious 38th Parallel for Roman Legionaries and British Barbarians
(2021)
18 min | Documentary
Whistler discusses the origins and construction of Hadrian's Wall, which ran across the breadth of Britain.
Star: Simon Whistler
47.
Megaprojects (2020– )
Episode:
Walls of Constantinople: The Last Great Ancient Fortification
(2021)
18 min | Documentary
The history of Constaniople's imposing city walls and fortifications are discussed.
Star: Simon Whistler
48.
Dark Docs (2020– )
Episode:
The WW2 Truth Russia Wanted to Keep Secret
(2023)
13 min | Documentary, History
Russian general Zhukov presented the disastrous Battle of Rzhev as a diversion for Operation Uranus that drove the Nazis form Stalingrad. Is this believable considering the extensive planning and resources committed by the Soviets?
49.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 Important Canadian Operations During the Second World War
(2023)
18 min | Documentary
From supplying allied forces and holding prisoners of war to the Manhattend Project and some of the bloodiest battles of the war, Canadians were heavily involved in all aspects of World War Two.
Star: Simon Whistler
50.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #26.7
(2023)
44 min | Reality-TV
Catherine Southon and David Harper continue their road trip along the Sussex coast. Alongside their search for antiques, David visits a special airport while Catherine discovers a magnificent fortification, built by the Romans.
Directors: Simon Brant, Molly Fraser, Strahila Royachka | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, David Harper, Catherine Southon