Best History movies of 1990s

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 : 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 : Marcello Mastroianni, Julie Gayet, Henri Garcin, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also a line of ...

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

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

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : Luís Miguel Cintra, Miguel Guilherme, Diogo Dória, Luís Lucas,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Ahmad Zaki, Hassan Hosny, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Maher,
Directors : Mohamed Fadel,

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

Actors : Cláudia Abreu, Marieta Severo, Paulo Betti, 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 : 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 ...

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 : Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Dariush Arjmand, Morteza Ahmadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Mirza Ebrahim Khan, travels past in time to introduce cinematography to the previous king who can afford to pay for the new industry. But Nasser-e-din Shah takes an interest in the actress ...

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 : 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 : Daisuke Ryû, Tadanobu Asano, 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 ...