Movie List for "history"

Bongyi Kim Seon-dal (2016) Adventure Comedy History Movie

Based on the popular conman character of KIM Seon-dal from Korean folktale who famously sold the water of Daedong River. Year 2016.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, History
Director: Dae-min Park
Writer: Dae-min Park
Actors: Yoo Seung-ho, Jae-Hyun Cho, Min-Hyuk Kim

Sibiriada (1979) Drama History Romance Movie

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One buil Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Writer: Valentin Ezhov, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Actors: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vitali Solomin, Sergey Shakurov

Kumonosu-jô (1957) Drama History Movie

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider’s Web Castle. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada

Wo de fu qin mu qin (1999) Drama History Romance Movie

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Shi Bao
Actors: Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng

El crimen de Cuenca (1980) Drama History Movie

Two friends from a small village in Cuenca, Spain, accused of murder by their neighbors, confess to the crime after being tortured, Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Pilar Miró
Writer: Pilar Miró, Juan Antonio Porto, Lola Salvador
Actors: Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, Daniel Dicenta

Match (2012) Drama History Sport Movie

Goalkeeper Nikolay Ranevich and his Dinamo football team are about to play against the German footballers during the Nazi occupation of Kiev in 1942. The match is much more about honor and dignity than sport. Year 2012.

Generes: Drama, History, Sport
Director: Andrey Malyukov
Writer: Igor Sosna, Dmitriy Zverkov
Actors: Sergey Bezrukov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Ekaterina Klimova

Chikamatsu monogatari (1954) Drama History Romance Movie

Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. Year 1954.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô

Tasogare Seibei (2002) Drama History Romance Movie

As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Yôji Yamada
Writer: Shûhei Fujisawa, Yôji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi

Ip Man (2008) Action Biography Drama History Movie

During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive. Year 2008.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Wilson Yip
Writer: Edmond Wong (screenplay), Tai-lee Chan
Actors: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Xiong, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Padmaavat (2018) Drama History Romance War Movie

Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati’s beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer: Prakash Kapadia (screenplay), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay), Prakash Kapadia (dialogue)
Actors: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari

Alexander Nevsky (1938) Action Biography Drama History War Movie

The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights. Year 1938.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
Writer: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Pyotr Pavlenko
Actors: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Adventure Biography Drama History Romance Movie

A tyrannical ship captain takes his reluctant crew on a two-year voyage that will change British maritime law forever. Year 1935.

Generes: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Frank Lloyd
Writer: Talbot Jennings (screenplay), Jules Furthman (screenplay), Carey Wilson (screenplay), Charles Nordhoff (book), James Norman Hall (book), Margaret Booth
Actors: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin

Burnt by the Sun (1994) Drama History War Movie

In the Soviet Union in 1936, shadow of Stalin’s repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. The accusations of being him a foreign spy are nonsense, and all known that, but a slow process of his life’s downfall is already running. Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov (dialogue), Rustam Ibragimbekov (dialogue), Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay), Nikita Mikhalkov (screenplay), Nikita Mikhalkov (story)
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova

The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Biography Drama History Music Movie

A super-stylized, surreal biography of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, whose life is depicted through non-narrative amalgamations of poetic images. Year 1969.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Writer: Sayat Nova (poems), Sergei Parajanov
Actors: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori