Best History movies of 1990s

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

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

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 : José Carlos Rodríguez, Damián Delgado, Elpidia Carrillo, Iñaki Aierra,
Directors : Salvador Carrasco,

It is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the ...

Actors : Roberto Sosa, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carlos Castañón, Juan Diego,
Directors : Nicolás Echevarría,

A handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico.

Actors : Thales Pan Chacon, Marieta Severo, Antonio Abujamra, Ludmila Dayer,
Directors : Carla Camurati,

A hot blooded Spanish princess plots to conquer her enemies and become queen.

Actors : Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Aumont, Fabrice Luchini,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

The life story of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.

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 : Zafer Algöz, Zuhal Olcay, Güven Kiraç, Hülya Avsar,
Directors : Tomris Giritlioglu,

A tax causes lots of pains in Turkey at the second world war times. This movie tells the problems of non muslim people in Turkey. Halit Bey who is a rich man has a mentally retarted wife ...

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Hassan Hosny, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Maher,
Directors : Mohamed Fadel,

The life of Egyptian political leader Gamal abd El-Nasser.

Actors : Simon Reggiani, Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Patricia Mazuy,

Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Daisuke Ryû, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a ...

Actors : Cláudia Abreu, Paulo Betti, Marieta Severo, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.

Actors : Robin Renucci, Stéphane Freiss, Valeria Golino, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Axel Corti,

Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Yuriy Sherstnyov,
Directors : Karen Shakhnazarov,

A patient in a modern day mental institution believes that he is the man who assassinated Tsar Alexander in 1881 and Tsar Nicolas II in 1918. He and his doctor soon slip out of reality and ...

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ...

Actors : Gerrit Schoonhoven, Richard Kiley, Bruce Marchiano, Dawid Minnaar,
Directors : Regardt van den Bergh,

Matthew 15:1 - 28:20 - The year is about 62 A.D., and the aging apostle Matthew recalls the remarkable events he witnessed as a young man. As his story unfolds, the centuries melt away and ...

Actors : Wen-ting Chiang, Yung Pan, Shao-tien Hsiung, Liang Zhang,
Directors : Tun Fei Mou,

In 1937, Japanese troops raid the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300,000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all.

Actors : Laura del Sol, Gabino Diego, Joaquim de Almeida, María Barranco,
Directors : Imanol Uribe,

After spending a night with a sensual prostitute, the King of Spain decides that he wants to see his wife naked. His decision causes a real revolution amidst his subjects.

Actors : Faramarz Sadighi, Akbar Abdi, Amin Tarokh, Jamshid Hashempur,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

A movie about the Iranian classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France.

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In the Eighteenth Century, the "Traveling Company of Scenic Arts" composed of Tyrant, Lady Leonarde, Serafina, Isabella, Leandre, Zerbina, Matamore and Pulcinella gets lost while traveling ...