Subgenre Sampler
History: 398 Films to Buy & Rent
- Ottoman Lieutenant, The (2017)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley…
- Undemanding, old–fashioned wartime romance following the fates of an army Lieutenant and a strong–willed American combat nurse who fall…
- Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series) (2017)
- An eight–part CNN series that incisively explores the music tied to iconic moments in history. Includes interviews with Pat Benatar, Melissa…
- Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, The (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Morgan Freeman
- 6–episode National Geographic TV Series presented by Morgan Freeman, which explores themes central to humanity such as love, belief and power,…
- Viceroy's House (2017)
- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon…
- Another handsome chronicle of Britain's imperial history, this one depicting events of 1947, when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, was charged…
- Victoria and Abdul (Victoria & Abdul) (2017)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard…
- The legendary Judi Dench returns to the role of Queen Victoria in this sumptuous story of the unlikely bond between the the aging queen and a young…
- 1916: The Irish Rebellion (2016)
- Feat. Liam Neeson
- Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Irish Rebellion, this superb three–part documentary covers the impact of this seminal event.…
- Finding Altamira (2016)
- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, ClĂ©ment Sibony…
- Antonio Banderas plays Spanish archaeologist Marcelino de Sautuola whose 1879 discovery of the 10,000–year–old cave paintings in the Cave…
- Greeks, The (2016)
- Feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
- National Geographic landmark "event series" featuring historians, archaeologists, actors, athletes, scientists and artists all weighing in on the…
- Joanna Lumley's Japan (2016)
- Feat. Joanna Lumley
- British actress and presenter Joanna Lumley continues her series of travel documentaries with a 2,000 mile journey across the four main islands of…
- Letters From Baghdad (2016)
- Feat. Tilda Swinton
- The complex history of the Middle East and British colonial power is explored in this documentary centered around the remarkable life of British…