Best History movies

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan,
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 : David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie,
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, Félix Moati, Matthias Schweighöfer, Edgar Ramírez, Jesse Eisenberg, 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 : Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lambert Wilson, 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 : Pierre Gagnaire, Benoît Magimel, Jan Hammenecker, 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 : Gino Cervi, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
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 : Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Zoe Kazan, 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 : Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe,
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 : 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 : Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Timothy Hutton, 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 : Yuliya Burova, Andrey Gusev, Vladislav Komarov, Yuliya Vysotskaya,
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 : Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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

Actors : Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Michel Bouquet,
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 : David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, 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 : Taraji P. Henson, Anne Heche, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay,
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 : 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 : Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard,
Directors : Nikolaj Arcel,

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Actors : Aisling Loftus, Emily Watson, Lorraine Ashbourne, Stuart Wolfenden,
Directors : Jim Loach,

Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.

Actors : Dan Stevens, Lily James, Ben Schnetzer,
Directors : Rachel Lee Goldenberg,

Whitney Wolfe Herd rises from recent graduate to pioneering entrepreneur, overcoming sexism and industry resistance as she creates Bumble, a dating app that reimagines how people connect.

Actors : Heida Reed, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Þorsteinn Bachmann,
Directors : Peter Flinth,

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland.