Movie List for "history"

Matilda (2017) Biography Drama History Movie

In the twilight of Imperial Russia, prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya becomes the mistress of three Grand Dukes. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Aleksey Uchitel
Writer: Michael Katims, Aleksandr Terekhov
Actors: Michalina Olszanska, Lars Eidinger, Luise Wolfram

Chang-gwol (2018) Action Drama History Movie

Lee Chung is a Prince of Joseon, but he has been taken hostage to the Qing Dynasty. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Sung-hoon Kim
Writer: Jo-yun Hwang, Shin-yeon Won, Hwang Jo Yoon
Actors: Hyun Bin, Seo Ji-hye, Jang Dong-Gun

Winnie (2011) Biography Drama History Movie

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband’s incarceration. Year 2011.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Darrell Roodt
Writer: Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, André Pieterse, Darrell Roodt
Actors: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas

Lion of the Desert (1980) Biography Drama History Movie

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar. Year 1980.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Writer: David Butler, H.A.L. Craig, Paul Thompson
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger

Goongnyeo (2007) Crime Drama History Movie

During the Chosun period, a court lady is found dead, hanging by the rafters of the palace. After examining the dead body, place physician Chun-ryung discovers that the dead maid was probably murdered and carries out investigation ev Year 2007.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Mi-jung Kim
Writer: Seok-Hwan Choi, Mi-jung Kim
Actors: Jin-hee Park, Yun Se-ah, Yeong-hie Seo

The Amazing Grace (2006) Drama History Movie

The story of British slave trader John Newton’s voyage to West Africa and the events that inspired him to write the world’s most popular hymn, Amazing Grace. Year 2006.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Jeta Amata
Writer: Jeta Amata, Scott Cleverdon, Nick Moran
Actors: Nick Moran, Scott Cleverdon, Mbong Amata

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1951) Drama History Romance Movie

The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: William Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Jean Sacha
Actors: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote

Tang shan da di zhen (2010) Drama History Movie

The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976. Year 2010.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Wu Si, Ling Zhang
Actors: Daoming Chen, Chen Li, Yi Lu

Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974) Drama History War Movie

A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandakan Year 1974.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Kei Kumai
Writer: Tomoko Yamazaki, Sakae Hirosawa, Kei Kumai
Actors: Komaki Kurihara, Yôko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka

Brestskaya krepost (2010) Action Drama History Movie

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Aleksandr Kott
Writer: Aleksey Dudarev, Vladimir Eryomin, Ekaterina Tirdatova
Actors: Aleksey Kopashov, Andrey Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko

Kagemusha (1980) Drama History War Movie

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord’s double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken’ichi Hagiwara

Catch a Fire (2006) Biography Drama History Movie

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writer: Shawn Slovo
Actors: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli

Der Untergang (2004) Biography Drama History Movie

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger, Joachim Fest, Traudl Junge
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes

Il giovane favoloso (2014) Biography Drama History Movie

Based upon the short but fruitful life of illness-racked Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Mario Martone
Writer: Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
Actors: Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio

Maljukgeori janhoksa (2004) Action Drama History Movie

By “Fist of Fury”, Kim Hyun-Soo (Sang-Woo Kwone) addicted to Bruce Lee. Year 1978. Hyun-Soo moved to KangNam, Seoul. Hyun-Soo transferred to JungMoon High, Maljuk Street, Kangnam, Seoul. He goes schooling by No.78 Bus. First day a se Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Ha Yoo
Writer: Ha Yoo
Actors: Sang-Woo Kwon, Lee Jung-Jin, Ga-in Han

Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006) Action Drama History Movie

During China’s Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself. Year 2006.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Zhihong Bian, Yu Cao, Nan Wu
Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou