Historical Fiction Movies

In post Civil War West Virginia, 9 year old Jamie's life is forever changed when he unexpectedly meets his Uncle Vernon.

A short film that tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project, as he struggles to sleep the night before the...

Best friends turned soulmates, Fang Hui and Lin Xi dreamed of forever—until their perfect world began to crack.

Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh, the four sons of Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji, sacrifice their lives in an important battle...

Spain, June 2014. King Juan Carlos I abdicates after forty years on the throne. The historical cycle that began in 1978 has ended. It is the...

In 18th century Ireland, a wild band of natives struggle to keep their delicate settlement from dissolving into anarchy.

Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head — only...

Diaochan (aka Diau Charn and Sable Cicada), one of the Four Beauties of China, is supposed to be so stunningly lovely that the moon was shamed to...

Three Greek intellectuals gather for the Great Summoning, a mysterious phenomenon that may take days to manifest. While they wait, they attempt to...

An action-adventure television film set in the hunt for the legendary treasure of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca through a journey across...

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...

Set in a fictionalized Maratha-era tale, Shivaji’s son Sambhaji kidnaps Kamala, whom he loves, but she returns home. When her would-be groom...

The movie tells the story of Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, and Zhan Zhao. When the truth about the mysterious case of Baiyun Town surrounded by the enemy...

Kingdom of Castile, 15th century. A group of nobles, who question the dynastic legitimacy of Princess Juana, daughter of King Enrique IV, conspire...

Revolutionary War heroine Betsy Ross finds herself in competition with her sister for the affections of a British soldier.

During the reign of Guangxu, the country was weakening and foreign troubles were becoming more and more urgent. The uprising was crushed by the old...

An expedition is sent into the rugged Australian outback to search for a lost white woman.

Lorenzino de 'Medici manipulates Alessandro ruler of Florence to save his beloved Bianca.

Unfortunate events beset a poor Chinese girl as she escapes from invading Japanese forces, narrowly avoids being raped, and seeks solace in a...

A mother flees her home with her infant child, only to run into her brother in the process.