Best Historical War movies

Actors : Atsuko Asano, Naomi Zaizen, Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa,
Directors : Haruki Kadokawa,

In 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside; one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy.

Actors : Mark Dacascos, Anna Akana, Mike Moh, Teresa Ting,
Directors : Ron Yuan,

Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Fausto Tozzi, Luciano Pollentin, Giacomo Rossi Stuart,
Directors : Mario Bava,

A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.

Actors : Leonid Bykov, Yelena Shanina, Leonid Bakshtayev, Vladimir Konkin,
Directors : Leonid Bykov,

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.

Actors : Kuno Becker, Liz Gallardo, Christian Vazquez, Angélica Aragón,
Directors : Rafa Lara,

On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.

Actors : Emmett J Scanlan, Sebastian De Souza, Sarah Whitehouse, Hannah Douglas,
Directors : Philip Stevens,

England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding. But a love affair between Patience, a mute English girl, and Rumi, ...

Actors : Elizabeth Lambert, David Nerman, Cedric Smith, Donna Sarrasin,
Directors : Peter Svatek,

A woman must battle for her loved one's soul when an ancient Ouija board opens a pathway to a demonic force

Actors : Sergey Bondarchuk, Viktor Stanitsyn, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Actors : Yulduz Rajabova, Christian Mortensen, Mahesh Jadu,
Directors : Jacob Schwarz,

As the Mongol Empire crumbles, a battle-scarred Timur Barlas must confront a haunting destiny and renounce his loyalties to protect the fate of the Silk Road.

Actors : Golab Adineh, Roya Taymourian, Roya Nonahali, Pegah Ahangarani,
Directors : Manijeh Hekmat,

Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a tough as nails devout Muslim who has served in the army on the Iraqi front, and a young ...

Actors : David A.R. White, Andrea Logan White, Brian Bosworth, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Gabriel Sabloff,

With the Rapture now history, traveling salesman Josh becomes a warrior on the road in his plan to return home, but God guides others to help make Josh part of His plan.

Actors : Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola, Aarno Sulkanen,
Directors : Edvin Laine,

Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story ...

Actors : Steve Bacic, Arnold Vosloo, JR Bourne, Stefanie von Pfetten,
Directors : Terry Ingram,

ODYSSEUS, The Warrior King, has been away from Ithaca for twenty years. The first ten he spent fighting the Trojan War; the last ten he spent fighting to get home. Among his adventures is ...

Actors : Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Turgut Tuncalp, Hayat Van Eck, Tankut Yildiz,
Directors : Onur Saylak,

Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary ...

Actors : Tim Elliott, Bruno Lawrence, Anzac Wallace, Kelly Johnson,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal ...

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel,
Directors : Harry Hook,

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar ...

Actors : Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Michael Douglas, Will Geer,
Directors : Bernard McEveety,

Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.

Actors : Natalie Racoosin, Kelly Greyson, Clay Walker, Jenn Gotzon Chandler,

The year is 1755, and the English colonies are being ravaged by the atrocities of war. Opposing European powers have clashed over the fertile Ohio valley, and entire families are devastated...

Actors : Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

The history of a Sicilian family who emigrated to America years ago and now lives in California cultivating vine. The problems start when they have to confront themselves with a powerful ...

Actors : Casey Campbell,
Directors : Christian Wehrle,

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