Best History movies of 2000s

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 : 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 : 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 : Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Mélanie Doutey, Guillaume Canet,
Directors : Pierre Jolivet,

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to...

Actors : Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak,
Directors : Ryszard Bugajski,

The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.

Actors : Stepan Balakshin, Stas Belozerov, Aleksandr Bykovsky, Sergey Druzyak,
Directors : Andres Puustusmaa,

Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.

Actors : Marina Hands, Edouard Baer, André Dussollier, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Marc Dugain,

Moscow, 1952. Anna is taken to the Kremlin where she has to cure Stanlin himself. She needs to keep the secret at all costs and as her relationship with the URSS leader grows, her couple with Vassilli tumbles.

Actors : Suzanne Dance, Ron Donachie, Charles Donnelly, James Cosmo,
Directors : John Henderson,

Bobby, a brave Skye Terrier, becomes local legend when it refuses to leave his master's grave after he dies. The townsfolk feed the dog until local authorities ban strays. The kids decide to help Bobby defy the law. Based on true events.

Actors : Leonor Baldaque, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Manoel de Oliveira,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese.

Actors : Chung-Hua Tou, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q,
Directors : Zhuangzhuang Tian,

The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves.

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.

Actors : Meret Becker, Samuel Schneider, Gudrun Ritter, Michael Gwisdek,
Directors : Matti Geschonneck,

Feature adaptation of Torsten Schulz's novel set in East Berlin in 1968.

Actors : Jason Isaacs, Jordi Mollà, Julia Ormond, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Antonio del Real,

16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.

Actors : Amrita Singh, Sunny Deol, Rahul Dev, Bobby Deol,
Directors : Guddu Dhanoa,

When his mentor Lala Lajpatrai is mercilessly beaten to death by the police Bhagat Singh is enraged and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of...

Actors : Michelle Rodriguez, Juan Fernández, Sergio Carlo, Claudette Lalí,
Directors : Juan Delancer,

This is the story of three brave women; Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, they were known as the Mirabal Sisters, born into a privileged family in the fields of Salcedo. At that time, the ...

Actors : Orgil Makhaan, Stepanida Borissova, Sergei Egorov, Gernot Grimm,
Directors : Andrei Borissov,

Actors : Edoardo Natoli, Luigi Pisani, Andrea Bosca, Raffaele Di Florio,
Directors : Mario Martone,

The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.

Actors : Saulius Balandis, Brigita Bublyte, Povilas Stankus, Danute Vidugiryte,
Directors : Jonas Vaitkus,

Jonas Vaitkusÿs patriotic war film paints a poignant portrait of Lithuaniaÿs ten-year struggle against Soviet occupation and casts new light on folk hero Juozas Lukða-Daumantas, the ...

Actors : Ivana Baquero, Nina Hoss, Juan Diego Botto, María Valverde,

"The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to ...

Actors : Tobias Moretti, Eulàlia Ramon, Sergi Roca, Anna Saura Ramón,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.