History Movies

A team of scientists search for the lost island of Testerep in front of the Belgian coast, venturing into artificial landscapes and virtual realities.

“…this documentary capturing important aspects of Thoreau’s life and writings is highly recommended.” Video Librarian, May...

Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his...

In the late 70s and early 80s, ET phoned home on Atari 2600 and became the video game that New Media magazine later described as having toppled a...

About 4 000 years ago, Assyrian merchants established a commercial settlement in the ancient city of Kaneš, within Central Anatolia. They came...

In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which...

Julius Caesar is one of the central figures in Roman history. Rapid promotions from a humble civil servant put him in command of the mighty Roman...

Mektub portrays a day in the life in the Sahrawi refugee camps, along with the declarations of some of its protagonists. But behind this seemingly...

Reality documentary that chronicles the Saharawi refugees living in camps in the Tindouf Hammada, Algeria, Sahara desert. Through an informative...

Explore the lost biography of Jesus Christ in this doc, chronicling an untold version of Christ's life story that would have been told by those who...

The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the...

An extraordinary look at the life of Uri Geller, the man famous for bending spoons and reading minds, told through exclusive interviews with the man...

In the excitement of the roaring 20s, a new kind of movie palace was constructed by the Bay. More than 90 years later, Tampa Theatre has become known...

In the final weeks of WW2, as the Nazis are on the verge of surrender, a young British stenographer is faced with a difficult decision when his...

Long before Mary Shelley wrote her famous story of Victor Frankenstein and his monster, a real-life mad scientist called Johann Konrad Dipple dabbled...

Having been established in their magnificent abbey at Oka, Québec, for over 125 years, the Trappist monks now prepare to leave.

In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest...