History

From the battlefield to the Oval Office, from Nelson Mandela to Emily Dickinson, the History collection features critically acclaimed stories of icons and events that changed the world.

Director Agnieszka Holland crafts "a rich psychological puzzle about a compromised political survivor" (Hollywood Reporter)
Charlatan
  • 2021
Adaptation of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, from director Justin Chadwick. Idris Elba gives "a towering performance" (Variety).
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
  • 2013
Ty Roberts delivers the inspirational true story of the team that inspired a nation.
12 Mighty Orphans
  • 2021
The deliciously scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, who lands in Hollywood and becomes a legendary escort and sexual procurer to closeted celebrities
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
  • 2017
Deemed "a modern American masterpiece," David Fincher delivers a gut-wrenching thriller complete with shivers and puzzle-solving addictiveness.
Zodiac
  • 2007
Academy Award nominated, intense and haunting portrayal of Alan Turning (Benedict Cumberbatch). Morten Tyldum’s English-language debut.
The Imitation Game
  • 2014
A finely tuned western, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, from the brilliant minds of filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen.
True Grit
  • 2010
Director/Writer Richard Tanne's film "shimmers with warmth" (Time Magazine). A portrait of Barack & Michelle Obama's fateful first date.
Southside with You
  • 2016
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte crafts a dazzling adventure where a chance encounter with a fugitive bank robber (Margot Robbie) changes one man's life forever
Dreamland
  • 2020
Quentin Tarantino's bold, bloody, incendiary masterpiece starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson
Django Unchained
  • 2012
Academy Award winner Mel Gibson's Oscar and Golden Globe nominated chronicle of an extraordinary true story.
Hacksaw Ridge
  • 2016
Quentin Tarantino's Oscar winning, genre-bending thrill ride is altogether violent, unpredictable and thoroughly entertaining.
Inglourious Basterds
  • 2009
"The Talented Mr. Ripley offers diabolically smart surprises wherever you care to look" (New York Times). Directed by Anthony Minghella.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • 2000
A hard-hitting tale that serves as both a character study and a sociopolitical statement, from director Warwick Thornton
Sweet Country
  • 2017
An Oscar winning feminist tale from director Saul Dibb & starring Keira Knightley
The Duchess
  • 2008
Director Justin Kurzel brings this Shakespeare adaptation to the big screen, with electrifying performances from Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard
Macbeth
  • 2015
Featuring exquisite black and white cinematography, Michel Hazanavicius' film broke box-office records, and won hearts of both critics & audiences.
The Artist
  • 2011
Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney crafts "a stunning must-see" with this depiction of the strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Citizen K
  • 2019
Master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history
Desert One
  • 2019
A riveting directorial debut from Yann Demange, rated 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. An exploration of the psychological impacts of war
'71
  • 2014
Complex subject matter, sharp dialogue and scathing humor make Adam McKay's Oscar nominated Wall Street drama wholly appealing.
The Big Short
  • 2015
Academy Award winning director Milos Forman's sweeping historical epic, starring Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard.
Goya's Ghosts
  • 2006
"A romantic spellbinder that cuts deep" (Rolling Stone). Academy Award nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes' lush, haunting love story.
Carol
  • 2015
"Visionary and elegiac, more a fable than a story" (Chicago Sun-Times) from Director Michael Polish
Northfork
  • 2003
Greed. Compassion. Heroism. These three collide explosively in David O. Russell's unconventional, ironic, action-packed adventure.
Three Kings
  • 1999
The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious satire from acclaimed director Armando Iannucci.
The Death of Stalin
  • 2018
An epic journey and sweeping romantic historical drama from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Germany's Official Submission to the Oscars.
Never Look Away
  • 2019
Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Academy Award winner for Best Picture that sees mayhem ensue after a drug deal gone wrong.
No Country for Old Men
  • 2007
Portrait of Argentina's most famous musical artist, "a skylark who sang truth to power in Argentina" (New York Times). Dir. Rodrigo H. Vila
Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America
  • 2013
A moving depiction of the aftermath of the tragic death of Princess Diana, from Director Stephen Frears. Starring a note-perfect Helen Mirren.
The Queen
  • 2006
"Proficient, measured filmmaking from a director who has already peered more deeply... into colonialism's heart of darkness" (LA Times)
Waiting For The Barbarians
  • 2019
Director Mark Herman (BRASSED OFF, PURELY BETTER) presents a film adaptation of the fiction novel of the same name
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  • 2008
Ebert & Roeper called Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of the Upton Sinclair novel "filmmaking at the highest level."
There Will Be Blood
  • 2007
A vivid look at one of America's oldest magazines. Barbara Kopple's "spectacular, crowd-pleasing masterwork" (RogerEbert.com)
Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation
  • 2015
Director Martin Provost eloquently captures French painter Séraphine de Senlis' experience with art, religion and mental illness.
Séraphine
  • 2008
Winner of 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture & Best Director, Anthony Minghella's adaptation is a heart-wrenching love story
The English Patient
  • 1996
Based on the novel by Kate O'Brien, BAFTA award winner Nick Hamm directs this heartfelt and dazzling story of family and love in times of war.
Talk of Angels
  • 1998
"Tarantino writes like a flamethrower in this western whodunit," (Rolling Stone) set some time after the Civil War amid a frigid Wyoming winter.
The Hateful Eight
  • 2015
Rupert Goold’s eloquent portrayal, featuring a transformative, Academy Award winning performance by Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland.
Judy
  • 2019
A powerful portrait of a torn society, and a political assassin seeking to kill democracy, from director Yaron Zilberman
Incitement
  • 2019
A "rapturous love story" (Time Magazine) from Director Anthony Minghella, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman & Renee Zellweger
Cold Mountain
  • 2004
Iconic Japanese swordsman Zatoichi returns to the silver screen in Takeshi Kitano's action-packed tale.
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
  • 2003
A look at an era that saw youth culture and politics join forces. Mary Wharton's incisive, often-rollicking doc features illuminating new interviews.
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
  • 2020
A novice nun uncovers a deep family secret in Pawel Pawlikowski's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Ida
  • 2013
Offers insightful and scathing observations on class and colonialism, from director Lucrecia Martel.
Zama
  • 2017
Director Scott Crawford's "sharp, hip piece of rock history" (San Francisco Chronicle) that explores the seminal music magazine.
Creem: America’s Only Rock 'n’ Roll Magazine
  • 2019
Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies' exquisite, critically acclaimed biographical drama.
A Quiet Passion
  • 2016
Director Roberto Benigni crafts an earnest, charming, Oscar winning story that ultimately highlights the strength of the human spirit.
Life is Beautiful
  • 1997
Hugh Hudson's memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate
My Life So Far
  • 1999
Director/Writer Lucía Puenzo delivers "a kind of true-life horror story about the helpful, soft-spoken monster in our midst." (NPR)
The German Doctor
  • 2013
Master filmmaker François Ozon crafts a haunting tale of love & reconciliation in the aftermath of World War I, through the eyes of those left behind
Frantz
  • 2016
A delicate, ominous World War II drama from Director Cate Shortland, anchored by a groundbreaking performance by Saskia Rosendahl
Lore
  • 2012
Colin Firth gives a masterful performance as King George VI that earned him an Academy Award. From Oscar winning director Tom Hooper.
The King's Speech
  • 2010
Agnieszka Holland’s thrilling Berlin International Film Festival Official Selection - set on the eve of WWII
Mr. Jones
  • 2019
A star-studded cast shines in the emotionally affecting biographical drama from Oscar nominated Director Lee Daniels.
Lee Daniels' The Butler
  • 2013
Visionary director Ava DuVernay's chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights with his 1965 march
Selma
  • 2014
John Curran's "questing film examines the broken moral compass of a driven politician" (Rolling Stone).
Chappaquiddick
  • 2018
Masterful, Oscar nominated director/writer Paul Thomas Anderson delivers "a sharply written, unforgettably directed character study" (New York Post)
The Master
  • 2012
Oliver Stone's chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.
W.
  • 2008