Best History movies of 2010s

Actors : Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland,
Directors : Alfonso Gomez-Rejon,

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Actors : Eamon Farren, Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Justin Rain,
Directors : Ted Geoghegan,

Late in the War of 1812, a young Mohawk woman and her two lovers battle a squad of American soldiers hell-bent on revenge.

Actors : Mabel Cadena, Emiliano Zurita, Fernando Becerril, Alfonso Herrera,
Directors : David Pablos,

At the end of the 19th century, Ignacio de la Torre married the daughter of the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz. Ignacio leads a double life: he rises in the traditional world of politics while being a member of a clandestine society.

Actors : Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Richard McCabe, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : Vishal Bhardwaj,

A love triangle forms against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Actors : Hyeon-soo Kim, Jang Hyuk, Man-sik Jeong, Joe Taslim,
Directors : Jae-Hoon Choi,

Three different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.

Actors : Darshan Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Richa Chadha, Randeep Hooda,
Directors : Omung Kumar,

Biopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.

Actors : Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, Burhan Güven, Fikret Kagan Olcay, Dolunay Soysert,
Directors : Zülfü Livaneli,

Story based on the memoirs of Salih Bozok, which traces the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Actors : Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Ali Reza Shoja-Nuri, Mina Sadati,
Directors : Majid Majidi,

The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.

Actors : Anaïs Demoustier, Aurélia Petit, Frédéric Pierrot, Jérémie Elkaïm,
Directors : Valérie Donzelli,

An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.

Actors : Katherine Waterston, Christian Rubeck, Pål Sverre Hagen, Trond Espen Seim,
Directors : Espen Sandberg,

The life and facts of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to arrive on the South Pole.

Actors : Yilmaz Erdogan, Monica Bellucci, Behrouz Vossoughi, Caner Cindoruk,
Directors : Bahman Ghobadi,

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.

Actors : Oksana Fandera, Ilya Andryukov, Pavel Derevyanko, Lyubov Aksyonova,
Directors : Klim Shipenko,

USSR, June 1985. Based on actual events. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life.

Actors : Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Teun Kuilboer, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Maarten Treurniet,

A bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Freddy Heineken's 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands' most infamous crimes.

Actors : Mariya Kozhevnikova, Christopher Lambert, Michalina Olszanska, Konstantin Khabenskiy,
Directors : Konstantin Khabenskiy,

"Sobibor" is based on the history of the Sobibór extermination camp uprising during WWII and Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. When he was a POW in Sobibor, he managed to do the ...

Actors : Byung-hun Lee, Seung-ryong Ryu, Hyo-ju Han, In-kwon Kim,
Directors : Chang-min Choo,

Amid national chaos and fear for his life, tyrannical King Gwanghae orders his trusted councilor Heo Kyun to find a royal body double. He hires Ha-seon, a peasant mimic who bears a perfect ...

Actors : Pallavi Sharda, Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Srijit Mukherji,

The story of eleven prostitutes who refuse to part ways with their brothel and each other during the partition between India and Pakistan.

Actors : Maxine Peake, Tanya Reynolds, Freddie Fox, Charles Dance,
Directors : Thomas Clay,

Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great ...

Actors : Berrak Tüzünataç, Umut Kurt, Stephen Chance, Gürkan Uygun,

April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against ...

Actors : Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Prabhudheva, Lauren Gottlieb,
Directors : Remo,

Based on the true story of the Fictitious Dance group; their rise to fame, sudden downfall, and their heroic attempt to seek vindication by regaining their lost pride and glory.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Tom Leeb, Mathilde Seigner, Thomas Solivérès,
Directors : Alexis Michalik,

-December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great ...