Best History movies

Actors : Bruce Robinson, Joseph Blatchley, Isabelle Adjani, Sylvia Marriott,
Directors : François Truffaut,

Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Actors : Mark Moses, Tom Berenger, Daniela Romo, Joaquim de Almeida,
Directors : Lance Hool,

"One Man's Hero" tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish, and other immigrants of the Catholic religion, who deserted to ...

Actors : Ji Liu, Li Gong, Rujun Ten, Wen Jiang,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds...

Actors : Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Konstantin Khabenskiy,
Directors : Andrey Kravchuk,

The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.

Actors : Phoebe Cates, Wendy Hughes, Jim Broadbent, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Michael Austin,

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it ...

Actors : Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, Helen Mirren, David O'Hara,
Directors : Terry George,

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as ...

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 : Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Valentina Cervi, Luca Zingaretti, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Agnès Merlet,

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Joan Plowright, Al Pacino, Nastassja Kinski, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find...

Actors : Frederico Zardi, Frank Wolff, Sennuccio Benelli, Salvo Randone,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Actors : Sooraj Pancholi, Suniel Shetty, Vivek Oberoi,
Directors : Prince Dhiman,

The movie narrates the tale of Hamirji Gohil, a brave warrior who fought against the Tughlaq Empire to protect the Somnath Temple and the Hindu faith.

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 : Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford,
Directors : Orson Welles,

The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.

Actors : Dorothy Tutin, Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.

Actors : Richa Chadha, Darshan Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 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 : Hugo Arana, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe,
Directors : Luis Puenzo,

After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Actors : Bobby Simha, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Raj Arjun,
Directors : Yaata Satyanarayana,

Revolves around the Hyderabad Liberation Movement of 1948. Capture the struggles of Telangana and its people in the early days of Independence to reclaim their religion and identity in the face of military and political oppression.