Movie List for "history"

Greyhound (2020) Action Drama History Movie

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack. Year 2020.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Aaron Schneider
Writer: Tom Hanks, C.S. Forester
Actors: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham

The King’s Speech (2010) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. Year 2010.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: David Seidler
Actors: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021) Action Drama History Movie

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Bhuj airbase is attacked and a race against time begins to rebuild the damaged airstrip. Year 2021.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Abhishek Dudhaiya
Writer: Abhishek Dudhaiya, Raman Kumar, Ritesh Shah
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha

The 24th (2020) Drama History Movie

It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Kevin Willmott
Writer: Kevin Willmott, Trai Byers
Actors: Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King

Lincoln (2012) Biography Drama History Movie

As the American Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. Year 2012.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

Labyrinth of Lies (2014) Drama History Movie

A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Writer: Elisabeth Burghardt, Giulio Ricciarelli, Amelie Syberberg
Actors: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Friederike Becht

Qin song (1996) Drama History Movie

Epic drama about China’s first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China’s greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits. Year 1996.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Xiaowen Zhou
Writer: Wei Lu
Actors: Wen Jiang, You Ge, Qing Xu

All the Way (2016) Biography Drama History Movie

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Jay Roach
Writer: Robert Schenkkan
Actors: Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo

Bajirao Mastani (2015) Action Drama History Movie

An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer: Nagnath S. Inamdar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash Kapadia
Actors: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Sissi (1955) Comedy Drama History Movie

In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister’s fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef. Year 1955.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Ernst Marischka
Writer: Ernst Marischka
Actors: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider

Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gleb Panfilov
Writer: Inna Churikova, Gleb Panfilov, Ivan Panfilov
Actors: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov

Operation Finale (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Chris Weitz
Writer: Matthew Orton
Actors: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent

Killers of the Flower Moon (2022) Crime Drama History Movie

Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s sparking a major F.B.I. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. Year 2022.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: David Grann, Eric Roth
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone

Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) Action Drama History Movie

Indian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Aditya Dhar
Writer: Aditya Dhar
Actors: Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina

Bridge of Spies (2015) Drama History Thriller Movie

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

The Legend (1993) Action Comedy History Movie

This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission… Year 1993.

Generes: Action, Comedy, History
Director: Corey Yuen
Writer: Kin Chung Chan, Susan Godfrey, Jeffrey Lau
Actors: Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis