Best History movies

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Barbara Werle, Diane Baker, Brian Keith,
Directors : Bernard L. Kowalski,

In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.

Actors : Vedika, Siddharth, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anaika Soti,
Directors : Vasanthabalan,

Two theater artists compete in a small drama troupe.

Actors : Yura Borisov, Alyona Dolgolenko, Anya Chipovskaya, Kai Aleks Getts, Svetlana Khodchenkova,
Directors : Felix Umarov,

The life story of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin.

Actors : Lisa Smit, Gijs Naber, Huub Stapel, Derek de Lint,
Directors : Roel Reiné,

The power struggles and wars between the Frisian Redbad and his sworn enemy Pepin of Herstal, Lord of the Franks.

Actors : Lily Chakravarty, Joya Ahsan, Parno Mittra, Rituparna Sengupta,
Directors : Srijit Mukherji,

In August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the...

Actors : Kazim Kartal, Reha Yurdakul, Cüneyt Arkin, Birsen Ayda,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

After his family is killed in front of his eyes, little Seyit Battal grows up to be the nightmare of Byzantine's Black Knighthood.

Actors : Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Niall MacGinnis,
Directors : Terence Fisher,

While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.

Actors : Allan Corduner, Sven Nordin, Tom Burke, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Peter Dalle,

A German expedition with a international crew is in the remote Arctic ice when the 2nd world war starts, and they are commanded to take active part in the war. Soon they find themselves in a fight of life and death.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Winston Chao, Vivian Wu,
Directors : Mabel Cheung,

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and ...

Actors : Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol,
Directors : Andrucha Waddington,

A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.

Actors : Doug McKeon, John Hurt, Keith McKeon, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Delbert Mann,

Two men want to escape from East Germany, but they will only go if they can take their families with them.

Actors : Nigel Barrett, Matthew Aubrey, Di Botcher, Jordan Bernarde,
Directors : Dave McKean,

This project is the film version of the Passion play that was performed throughout Port Talbot in Easter 2011.

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Mervat Amin, Muna Zaki, Mokhles El Behiry,
Directors : Mohamed Khan,

The private and public life of Egyptian president Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat.

Actors : Ahn Bo-hyun, Kim Beom-soo, Jeong-Tae Choi,
Directors : Han-min Kim,

Winter of 1598, the story of Yi Sun-shin's last naval battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea that happened in the Noryang Strait.

Actors : Tiny Bertels, Evelien Bosmans, Michel van Dousselaere, Stany Crets,
Directors : Frank van Mechelen,

Germaine Debruycker is 18 when the workers at the Vieille Montagne factory, including her father, go on strike to obtain a 10 franc raise. The turbulent strike lasts for 9 weeks and changes their lives forever. Based on a true story.

Actors : Bhanupriya, Mohan Babu, Suman, Nagarjuna Akkineni,
Directors : K. Raghavendra Rao,

A cinematic version of the life of famous Indian saint-poet, Annamayya.

Actors : Bárbara Lennie, Jose Coronado, Óscar Jaenada, Raúl Arévalo,
Directors : Agustín Díaz Yanes,

Love, ambition, treason and death clash in a neverending search for a city built with gold.

Actors : Eva Bender, Altan Günbay, Kartal Tibet, Zeki Alasya,
Directors : Mehmet Aslan,

The story of Tarkan and his friends efforts to rescue Atilla's kidnapped son.

Actors : Oksana Akinshina, Danila Kozlovskiy, Ravshana Kurkova, Filipp Avdeev,
Directors : Danila Kozlovskiy,

A story about a heroic fireman who worked as one of Chernobyl liquidators.

Actors : Minna Haapkylä, Martin Bahne, Leonid Mozgovoy, Tommi Korpela,
Directors : Lauri Törhönen,

"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A ...