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1. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,422 | Gross: $30.00M
2. Cleopatra (1963)
G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown
Votes: 37,464 | Gross: $57.78M
3. Borgia (2011–2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty.
Stars: Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes, John Doman
Votes: 7,232
4. The Court Jester (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 13,974 | Gross: $0.02M
5. Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016)
Action, Drama, History
Story of the the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and ambition, success and fall of several real and fictional characters.
Stars: Kim Hyun-bin, Yoo Ah-in, Byun Yo-han, Kim Myung-min
Votes: 1,211
6. Cleopatra (1934)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 4,623
7. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne
Votes: 9,191
8. Danton (1983)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
Votes: 7,783
9. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 4,886 | Gross: $2.33M
10. Cleopatra (1970)
X | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.
Directors: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Kotoe Hatsui, Tsubame Yanagiya, Nobuo Tsukamoto
Votes: 855
11. L'échange des princesses (2017)
100 min | Drama, History
In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dugain | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Anamaria Vartolomei, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 1,311
12. Startling by Each Step (2011– )
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy Chinese past that gave the whole life in the Beijing imperial palace after that she returns to her life in the modern world.
Stars: Kei Gambit, ShiShi Liu, Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng
Votes: 620
13. The Viking Queen (1967)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure
Saline inherits the kingdom of England on the eve of the signing of the treaty sharing power with the Roman Empire. However, revolt was brewing, threatening the fragile peace.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir
Votes: 974
14. Legend of Yun Xi (2018)
45 min | Fantasy, History, Romance
A young naive girl skilled in magical medicine and poisons meets cruel power struggle, villains, friends and love.
Stars: Ma Cheng, Michael Mao, Zhehan Zhang, Jingyi Ju
Votes: 436
15. Fiza (2000)
Not Rated | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In 1993 Fiza's brother Aman disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
Director: Khalid Mohamed | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Raza
Votes: 4,488 | Gross: $0.62M
16. Hetalia: Axis Powers (2009–2016)
TV-MA | 5 min | Animation, Comedy
An anime in which personified countries show history in a humorous fashion.
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Patrick Seitz, Eric Vale, Jamie Marchi
Votes: 1,421
17. Le souper (1992)
90 min | Drama, History
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holgado
Votes: 643
18. Madame Du Barry (1934)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 310
19. Glorious Betsy (1928)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, History
The real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his rich wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union and fixes him up with another girl.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, John Miljan, Marc McDermott
Votes: 161
20. Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture & the West (2023 TV Special)
45 min | Documentary, History
September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. With the support of world democracies, including the US and UK, the dictator ruled through terror and torture.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Cal Seville, Roberto Navarrete, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Grace Livingston
Votes: 15
21. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary, History
This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran
Votes: 1,043
22. The Prime Minister (1941)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Will Fyffe, Owen Nares
Votes: 303
24. Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line
Documentary
Directors: Jan Haaken, Samantha Praus
25. The Wooing of Princess Pat (1918)
50 min | Fantasy
To stave off war with a neighboring kingdom, Princess Pat of Paxitania agrees to marry Warburg's King Eric. Still very young and rebellious, the new queen finds it difficult to adjust to ... See full summary »
Director: William P.S. Earle | Stars: Gladys Leslie, J. Frank Glendon, Bigelow Cooper, William R. Dunn
26. My Fighting Gentleman (1917)
Drama, History
A southerner who fought with the Union army regains the confidence of his his community after the war.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, Charles Newton, John Vosper
27.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
Warlord
(1996)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dying warlord, determined to retake his home planet, takes over Kes's body.
Director: David Livingston | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 1,886
28.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
The Act of Treason
(2008)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, History, Romance
As Jane Seymour's fortunes rise, Anne's fall. Several of those close to her including her brother are tortured into confessing treason and beheaded.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Nick Dunning
Votes: 753
29.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Explosion
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Carl Byker | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Ralph Fiennes, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 22
30.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #2.224
(2019)
95 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
This morning Jeremy asks - Does the "Remain Alliance" get your vote? Is it OK to feed a fussy eater child pizza for breakfast? Is it okay to make your own fake speed camera to slow down motorists?
Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Janette Manrara, Amanda Prowse
31.
Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978)
Episode:
Mary Anne
(1978)
Biography, Drama, History
Disreali begins his early career as a Conservative and marries the widow of his friend and mentor, 13 years his senior.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Vass Anderson, Antony Brown, John Carlisle
Votes: 17
32.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Protestant Anne of Cleves
(2009)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
Henry settles on Anne Of Cleves as his fourth wife but is disappointed with her attractiveness and blames Cromwell for his unhappy situation.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Joss Stone
Votes: 578
33.
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)
Episode:
Ambition
(2021)
53 min | Documentary, History
An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyns. A story of love, sex and betrayal, told from the family's unique perspective. Thomas Boleyn, the patriarch of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Emma Frank, Katie Greening | Stars: Shelley Conn, Lauren Mackay, Susan Doran, Nandini Das
Votes: 59
34.
Borgen (2010–2022)
Episode:
Tæl til 90
(2010)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama
After a successful election, Birgitte Nyborg looks set to become Denmark's first female prime minister, but allies and opponents do their best to block her way.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk, Mikael Birkkjær
Votes: 628
35.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
The One-Percent Court
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
The unchecked power of the one-percent court.
Stars: Bill Moyers, Jamie Raskin, Craig Unger, Katrina vanden Heuvel
36.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023– )
Episode:
High Priest
(2023)
History
It charts his involvement with the debates of the Cataline Conspiracy, his rivalry with Cato, the scandal of the Bona Dea ritual, the return of Pompey Magnus to Rome, and finally his election to the consulship of Rome.
Directors: Emma Frank, Richard Pearson | Stars: Shaila Alvarez, Andonis Anthony, Alex Brockdorff, Orlando Brooke
Votes: 40
37.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Two Dudes Dominate Women's Championship
(2023 Podcast Episode)
45 min | Talk-Show
Two men win the Illinois State Women's Cyclocross Championship. The Muslim community grows disenchanted with Joe Biden. Sultan Al Jabar confronts climate alarmism. Liz Cheney issues a dire warning about Donald Trump.
Star: Michael J. Knowles
38.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Storm (1920-1933)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's battle with polio. Eleanor's independence and political activism. Political division within the Roosevelt clan. FDR returns to politics in a big way. The Great Depression ends the Roaring Twenties. Assassin targets FDR.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George F. Will
Votes: 148
39.
Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020)
Episode:
Jessica Place
(2016)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
After Jessica's favorite TV show has its season finale, she desperately searches to find a replacement sorce of entertainment in her own life.
Director: Sean Kavanagh | Stars: Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler
Votes: 330
40.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 20
41.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Examining the Syrian War Chessboard
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: John Kerry, Abby Martin, Vijay Prashad
Votes: 10
42.
Cleopatra (1999)
Episode:
Part 2
(1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the death of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra needed a new political ally in Rome. With her life, her son's life, and the fate of Egypt hanging in the balance, she set her sights on the new ... See full summary »
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Billy Zane, Timothy Dalton, Rupert Graves, Leonor Varela
Votes: 45
43.
Reign (2013–2017)
Episode:
The Shakedown
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
After a tragic earthquake hits Scotland, Mary must face John Knox (Jonathan Goad) amidst claims that she isn't coming to the aid of her people. Elizabeth takes drastic measures after she is... See full summary »
Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Rachel Skarsten, Celina Sinden
Votes: 198
44.
Veep (2012–2019)
Episode:
Veep
(2019)
TV-MA | 46 min | Comedy
The nominating fight between Selina and her rivals reaches its climax, as their race comes to an historic finish.
Director: David Mandel | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott
Votes: 1,972