The best Douglas Fairbanks’s history movies

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

22/05/1883- 12/12/1939
We present our ranking of the best Douglas Fairbanks’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Douglas Fairbanks.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 04/09/1916
  • Character: Man on White Horse (uncredited)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

The Iron Mask

The Iron Mask
7/10
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

Propaganda: Engineering Consent
8/10
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.

Cinecittà Babylon

Cinecittà Babylon
6.1/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryHistory
  • Release: 14/06/2017
  • Character: Himself - Actor (archive footage)
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

Martyrs of the Alamo

Martyrs of the Alamo
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 20/11/1915
  • Character: Joe / Texas soldier
The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.

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