Movie List for "history"

31st October (2015) Action Drama History Movie

The assassination of Indira Gandhi leads to a slow spread of brutal violence against Sikhs, leaving a Sikh man and his family trapped in endless danger. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil
Writer: Harry Sachdeva, Amit Tuli
Actors: Soha Ali Khan, Lakha Lakhwinder Singh, Nagesh Bhonsle

Effi Briest (1974) Drama History Movie

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. She soon bears a daughter, Annie, and hi… Year 1974.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Theodor Fontane
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Ben Lewin
Writer: Robert Rodat, Nicholas Dawidoff
Actors: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson

A Northern Story of Valor (1989) Drama History Movie

The film offers an alternative version of the fight between two legendary Chekavars from Chanthu’s perspective. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: T. Hariharan
Writer: M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Actors: Mammootty, Madhavi, Devan

Frantz (2016) Drama History Romance Movie

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé’s grave to lay flowers. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: François Ozon
Writer: François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo, Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner

Suffragette (2015) Drama History Movie

In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Sarah Gavron
Writer: Abi Morgan
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter

Beg (1971) Drama History War Movie

The defeat of the “White Army” in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called “White Russians”. Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
Writer: Aleksandr Alov, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Vladimir Naumov
Actors: Lyudmila Saveleva, Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Ulyanov

Yatra (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

An Indian politician takes up a decision to go on a 900-mile walking tour as a part of his election campaign. Yatra is an emotional tribute to the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Mahi v Raghav
Writer: John Edathattil, Mahi v Raghav, Sreeraj
Actors: Mammootty, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Jagapathi Babu

Phoenix (2014) Drama History Music Movie

A disfigured Holocaust survivor sets out to determine if the man she loved betrayed her trust. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, History, Music
Director: Christian Petzold
Writer: Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki, Hubert Monteilhet
Actors: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf

The Tobacconist (2018) Drama History War Movie

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna…. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Nikolaus Leytner
Writer: Klaus Richter, Nikolaus Leytner, Robert Seethaler
Actors: Simon Morzé, Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch

Sarsenapati Hambirrao (2022) Action Drama History Movie

Based on the Maratha warrior Hansaji Mohite who was later given the title of Sarnobat Hambirrao, the film portrays his life as the Commander in Chief of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s army. Year 2022.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Pravin Tarde
Writer: N/A
Actors: Pravin Tarde, Gashmeer Mahajani, Shruti Marathe

The Eichmann Show (2015) Drama History Movie

Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Writer: Simon Block
Actors: Martin Freeman, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Front

Mary Queen of Scots (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

Mary Stuart’s (Saoirse Ronan’s) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Josie Rourke
Writer: Beau Willimon, John Guy
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) Drama History Romance Movie

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Kaige Chen
Writer: Kaige Chen, Peigong Wang
Actors: Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun