Historical Figure Movies
- 1980
Bogie
Bogie51980HD
The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his...
- 1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Guyana: Crime of the Century4.7671979HD
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman,...
- 2010
Princess Kaiulani
Princess Kaiulani5.72010HD
Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American...
- 1982
A Woman Called Golda
A Woman Called Golda8.11982HD
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- 1980
Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam5.91980HD
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
- 1996
Soul of the Game
Soul of the Game4.91996HD
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...
- 2006
Fade to Black
Fade to Black4.12006HD
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...
- 1940
Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man6.61940HD
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...
- 1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Story of Louis Pasteur6.81936HD
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and...
- 2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling6.82023HD
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A...
- 1975
Galileo
Galileo5.91975HD
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion...
- 1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Adventures of Mark Twain6.61944HD
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
- 1997
Amistad
Amistad71997HD
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...
- 1999
The Hunley
The Hunley6.11999HD
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...
- 2000
The Crossing
The Crossing6.22000HD
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.
- 1999
Excellent Cadavers
Excellent Cadavers6.21999HD
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the...
- 1950
The Magnificent Yankee
The Magnificent Yankee5.41950HD
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
- 1953
Ben and Me
Ben and Me6.81953HD
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...
- 2017
The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill8.62017HD
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between...
- 1959
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones6.11959HD
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.