Best History movies

Actors : Géza Tordy, Imre Sinkovits, Franco Nero, Tibor Bitskey,
Directors : Gábor Koltay,

Filmed in commemoration of Hungary's 1100th anniversary and on the sites of the actual events, a cast of thousands authentically recreates the 896 AD arrival of the Magyar chief Arpad (Nero...

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 : Laura Peterson, Mirt Preegel, Tarmo Song, Ingrid Isotamm,
Directors : Martti Helde,

"Risttuules" is very emotional and tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on memories of Erna. It all started 14th of June 1941 when trucks came for the innocent families with...

Actors : Lars Eidinger, Danila Kozlovsky, Luise Wolfram, Michalina Olszanska,
Directors : Aleksey Uchitel,

In the twilight of Imperial Russia, prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya becomes the mistress of three Grand Dukes.

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

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

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

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

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 : Miray Daner, Çetin Tekindor, Halit Ergenç, Batuhan Karacakaya,
Directors : Hamdi Alkan,

Tarihci Dede is giving information to a couple of children about Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's success and his way to shape todays Turkey.

Actors : Judith Engel, Jonas Dassler, Sina Ebell, Michael del Coco,
Directors : Lars Kraume,

A group of twelfth-grade pupils decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.

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 : Roman Luknár, Karel Roden, Zuzana Bydzovská, Zuzana Fialová,
Directors : Petr Nikolaev,

At the beginning of the story Lidice is just one of many small Czech villages trying to survive the war as best as it can... See full synopsis »

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 : Megumi Hayashibara, Tesshô Genda, Hiroaki Hirata, Yoshihiro Ike,
Directors : Kei'ichi Sato,

Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.

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 : Sanna Kelly, Stella Stocker, Richard Short, Tim Fellingham,
Directors : Giles Alderson,

Follows King Arthur and his people race home to prevent Mordred from taking over Camelot.

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 : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jean-François Balmer, François Cluzet, Jane Seymour,

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the ...

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.