Best History movies

Actors : Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Malin Buska,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Actors : Mélanie Bernier, Vincent Elbaz, Philippe Bas, Grégori Derangère,
Directors : Julien Leclercq,

Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a high-jacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Actors : Sophie Skelton, Michael Rainey Jr., Dwayne Cameron, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : York Alec Shackleton,

Bank heist movie in the vein of "End of Watch" meets "Black Hawk Down".

Actors : Ranveer Singh, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Deepika Padukone,
Directors : Kabir Khan,

On June 25, 1983, the Lord's Cricket Ground witnessed 14 men beat the two times World Champions West Indies, putting India back onto the cricket world stage.

Actors : Daniele Liotti, Giuliano Gemma, Rosana Pastor, Pilar López de Ayala,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

The love story who transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a politic fight behind.

Actors : Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Sayles,

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Actors : Damian Lewis, U Win Khine, George Orwell,
Directors : Raoul Peck,

An investigation into the life, work, and enduring influence of the writer George Orwell, connecting his ideas to the contemporary world.

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill,
Directors : Neeraj Pandey,

A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.

Actors : Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride, Molly Tyson,
Directors : Cristina Costantini,

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices.

Actors : James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Owen Sejake, Roy Dupuis,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

The story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

Actors : Charles S. Dutton, Ossie Davis, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer,
Directors : Spike Lee,

A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March.

Actors : Marcus Monroe, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Ian Holm,
Directors : James Marsh,

Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the nineteenth century. The...

Actors : Kuno Becker, Jay Hernandez, Jason Scott Lee, Zhansaya Saparkhanova,

An historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Stefan Konarske, August Diehl, Vicky Krieps,
Directors : Raoul Peck,

The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Aditya Srivastav, Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao,
Directors : Anubhav Sinha,

The toughest times people had to face just to reach their homes.

Actors : Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Ramon Tikaram, Indira Varma,
Directors : Mira Nair,

Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.

Actors : Antonia Bill, Jan Dieter Schneider, Marita Breuer, Maximilian Scheidt,
Directors : Edgar Reitz,

Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.

Actors : Joe Odagiri, Dong-gun Jang, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim,
Directors : Je-kyu Kang,

In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.

Actors : Ji-seob So, Jung-min Hwang, Jung-hyun Lee, Joong-ki Song,
Directors : Seung-wan Ryoo,

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.

Actors : Gabriella Gubás, András Mózes, Barna Bokor, Vivianne Bánovits,
Directors : Keith English,

When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.