7.4 The Mission Sep. 06, 1986 The Mission IMDb: 7.4 1986 125 min 31 views When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave ... ActionAdventureDramaHistory
6.5 Caravaggio Aug. 29, 1986 Caravaggio IMDb: 6.5 1986 93 min 43 views A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly ... DramaHistoryRomance
8.7 Shoah Apr. 21, 1985 Shoah IMDb: 8.7 1985 566 min 53 views Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a ... DocumentaryHistory
5.3 Revolution Dec. 25, 1985 Revolution IMDb: 5.3 1985 126 min 52 views New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the ... AdventureDramaHistoryWar
8.2 Ran Jun. 01, 1985 Ran IMDb: 8.2 1985 160 min 45 views Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his ... ActionDramaHistory
7.2 Out of Africa Dec. 20, 1985 Out of Africa IMDb: 7.2 1985 161 min 49 views Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The ... DramaHistoryRomance
7.4 Colonel Redl Feb. 20, 1985 Colonel Redl IMDb: 7.4 1985 152 min 35 views Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who ... DramaHistory
7.7 The Official Story Apr. 03, 1985 The Official Story IMDb: 7.7 1985 112 min 36 views Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask ... DramaHistory
4.7 Harem Nov. 06, 1985 Harem IMDb: 4.7 1985 113 min 41 views Diane is a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange who is suddenly kidnapped and held captive in a North African desert hideaway by ... DramaHistoryRomance
6.2 The Doctor and the Devils Oct. 04, 1985 The Doctor and the Devils IMDb: 6.2 1985 93 min 34 views In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more ... HistoryHorror
7.7 The Color Purple Dec. 18, 1985 The Color Purple IMDb: 7.7 1985 154 min 27 views An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. ... DramaHistory
6.3 Burke & Wills Oct. 30, 1985 Burke & Wills IMDb: 6.3 1985 140 min 24 views A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century. AdventureDramaHistory
5.3 The Blood of Others Aug. 25, 1984 The Blood of Others IMDb: 5.3 1984 135 min 34 views In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator ... DramaHistoryRomanceTV MovieWar
7.3 A Passage to India Dec. 14, 1984 A Passage to India IMDb: 7.3 1984 163 min 39 views Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a ... AdventureDramaHistory
7 The Life and Death of King John Nov. 24, 1984 The Life and Death of King John IMDb: 7 1984 157 min 25 views The reign of England’s King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John’s nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. ... DramaHistoryTV Movie
7.8 The Killing Fields Nov. 23, 1984 The Killing Fields IMDb: 7.8 1984 142 min 31 views New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and ... DramaHistoryWar
8.2 Hibiscus Town Mar. 05, 1987 Hibiscus Town IMDb: 8.2 1987 164 min 36 views Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of ... DramaHistoryRomance
7.1 The Bounty May. 04, 1984 The Bounty IMDb: 7.1 1984 132 min 55 views An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find tropical paradise and unlimited sex. ActionDramaHistory
8.4 Amadeus Sep. 19, 1984 Amadeus IMDb: 8.4 1984 160 min 58 views Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young ... DramaHistoryMusic
6.4 Battle Anthem Jun. 04, 1983 Battle Anthem IMDb: 6.4 1983 131 min 38 views The story of Japan’s victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait. HistoryWar
6.9 Utu Jun. 27, 1984 Utu IMDb: 6.9 1984 118 min 52 views In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te ... AdventureDramaHistoryWar
7.5 The Scarlet and the Black Feb. 02, 1983 The Scarlet and the Black IMDb: 7.5 1983 143 min 30 views Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance ... DramaHistoryTV MovieWar
7.8 The Right Stuff Oct. 20, 1983 The Right Stuff IMDb: 7.8 1983 193 min 34 views At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making ... AdventureDramaHistory
7.2 Phar Lap Aug. 11, 1983 Phar Lap IMDb: 7.2 1983 107 min 38 views Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings ... DramaFamilyHistory
7.2 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence May. 28, 1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence IMDb: 7.2 1983 124 min 33 views Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ... DramaHistoryWar
7.3 The Mother of the Kings Jan. 01, 1987 The Mother of the Kings IMDb: 7.3 1987 127 min 32 views Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor ... DramaHistoryWar
6.1 High Road to China Mar. 18, 1983 High Road to China IMDb: 6.1 1983 105 min 35 views A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist’s daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves ... AdventureDramaHistory
7.4 The Return of Martin Guerre May. 14, 1982 The Return of Martin Guerre IMDb: 7.4 1982 107 min 28 views Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, ... DramaHistory
7.2 The Night of Varennes May. 15, 1982 The Night of Varennes IMDb: 7.2 1982 151 min 34 views During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something – the time itself, perhaps. ComedyDramaHistory
6.7 Ivanhoe Feb. 23, 1982 Ivanhoe IMDb: 6.7 1982 137 min 42 views Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince ... AdventureHistoryTV Movie
