Historical Figure Movies

  • 1980
    Bogie

    Bogie

    Bogie

    51980HD

    The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his...

    Bogie
  • 1979
    Guyana: Crime of the Century

    Guyana: Crime of the Century

    Guyana: Crime of the Century

    4.7671979HD

    This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman,...

    Guyana: Crime of the Century
  • 2010
    Princess Kaiulani

    Princess Kaiulani

    Princess Kaiulani

    5.72010HD

    Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American...

    Princess Kaiulani
  • 1982
    A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

    8.11982HD

    The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

    A Woman Called Golda
  • 1980
    Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

    5.91980HD

    Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

    Where the Buffalo Roam
  • 1996
    Soul of the Game

    Soul of the Game

    Soul of the Game

    4.91996HD

    In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to...

    Soul of the Game
  • 2006
    Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

    4.12006HD

    Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets...

    Fade to Black
  • 1940
    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.61940HD

    In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

    Edison, the Man
  • 1936
    The Story of Louis Pasteur

    The Story of Louis Pasteur

    The Story of Louis Pasteur

    6.81936HD

    A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and...

    The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • 2023
    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    6.82023HD

    Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A...

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
  • 1975
    Galileo

    Galileo

    Galileo

    5.91975HD

    Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion...

    Galileo
  • 1944
    The Adventures of Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Mark Twain

    6.61944HD

    A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

    The Adventures of Mark Twain
  • 1997
    Amistad

    Amistad

    Amistad

    71997HD

    In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are...

    Amistad
  • 1999
    The Hunley

    The Hunley

    The Hunley

    6.11999HD

    CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It is...

    The Hunley
  • 2000
    The Crossing

    The Crossing

    The Crossing

    6.22000HD

    A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.

    The Crossing
  • 1999
    Excellent Cadavers

    Excellent Cadavers

    Excellent Cadavers

    6.21999HD

    Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the...

    Excellent Cadavers
  • 1950
    The Magnificent Yankee

    The Magnificent Yankee

    The Magnificent Yankee

    5.41950HD

    Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

    The Magnificent Yankee
  • 1953
    Ben and Me

    Ben and Me

    Ben and Me

    6.81953HD

    A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his...

    Ben and Me
  • 2017
    The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

    The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

    The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

    8.62017HD

    Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between...

    The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
  • 1959
    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    6.11959HD

    The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

    John Paul Jones