Best History movies

Actors : Andrew Tiernan, Kevin Collins, Steven Waddington, John Lynch,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by ...

Actors : Achuthan B. Nair, Mammootty, Prachi Tehlan, Unni Mukundan,
Directors : M. Padmakumar,

During the Mamankam festival held at the banks of Bharathapuzha in Tirunavaya, soldiers from various places used to come together to wager battle.

Actors : Alma Hasun, Elisa Schlott, Max Riemelt,
Directors : Silvio Soldini,

Seven women are forced to taste Hitler's food to check for poison. As they spend time together, their relationships evolve between loyalty and betrayal.

Actors : Hyo-jun Park, Sang-Woo Kwon, Jung-Jin Lee, Ga-in Han,
Directors : Ha Yoo,

By "Fist of Fury", Kim Hyun-Soo (Sang-Woo Kwone) addicted to Bruce Lee. Year 1978. Hyun-Soo moved to KangNam, Seoul. Hyun-Soo transferred to JungMoon High, Maljuk Street, Kangnam, Seoul. He...

Actors : Baldanpurev Sambuu, Albrecht Schuch, Agi Ariunsaichan Dawaachu, Karl Markovics,
Directors : Detlev Buck,

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.

Actors : Julieta Zylberberg, Amparo Noguera, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro,
Directors : Rodrigo Sepúlveda,

Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.

Actors : Senta Berger, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Actors : Mahesh Jadu, David Wenham, Goran D. Kleut, Jay Ryan,
Directors : Roderick MacKay,

To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Gudrun Landgrebe, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : István Szabó,

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ...

Actors : Alec Guinness, Diane Cilento, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Ennio De Concini,

A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.

Actors : Georges Marchal, Lea Massari, Conrado San Martín, Rory Calhoun,
Directors : Sergio Leone,

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

Actors : Matthias Schoenaerts, Sylvia Hoeks, Daan Schuurmans, Frank Lammers,
Directors : André van Duren,

Netherlands, 1938. In a small town in the province of North Brabant called Oss, Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.

Actors : Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Nour El-Sherif, Mahmood Hemaidah,
Directors : Youssef Chahine,

The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are ...

Actors : Stanislav Boklan, Anton Sviatoslav Greene, Andriy Haddad, Jeff Burrell,
Directors : Oles Sanin,

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-1930s Soviet Ukraine.

Actors : Ferdous Ahmed, Ahmed Rubel, Joya Ahsan, Shampa Reza,
Directors : Nasiruddin Yousuff,

Bilkis Banu, lost her husband Hasan on the bloody night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and concentrate on the urban guerrilla movements of Dhaka with Altaf Mahmud, Shahadat, ...

Actors : Marie Gillain, Lucia Bosé, Valeria Golino, Alex Descas,
Directors : Ferzan Ozpetek,

As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted. The story is about Safiye, who first becomes the Sultan's favorite ...

Actors : Wasyl Wasylik, Michalina Labacz, Adrian Zaremba, Arkadiusz Jakubik,
Directors : Wojciech Smarzowski,

Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.

Actors : Nikorestis Chaniotakis, Antonis Myriagos, Finbar Lynch,
Directors : Yannis Smaragdis,

A historical drama about Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece's first Governor, whose life of service, sacrifice, and devotion to freedom becomes a timeless symbol of moral strength and national duty.

Actors : Franziska Weisz, Robert Stadlober, Fritz Karl,
Directors : Joachim Lang,

Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is in charge of building public support for the Holocaust and for the war that Hitler is about to start.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Chûsha Ichikawa, Akira Takarada, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.