The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2020)
• March 6th, 2020 • 1h 31min
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Overview
Ireland, 1845. When a deadly fungus destroys potato crops throughout northern Europe, the most impoverished Irish population, whose main source of food is precisely the potato, suffers a cruel famine that will cause more than a million deaths and, in the following ten years, the mass exodus of more than two million people.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Released on: 2007-05-23
Drama, History
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating strok...
Sekigahara
Released on: 2017-08-26
War, History, Drama
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, wh...
Jane's House
Released on: 1994-01-02
Drama, TV Movie
Paul Clark and his children are still heartbroken a year after the death of Jane, Paul's wife. When ...
Michael Collins
Released on: 1996-10-25
War, Drama, Thriller, History
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...
The Story of Adèle H.
Released on: 1975-10-08
Drama, History, Romance
Halifax, 1863: Miss Lewly arrives in Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, with whom she is madly in love...
The Nightingale
Released on: 2027-02-11
Drama, History, War
The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.
Heart of Darkness
Released on: 1993-10-01
Drama, TV Movie
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers t...
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Released on: 1970-12-04
Drama, History
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friend...
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Released on: 2002-12-31
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, History
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CI...
The Thin Red Line
Released on: 1998-12-23
Drama, History, War
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult...
Süss, the Jew
Released on: 1940-09-24
Drama, History
Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
A Cock and Bull Story
Released on: 2005-07-17
Comedy, History
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the epo...
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Released on: 2025-03-06
Documentary, Crime
In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspir...
The Right Stuff
Released on: 1983-10-20
Drama, History, Adventure
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...
Deadly Appearances
Released on: 2000-04-23
Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of...
Dingjun Mountain
Released on: 1905-12-28
History, War
The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.
Carrie
Released on: 2002-11-04
Horror, Drama, TV Movie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and...
Earth
Released on: 1998-09-16
Drama, Romance, History
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witness...
Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Released on: 2021-08-08
TV Movie, Mystery, Drama
As Hannah and Mike experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour...