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1. The World at War (1973–1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Anthony Eden, Albert Speer
Votes: 29,618
2. Red Cliff (2008)
R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 48,508 | Gross: $0.63M
3. Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
This six-part series traces the Second World War, from the rise of the Nazis to the surrender of the Japanese, with detailed portraits of key figures.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Martin Sheen, Rudolf Hess
Votes: 14,300
4. Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: the Kalmar Union.
Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Jakob Oftebro
Votes: 2,932
5. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 7,517
6. Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion examination, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice
Votes: 4,539
7. The Long Road to War (2018)
117 min | Documentary
A month after the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne begins the First World War. But this stake had been prepared decades before.
Director: Milos Skundric | Stars: Oleg Airapetov, Dusan T. Batakovic, Jean-Paul Bled, Stig Förster
Votes: 1,610
8. Cold War (1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 1,039
9. Ten Tall Men (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Adventure, War
During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore
Votes: 1,122
10. Serpent of the Nile (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron
Votes: 344
11. The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jay Winter, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 378
12. Napoleon (2000– )
240 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the rise and fall of one of the greatest military geniuses of modern times from his Corsican childhood to final exile in St. Helena.
Star: David McCullough
Votes: 406
13. The Guns of August (1964)
100 min | Documentary, History, War
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Director: Nathan Kroll | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Winston Churchill, Georges Clemenceau
Votes: 181
14. 1812 (2012– )
Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The project is dedicated to one of the most remarkable and dramatic periods in history - the Napoleonic Wars from 1803 to 1815. They were a continuation of the wars originally sparked off ... See full summary »
Star: Konstantin Danilyuk
Votes: 71
15. World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008– )
300 min | Documentary, History, War
A story showing the 3 allied leader's, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin's actions and relationships behind the scenes during World War 2. It isn't as friendly as it seems. Shows how close ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz, Samuel West
Votes: 542
16. Napoleon: The Russian Campaign (2015)
Not Rated | History
In 1812 Napoleon gathers the largest army of all times, of about 600.000 men from 24 controlled countries to invade Russia. 172 day later they will have to withdraw, 400.000 soldiers either killed or captured. Why dis this happen?
Stars: Alix Bénézech, Pavel Delong, Marc Duret, Miglen Mirtchev
Votes: 84
17. Putin, Russia and the West (2011)
60 min | Documentary
Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
Stars: Rupert Graves, Condoleezza Rice, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Prikhodko
Votes: 424
18. Hero of Rome (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A story of justice and tyranny with the fate of Rome in the balance.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Gordon Scott, Gabriella Pallotta, Massimo Serato, Gabriele Antonini
Votes: 221
19. Savage Drums (1951)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
There is this little small-island kingdom located off the South China coast and the United States offers a pact of economic aid and military assistance if needed. But there is this Asiatic ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Sabu, Lita Baron, H.B. Warner, Sid Melton
Votes: 55
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: 14
21. World War One (1964– )
48 min | Documentary, History, War
A filmed historical survey of the First World War.
Star: Robert Ryan
Votes: 98
22. The Crimean War (1997)
150 min | Documentary, History, War
The devastating details of a long ago war are eloquently presented in this documentary. "The Crimean War" is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853... See full summary »
Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Dominic Lieven, Andrew Lambert, Alain Gouttman
Votes: 72
23. Kaiserspiel - Bismarcks Reichsgründung in Versailles (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | History
150 years ago, the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles: a revenge on the defeat of Jena in 1806. From the battle of Sedan in September 1870, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Twente | Stars: Thomas Thieme, Peter Meinhardt, Hubertus Hartmann, Anna Tenta
Votes: 26
24. Oratorio for Prague (1968)
26 min | Documentary, Short, War
A unique document of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the movie was begun as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then became a record of the entry of ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Nemec | Star: Gene Moskowitz
Votes: 141
25. History's Verdict (2013– )
Documentary, Biography, History
A group of history experts from London's King's College has created this documentary series that tries to assess the key political figures of WWII.
Star: Jonathan D. Mellor
Votes: 42
26. One Inch from Victory (1944)
67 min | Documentary, War
Newsreel footage documents world history and politics from Russia in 1914 to the German invasion in 1941. The Russian Revolution led to the ascent of power by Vladimir Lenin, who promised a... See full summary »
Stars: Vladimir Lenin, Maxim Litvinov, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Quentin Reynolds
Votes: 11
27. Die verschwundene Armee (1997 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
Directors: Werner Brüssau, Jürgen Eike | Stars: Klaus Baarß, Bernhard Bechler, Theodor Blank, Michael Braumann
28. Drôle de guerre (2019 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, History, War
Directors: Cédric Gruat, Christophe Jacquot | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Neville Chamberlain, Bertrand Chamerois, Winston Churchill
Votes: 19
29. Japan's Peace Constitution (2005)
76 min | Documentary
Through interviews conducted with leading thinkers around the world, the film explores the origins of the Constitution in the ashes of war and the significance of its peace clauses in the conflicted times of the early 21st century.
Director: John Junkerman | Stars: John D. Dower, Beate Sirota Gordon, Rokuro Hidaka, Chalmers Johnson
Votes: 7
30. To Unveil a Star (2021)
107 min | Documentary
An essay-film by artist Juul Hondius about the remarkable and comprehensive relationship between himself and a world-famous ideological work of art.
Director: Juul Hondius | Stars: Bram van Aalst, Rudi Delhem, Ann Demeester, Olivier Goessens
Votes: 6
31. Hitlers Verbündete (2009– )
45 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Slavko Goldstein, Adrian Cioroianu
32. The Defence of Canada (1985– )
History
A documentary about the history and contemporary state of Canadian military and foreign policy.
Stars: Gwynne Dyer, Robert Borden, John Buchan, Arthur Currie
33. Takoy soldat nepobedim (Ucheniya 'Zapad-81') (1981)
46 min | Documentary
In the exercises of troops and forces of the fleet "West-81", held from 04 to 12 September 1981 in the Belarusian, Kiev and Baltic military districts, in the Baltic Sea, on the territory of... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Gutman, Alexander Voronstov | Stars: Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Adolf Hitler, Evgeniy Ivanovskiy
34. Harder Than It Looks (1986)
28 min | Documentary, History
A contemporary examination of various Scandinavian nations' attempts at neutrality during the cold war and how Canada might emulate them.
Director: Tina Viljoen | Star: Gwynne Dyer
35.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Sixth and the Final Wife
(2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
After leaving wife Catherine as regent, a bellicose Henry invades France and lays siege to Boulogne in an attempt to regain his French provinces.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 546
36.
Mr. Beat (2011– )
Episode:
NATO Explained
(2018)
9 min | Documentary, History
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military defense alliance born of the Cold War that now (2017) consists of 29 countries including several from its formal rival Warsaw Pact. Mr. ... See full summary »
Star: Matthew Beat
37.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
A State Falls Apart
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia's first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists, and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of ... See full summary »
Stars: Vjekoslav Skrinjar, Marie-Janine Calic, Laura Silber, James Gow
38.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
Yugoslavia In Ruins
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »
Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer
39.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Gulf War - 1990-91
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1990, the UN passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq an ultimatum to leave Kuwait following their invasion.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Lloyd Cox, Amin Saikal, Lawrence Freedman, Louise Kettle
40.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 1
(1998)
49 min | Documentary, History, War
1948-56. The formation of the state of Israel and the wars of 1948 and 1956.
Director: Michael Simkin | Stars: Gideon Rafael, Clark Clifford, Abba Eban, Yitzhak Navon
Votes: 6
41.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 4
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1970-79. The Yom Kippur War and the 1978 Arab-Israeli Agreement.
Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Vadim Kirpichenko, Elliot Richardson, Joseph Sisco, Abba Eban
Votes: 6
42.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Rapid Dominance
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova
43.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Right Tools
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking
44.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Deception
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Strategy and tactics can be creative. But behind every deception are the Military Masterminds planning and executing each strategy to defeat an enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Christopher Catherwood, Dan Hill, James Rogers, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
45.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Homefront
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters
46.
Une terre deux fois promise: Israël-Palestine (2018– )
Episode:
1948-1967
(2018)
53 min | Documentary, History, War
Episode two covers 1948-1967 - two fundamental decades, punctuated by wars between the young state and its neighbours.
Directors: Blanche Finger, William Karel | Stars: Dina Porat, Gadi Taub, Elie Barnavi, Anita Shapira
Votes: 17
47.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
The Spy Who Loved Murdoch
(2018)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a French diplomat to a secret international meeting to create the Triple Entente is found dead, Murdoch is drafted to temporarily impersonate him.
Director: Alison Reid | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 302