Best History movies of 2000s

Actors : Csaba Lucas, Vera Graziadei, Lea Mornar, Winter Ave Zoli,
Directors : Constantin Werner,

A controversial film about the end of the old pagan world in central Europe, THE PAGAN QUEEN is based on the Czech legend of Libuse, the Slavic queen of 8th century Bohemia. Gifted with ...

Actors : Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Samuel Fuller, Efratia Gitai,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ...

Actors : Constantin Dita, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ionut Caras, Catalin Babliuc,
Directors : Constantin Popescu,

The story of anti-communist partisans in post-World War II Romania.

Actors : Ila Arun, Nicolas Chagrin, Pankaj Berry, Vinay Anand,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences. However, it does not cover the controversy surrounding Bose's death.

Actors : Alexandre Borges, Patricia Pillar, Daniel de Oliveira, Leandra Leal,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Based on the true story of Zuzu Angel, a famous Brazilian fashion designer in the 70's, who searches for her son Stuart, a member of a leftist university group who suddenly disappears ...

Actors : Deok-Hwan Ryu, Dal-su Oh, Ji-won Uhm, Jung-min Hwang,
Directors : Dae-min Park,

The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of ...

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Bateau, Léa Drucker,
Directors : Antoine de Caunes,

October 1980. Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, is the French people's favorite comedian. He performs every night to a packed house at the Théâtre du Gymnase. One day, always ...

Actors : Ciarán McMenamin, Dan Wyllie, Don Hany, Adrian Dunbar,
Directors : Michael James Rowland,

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

Actors : Heather Fields, Alan Collett, Libby Clearfield, Dianna Collett,

A terrorist cell takes three Americans hostage and threatens to expose a secret that will shatter America's soul.

Actors : Hayley Carr, Olivier Gruner, Michael Berryman, Tino Struckmann,
Directors : Jerry Buteyn,

The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany ...

Actors : Rick Macy, David Nibley, Tayva Patch, Nathan Mitchell,

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed ...

Actors : Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Vincent Perez, Juan José Ballesta, Santi Millán,
Directors : Daniel Benmayor,

1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked ...

Actors : Mrinal Kulkarni, Mammootty, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Gokhale,
Directors : Jabbar Patel,

A portrait of the one of our greatest social reformer of our times - Ambedkar. The film documents the period between 1901 and 1956. The film delves more into Ambedkar's life as a reformer, ...

Actors : Jun Kunimura, Ken Matsudaira, Hiroshi Abe, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Masanobu Deme,

German soldiers are transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan after the First World War.

Actors : Anton Pampushnyy, Bogdan Stupka, Igor Botvin, Pavel Trubiner,
Directors : Igor Kalyonov,

Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and ...

Actors : Niksa Kuselj, Zrinka Cvitesic, Goran Grgic, Danko Ljustina,
Directors : Branko Ivanda,

The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues ...

Actors : Sezgin Cengiz, Engin Emre Deger, Aram Dildar, Firat Altay,
Directors : Sedat Yilmaz,

Turkey's first Kurdish language newspaper is under siege. After exposing human rights abuses in Diyarbakır, the journalists become the target of increasingly ruthless government-sanctioned intimidation.

Actors : Camillo Grassi, Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni,
Directors : Ermanno Olmi,

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.

Actors : Peter Gantzler, Ken Vedsegaard, Erik Holmey, Hans Henrik Clemensen,
Directors : Michael Mouyal,

Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to see again.

Actors : Amy Redford, Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway,

The true love story of the conflict between Capt. Robert Adams' dedication to the south and his love for Eveline McCord, his beloved from the north. Produced, written and directed by the descendants of Robert and Eveline, this American Civil War tale is an explosive, richly detailed saga of fierce combat, honor and the will to risk all that's precious for love or country.