Historical Figure Movies

An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.

Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American...

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will...

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence...

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and Hollywood...

The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation in 1938 and finds solace in the vibrant world of...

King Naresuan is now the crown prince of Ayutthaya, and the king of Burma is dead. While the new Burmese king is waging war, the crown prince plots...

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together...

Norwegian researcher Petter Amundsen claims to have deciphered a secret code hidden in legendary playwright William Shakespeare's works that reveals...

A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman...

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

The film is a historical biopic of Marie-Anne Lagimodière, the first woman of European descent to settle in Western Canada and the grandmother...

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...

A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory...

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against...

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing...

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox...