Type: Movies
Genre: History
Year: 2013
24 content found
Skinwalker Ranch 2013

A scientific research team investigates and documents the supernatural phenomena surrounding the disappearance of a cattle ranchers 10 year old son. Inspired by true events that shocked the paranormal community around the world.

Category: History, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Britani Bateman, Taylor Bateman, Steve Berg

5.1 IMDB Rating 4,608 Views
Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden 2013

Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C.I.A. agents, this in-depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the world's most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: Nada Bakos, Peter Bergen, Philip Mudd

6.7 IMDB Rating 471 Views
Tims Vermeer 2013

Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull

7.8 IMDB Rating 2,878 Views
12 Years a Slave 2013

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender

8.1 IMDB Rating 12,418 Views
The Invisible Woman 2013

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas

6.1 IMDB Rating 3,594 Views
1 – Life on the Limit 2013

Set in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing '1' tells the story of a generation of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives during Formula 1's deadliest period, and the men who stood up and changed the sport forever.

Category: Action, Documentary, History, Sport

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Lewis Hamilton, Niki Lauda

7.9 IMDB Rating 4,247 Views
The Challenger 2013

Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Joanne Whalley, William Hurt, Eve Best

7.2 IMDB Rating 4,943 Views
Savannah 2013

SAVANNAH is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his loyal friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

Category: Drama, Family, History

Stars: Jim Caviezel,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Jaimie Alexander,Bradley Whitford

6.0 IMDB Rating 3,987 Views
Phantom 2013

The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.

Category: Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny

5.9 IMDB Rating 1,303 Views
1939 Battle of Westerplatte 2013

September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Michal Zebrowski,Robert Zoledziewski,Jan Englert,Piotr Adamczyk

4.9 IMDB Rating 5,248 Views
Why We Ride 2013

The passion of the riders and the soul of their machines.

Category: Documentary, Family, History

Stars: Jim Adams, Ernie Alexander, Kenny Alexander

7.6 IMDB Rating 1,457 Views
The Cheshire Murders 2013

A documentary about a brutal home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut in 2007.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Marilyn Bartoli, Deb Biggins, Michael Daluz, Jeremiah Donovan

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,595 Views
Saving General Yang 2013

Northeast China, early Northern Song dynasty, AD 986. The Khitan army takes its revenge for a past massacre, abducting General Yang Ye (Adam Cheng) and leaving his wife and seven sons to rescue him - and fall into their deadly trap. Led by the first son (Ekin Cheng), the seven - two of whom have never seen combat - set out with a small band of fighters to face an army of thousands, brave the treacherous Wolf Mountain, face the nemesis of their shared history, and find the way back alive - all to bring their father home.

Category: Adventure, History, War

Stars: Ady An,Adam Cheng,Ekin Cheng,Vic Chow,Xin Bo Fu,Raymond Lam,Vivi Lee,Bryan Leung,Chen Li,Bing Shao,Apple Wang,Chun Wu,Fan Xu,Bo Yu

6.3 IMDB Rating 6,547 Views
The Ghost Army 2013

During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GI's undertook a bizarre mission: create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable rubber tanks, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy again and again, often right along the front lines. Many of the men picked to carry out these dangerous deception missions were artists. Some went on to become famous, including fashion designer Bill Blass. In their spare time, they painted and sketched their way across Europe, creating a unique and moving visual record of their war. Their secret mission was kept hushed up for nearly 50 years after the war's end.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Wesley Clark, Peter Coyote

7.7 IMDB Rating 5,714 Views
Hammer of the Gods 2013

A high energy, high concept, stylish action epic set in the Norse world sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving British landscape in search of his long lost brother Hakan The Ferrocious who his people are relying on to restore order to their kingdom following the bloody death of their king.

Category: Action, Adventure, History

Stars: Charlie Bewley,Clive Standen,James Cosmo,Elliot Cowan

4.5 IMDB Rating 5,354 Views
Walking with the Enemy 2013

A young man, separated from his family in WWII, disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon

6,2 IMDB Rating 5,175 Views
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 2013

Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid system's brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the authorities herself. Over the decades in chains, Mandela's spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause. However, as Winnie's determination hardens over the years into a violent ruthlessness, Nelson's own stature rises until he becomes the renowned leader of his movement. That status would be put to the test as his release nears and a way must be found to win a peaceful victory that will leave his country, and all its peoples, unstained.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Idris Elba,Naomie Harris,Tony Kgoroge,Riaad Moosa

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,063 Views
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 2013

Set in the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit "All American Family" made up of Daniel and Wilona Watson, (Harris and Rose) and their three kids, 15 year-old juvenile delinquent Byron (Knight), nerdy 11 year-old Kenny (Jenkins) and eight year-old adorable sister Joetta (Jackson). When Byron's antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands (Richardson) no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up the 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber outfitted with a true tone Ultra-Glide turntable and head South with plenty of comedy en route. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert (Grier), who show them around town and the Watsons discover that life is very different there than in Flint - and not necessarily for the better. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron's antics. Something that will change their lives and country forever.

Category: Family, History, Kids

Stars: Bryce Clyde Jenkins,Harrison Knight,Skai Jackson,Anika Noni Rose

6.4 IMDB Rating 3,215 Views
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas 2013

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Mads Mikkelsen,Mélusine Mayance,Delphine Chuillot,David Kross

6.1 IMDB Rating 3,879 Views
Money for Nothing 2013

Based on the Book of the same title "Money For Nothing" is a history of the music video from the Beatles and Michael Jackson to Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga and everyone in between.

Category: Documentary, History, Music

Stars: Liev Schreiber,Paul Volcker,Janet Yellen,Peter Atwater

7.4 IMDB Rating 3,591 Views