Movie List for "history"

12 Strong (2018) Action Drama History Movie

12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
Writer: Ted Tally, Peter Craig, Doug Stanton
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña

Europa Europa (1990) Drama History War Movie

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth. Year 1990.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Writer: Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel
Actors: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider

The Birdcatcher (2019) Drama History Thriller Movie

A Jewish girl, Esther, forced to conceal her true identity by pretending to be boy on a Nazi-Norwegian farm, plots her escape. The challenge of keeping her true identity a secret leads to a series of choices and consequences. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Ross Clarke
Writer: Trond Morten Kristensen
Actors: Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Arthur Hakalahti, Jakob Cedergren

Rol (2013) Drama History Movie

“The Role” is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life — the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his … Year 2013.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Writer: Pavel Finn, Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Actors: Maksim Sukhanov, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Maria Järvenhelmi

The Front Runner (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

In 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign is derailed when he’s caught in a scandalous love affair. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Matt Bai, Jay Carson, Jason Reitman
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons

City 40 (2016) Documentary Drama History Movie

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth. Year 2016.

Generes: Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Samira Goetschel
Writer: Samira Goetschel, Monique Zavistovski
Actors: Lavrenti Beria, Viktor Fetisov, Mikhail Gorbachev

1911 (2011) Drama History War Movie

A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Tao Hai, Wei Li, Guoqiang Tang
Writer: Xingdong Wang, Baoguang Chen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Winston Chao, Bingbing Li

The Death of Stalin (2017) Comedy Drama History Movie

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power. Year 2017.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Armando Iannucci
Writer: Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin, Armando Iannucci
Actors: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor

Worth (2020) Biography Drama History Movie

An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. Year 2020.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Sara Colangelo
Writer: Max Borenstein
Actors: Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci

Hostile Territory (2022) Drama History Western Movie

In post-civil war America, when a Union soldier is presumed dead, his children are mistakenly sent away on the orphan train. This is a wild-west story of people uniting for the greater good, and children forced to grow up quickly. Year 2022.

Generes: Drama, History, Western
Director: Brian Presley
Writer: Brian Presley
Actors: Matt McCoy, Brea Bee, Lew Temple

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) Drama History War Movie

During WWII in a small village outpost, a commander has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge. Year 1972.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Stanislav Rostotskiy
Writer: Stanislav Rostotskiy, Boris Vasilev
Actors: Andrey Martynov, Irina Dolganova, Elena Drapeko

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017) Biography Drama History Movie

Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Niki Caro
Writer: Angela Workman, Diane Ackerman
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl

Mary Shelley (2017) Biography Drama History Movie

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writer: Emma Jensen, Haifaa Al-Mansour
Actors: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards

Platform (2000) Drama History Movie

A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s. Year 2000.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Zhangke Jia
Writer: Zhangke Jia
Actors: Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang

War and Peace (1965) Drama History Romance Movie

The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812. Year 1965.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer: Sergey Bondarchuk, Vasiliy Solovyov, Lev Tolstoy
Actors: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk