European history movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of european history movies
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, atmospheric
Plot:
political repression, naked woman, world war two, male nudity, friendship, historical figure, friends, danger, rivalry, society, wartime life, gestapo ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century
Place:
germany, vienna, central europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle ...
Style:
sex comedy
Plot:
crown, bishop, pope, sin, king, impostor, virgin, king of france, ambush, european history, monk, lust ...
Time:
middle ages, 7th century
Place:
rome italy, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich
Style:
emotional, factual, visually stunning, slasher, social ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, conspiracy, gestapo, murderer, assassination, betrayal, nazi occupation, friendship between men, ss, suspicion, repression ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 2016, 90s, y2k ...
Place:
germany, prague, central europe, munich germany, berlin germany ...
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4K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, spiritual, philosophical, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, therapy, psychiatry, psychotherapy, art, mental disorder, dream, european history, psychiatrist, cognitive science, family drama, knowledge ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
vienna, central europe, austria
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Genre: War, Drama, Action, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, sincere, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, friendship, air battle, culture clash, aerial combat, love triangle, wartime life, battle zone, prison, luftwaffe, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 2001, year 1950 ...
Place:
london, england, czech republic, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot:
boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
epic, black and white, factual, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, french resistance, machine gun, nazi, courage, war, combat, beach, world war, brutality, allies ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place:
normandy, english channel, america, europe, france ...
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21K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, suspenseful, retro, exciting ...
Plot:
train, world war two, french resistance, saboteur, art, art theft, sabotage, nazi, resistance, military, railway, resistance movement ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style:
epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
british history, british army, politics, cavalry charge, visceral, military, british soldier, last stand, anti war, battles, tragic hero, justice ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, victorian era, turn of the century, 60s ...
Place:
england, crimea, europe, turkey, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama, talky, fairy tale ...
Plot:
royalty, tudors, king, british history, monarch, medieval, british monarchy, royal family, british royal family, adultery, biopic, politics ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1969, middle ages ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, scotland
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
epic, cult classic, realistic, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, fighter plane, battles, world war, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years ...
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, spiritual, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, queen elizabeth i, nobility, queen, monarch, ancient, monarchy, queen of england, british history, royal court, royal family ...
Time:
ancient times, 16th century, year 1971, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
czar, russian history, world war one, royalty, rise and fall, politics, political unrest, rebelliousness, state affairs, rebellion, coming of age, queen ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1971, 1910s ...
Place:
russia, siberia, crimea
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Style:
philosophical, scenic, touching, psychedelic, profound ...
Plot:
saint, religion, catholic, medieval, christian, christianity, clergy, bible, church, leper, monk, catholic church ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, ancient times, year 1972
Place:
rome italy, tibet, italy, europe, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Style:
costume drama, humorous, cult classic, funny, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
musketeer, three musketeers, female villain, swashbuckler, sword duel, fencing, sword fight, chivalry, strangulation, vengeance, royalty, murder ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, england, italy, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, dentist, paranoia, espionage, revenge, torture, murder, chase, world war two, attempted murder, nazi, violent ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, uruguay, paris france, persia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Style:
inspirational, period piece, historical drama, costume drama, christian film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
christian, prejudice, athlete, integrity, olympics, faith, missionary, runner, religion, racing, catholic, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, post world war one, year 1978 ...
Place:
scotland, england, israel, paris france, france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Style:
touching, sincere, costume drama, epic, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, hopes, literary, going straight, rise to the top, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, ex convict, prejudice, christian, napoleonic era ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, year 1998
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella story, love and romance, female protagonist, cinderella, royalty, prince, class differences, love story, love, medieval, arranged marriage, step siblings ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
france, europe
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9K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, melancholic, tricky, captivating ...
Plot:
king of france, nobility, food, betrayal, royal court, tragic love, french history, ancient, power relations, fall in love, storytelling, wine ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, victorian era, 70s
Place:
france, europe, holland, netherlands, paris france ...
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835K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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17K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style:
biblical, costume drama, inspirational, political, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christianity, renaissance, inquisition, religion, clergy, politics, reformation, tudors, rebellion, idealism, human spirit, hypocrisy ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 2003 ...
Place:
rome italy, germany, austria, europe, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
Style:
talky, sincere, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
world war two, british history, politics, winston churchill, biopic, state affairs, head of state, couple relations, society, rise to the top, husband wife relationship, world war ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1934, post world war two
Place:
england, britain, europe, germany, united kingdom
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Style:
captivating, serious, talky, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
french politics, journalism, elderly, state affairs, betrayal, head of state, aging, obsession, media, ambition, rise and fall, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
paris france, france
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58K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, light, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
casanova, womanizer, unlikely couple, sex, inquisition, masquerade, duchess, nobility, happy ending, lovers, secret lover, beefcake ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2005, 19th century, georgian era ...
Place:
venice, italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, sincere, emotional, christian film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, world war one, war, truce, soldier, new year, holiday, idealism, christmas eve, priest, friendship, trench warfare ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place:
france, prussia, europe, berlin germany, holland ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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244K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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