Best History movies

Actors : Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Kevin Macdonald,

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's.

Actors : Rubens Santos, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Licínio Januário, Robson Andrade, Gabriel Leone, Wagner Moura,
Directors : Kleber Mendonça Filho,

In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.

Actors : Harriet Walter, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Gary Ross,

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Actors : Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, Lashana Lynch, Viola Davis,
Directors : Gina Prince-Bythewood,

A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Actors : Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : Peter Berg,

The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.

Actors : Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Actors : Eric Bana, Julian Glover, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

Actors : Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Johnny Flynn, Lily James,
Directors : Simon Stone,

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Bill Pullman, Tim Robbins, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Actors : Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Hanks, Matt Helm,
Directors : Aaron Schneider,

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, John Carroll Lynch, Nick Offerman,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence and ruthlessness.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Ron Howard,

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, John Lone, Ruocheng Ying, Joan Chen,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

The story of the final Emperor of China.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Actors : Martin Donovan, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong,
Directors : Ali Abbasi,

A young man took over his father's real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.

Actors : Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, John Magaro,
Directors : Tim Fehlbaum,

During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage of the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott,
Directors : Randall Wallace,

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.

Actors : Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.