Best History movies

Actors : Chloë Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan,
Directors : Ami Canaan Mann,

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.

Actors : Angus Macfadyen, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Mel Gibson,

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Actors : Gaspard Ulliel, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Mélanie Thierry,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella...

Actors : Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan,
Directors : Josie Rourke,

Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Actors : Ed Harris, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jesse Eisenberg, Félix Moati, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy,
Directors : Jonathan Jakubowicz,

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Actors : Jan Hammenecker, Pierre Gagnaire, Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anh Hung Tran,

It tells the story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.

Actors : Julia Ormond, Pablo Guevara, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Woodhouse, Jonathan Raggett,
Directors : Luc Besson,

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Actors : Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Actors : Christa Théret, Thomas Doret, Michel Bouquet, Vincent Rottiers,
Directors : Gilles Bourdos,

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ...

Actors : Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Actors : Taraji P. Henson, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Sam Rockwell,
Directors : Robin Bissell,

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Lulu Wilson, Timothy Hutton, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

Actors : Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

Actors : Yuliya Vysotskaya, Yuliya Burova, Andrey Gusev, Vladislav Komarov,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Actors : Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher,
Directors : Maria Schrader,

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation - a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

Actors : Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall,
Directors : Ira Sachs,

Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York's vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist's life.

Actors : Guillermo Pfening, Alex Brendemühl, Alan Daicz, Diego Peretti,
Directors : Lucía Puenzo,

The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.

Actors : Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Kenny Ortega,

A musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.