Watch History Movies Online, List of 2017 History Films

Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Drama, Action, History,
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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Ford v Ferrari

The Irishman (2019)
Drama, History, Crime,
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
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The Irishman

Hustlers (2019)
Drama, Comedy, History, Crime,
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
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Hustlers

Limonov (2019)
Drama, History,
The outrageous story of Eduard Limonov, the radical Soviet poet who became a bum in New York, a sensation in France, and a political antihero in Russia.
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Limonov

Midway (2019)
Drama, Action, History, War,
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
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Midway

The Imitation Game (2014)
Drama, History, Thriller, War,
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
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The Imitation Game

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Drama, History, Romance,
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
Drama, Action, History, Thriller,
Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, this is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. The undercover team carrying out this mission is led by the charismatic Ari Kidron and courageous local Kabede Bimro.
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The Red Sea Diving Resort

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Drama, History, Thriller, Crime,
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

First Man (2018)
Drama, History,
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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First Man

Kalank (2019)
Drama, History, Romance,
Drama set in the 1940s during the partition of India.
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Kalank

Vice (2018)
Drama, Comedy, History,
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
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Vice

The Best of Enemies (2019)
Drama, History,
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
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The Best of Enemies

Dunkirk (2017)
Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War,
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
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Dunkirk

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
History, Documentary,
In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation's safe havens and notorious "sundown towns" and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph.
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Operation Finale (2018)
Drama, History,
15 years after World War II, a team of secret agents are brought together to track down Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust.
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Operation Finale

Harriet (2019)
Drama, History,
The story of Harriet Tubman, who helped free hundreds of slaves from the South after escaping from slavery herself in 1849.
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Harriet

The Current War (2019)
Drama, History,
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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The Current War

Darkest Hour (2017)
Drama, History, War,
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
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Darkest Hour

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
History, Documentary, War,
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
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They Shall Not Grow Old

The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Drama, History,
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum , Dr William Minor.
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The Professor and the Madman

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
Drama, History,
Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy.
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd

The Aeronauts (2019)
Adventure, Drama, Action, History, Thriller, Romance,
Pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.
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The Aeronauts

Death and Nightingales (2018)
Drama, History, TV Movie,
An epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885.
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Death and Nightingales

Connie & Ben (2019)
Action, History, Crime,
After a pair of lover criminals conduct an armed robbery, they must seek refuge from the oncoming police in an abandoned railway tunnel.
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Connie & Ben

A March to Remember (2019)
Drama, History,
Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3rd, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, representatives of struggling workers call for a general strike. In the church of San Francisco, in the working class neighborhood of Zaramaga, thousands of workers fill the temple in assembly. Outside, many more people gather and, in the middle, about a hundred heavily armed police officers wait to act.
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A March to Remember

Les Misérables (2012)
Drama, History, Music, Romance,
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
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Les Misérables

Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World (2019)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, History, Family,
We are going to embark on one of the most complete adventures ever told. A circular trip that started with Magellan in command and was concluded by Elcano. What made these sailors embark on such a crazy undertaking? To reach the Mollucas Islands, a paradise full of spices and aromatic plants. How could they reach this Promised Land if the only known route was the exclusive privilege of the Kingdom of Portugal? By sailing in the opposite direction. Storms, hostile tribes and all types of incredible adventures would hinder the progress made by our protagonists. Five ships sailed off from Seville. Three years later, only one of them managed to return.
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Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World

The Passage (2019)
Drama, Action, History, War,
The film revolves around the Egyptian Thunderbolt forces during the war of attrition, headed by the leader of group 39 of the fighting division, the martyr Ibrahim Rifai.
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The Passage

Schindler's List (1993)
Drama, History, War,
Told from the perspective of businessman Oskar Schindler who saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory. Schindler’s List is based on a true story, illustrated in black and white and controversially filmed in many original locations.
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Schindler's List

Kursk (2018)
Drama, History,
The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
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Kursk

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Drama, History, War,
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures (2016)
Drama, History,
A period space-race drama is inspired by the real-life tale of a group of African-American female mathematicians — Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson — who helped put astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
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Hidden Figures

Judy (2019)
Drama, History, Music, Romance,
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
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Judy

Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue (2019)
History, Documentary,
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Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Drama, History, War,
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
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Saving Private Ryan

Gotti (2018)
Drama, History, Crime,
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
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Gotti

12 Years a Slave (2013)
Drama, History,
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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12 Years a Slave

Braveheart (1995)
Drama, Action, History, War,
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Braveheart

12 Strong (2018)
Drama, History, War,
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
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12 Strong

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