Best History movies

Actors : Tatyana Lyutaeva, Agniya Ditkovskite, Vidas Petkevicius, Mantas Jankavicius,
Directors : Donatas Ulvydas,

A romance blooms between a noblewoman and a common man amid a peasant revolt against the brutal Russian army

Actors : Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Cassel,
Directors : René Clément,

The departure of the German army from Paris in 1944.

Actors : Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Sebnem Bozoklu, Will Thorp, Ali Atay,
Directors : Can Ulkay,

The two Turks went to Australia. They provide their livelihood by selling ice-cream with a wheelbarrow and camel show in festivals. In 1915 they learned that there was a war in the country....

Actors : Guoqiang Tang, Qing Xu, Jin Liu, Guoli Zhang,

Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Mouchet, Isabelle Carré,
Directors : Gabriel Le Bomin,

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Louis Barrault,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when ...

Actors : Nahed El Sebaï, Bassem Samra, Menna Shalabi, Salah Abdallah,
Directors : Yusri Nasrullah,

Mahmoud was part of the armed groups coerced by the Egyptian Government which carried out attacks on protestors in Tahir Square the 2nd of February 2011. Since then, Mahmoud has lost his ...

Actors : James Franco, Michael Shannon, Stacey Miller, Richard Abate,
Directors : James Franco,

A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Actors : Pauline Dyer, Anna Friel, Kelsey Grammer, Starletta DuPois,
Directors : S.E. DeRose,

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation which allows opportunities and protections never before afforded to women.

Actors : Sylvia Hoeks, Monic Hendrickx, Dirk Roofthooft, Barry Atsma,
Directors : Ben Sombogaart,

During the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, a young woman and a naval officer search for her lost infant son.

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Marc van Uchelen, John Kraaykamp, Derek de Lint,
Directors : Fons Rademakers,

In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbors ...

Actors : Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, Q'orianka Kilcher, Mackenzie Astin,
Directors : Nathan Frankowski,

Te Ata set her sights on Broadway and what she thought was her life's dream. Audition after audition she was rejected and began to wonder if she was cut out for the bright lights.

Actors : Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Yves Angelo,

Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory...

Actors : Sergey Agafonov, Maksim Abrosimov, Ivan Batarev, Pavel Aseev,

USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of ...

Actors : Giulia Michelini, Pietro Castellitto, Andrea Arcangeli,
Directors : Stefano Lodovichi,

Rome, 1970s. When Toni arrives in the city with the dream of becoming a great artist. But his hunger for life, destiny and perhaps even History will lead him to become the greatest of all forgers.

Actors : Evgeniy Mironov, Aleksandr Ilin, Vladimir Ilin, Konstantin Khabenskiy,
Directors : Dmitriy Kiselev,

The film is set in the 60s of the 20th century, during the Cold War and the space race between USSR and the United States. Russians plan to send a man into space. Military pilot Pavel ...

Actors : Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Frédéric Pierrot,
Directors : Maria de Medeiros,

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

Actors : Anastasiya Dontsova, Pyotr Mamonov, Ramilya Iskander, Oleg Yankovskiy,
Directors : Pavel Lungin,

In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last ...

Actors : Pilou Asbæk, Elliott Crosset Hove, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Lars Mikkelsen,
Directors : Roni Ezra,

In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle...

Actors : Caco Ciocler, Camila Morgado, Luís Melo, Eliane Giardini,
Directors : Jayme Monjardim,

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and...