The story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India. Year 2002.
| Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History |
| Director: Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Writer: Ranjit Kapoor (additional dialogue), Piyush Mishra (Hindi dialogue), Anjum Rajabali (English dialogue), Anjum Rajabali (screenplay), Rajkumar Santoshi (additional dialogue) |
| Actors: Ajay Devgn, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra |
Mein Kampf’s powerful influence on a modern American woman affects her mental perception of herself to the point that she assumes the personage of Hitler’s mistress Eva Braun, and is … Year 2014.
| Generes: Drama, History, Mystery |
| Director: Michael Andres |
| Writer: Michael Andres (story), Michael Andres, Michael Andres |
| Actors: James Maher, Tracy Baumbach, Chadwick Baumbach, Travis Braz |
Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth. Year 2016.
| Generes: Documentary, Drama, History, News, War |
| Director: Samira Goetschel |
| Writer: Samira Goetschel, Monique Zavistovski |
| Actors: Lavrenti Beria, Viktor Fetisov, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sergei Kirillov |
Ancient Arabia. A youth is chosen by a beautiful slave girl to be her new master; she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories; love, travel and the whims of destiny. Year 1974.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance |
| Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Actors: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché |
A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. Year 2008.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance |
| Director: Saul Dibb |
| Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay), Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay), Saul Dibb (screenplay), Amanda Foreman (book) |
| Actors: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper |
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Year 1963.
| Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War |
| Director: John Sturges |
| Writer: Paul Brickhill (book), James Clavell (screenplay), W.R. Burnett (screenplay) |
| Actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald |
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. Year 1995.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Mel Gibson |
| Writer: Randall Wallace |
| Actors: James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo |
In November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks. Year 2016.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa |
| Writer: Andrey Shalopa |
| Actors: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Pavel Aseev, Ivan Batarev |
The arrival of a hussar regiment stirs a small town into life. The love of cornet Pletnev for the young actress Nastenka unexpectedly intertwines with the machinations of Merzlyayev, an … Year 1981.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, History |
| Director: Eldar Ryazanov |
| Writer: Grigori Gorin, Eldar Ryazanov |
| Actors: Evgeniy Leonov, Oleg Basilashvili, Valentin Gaft, Georgiy Burkov |
In the 13th century, an amnesiac soldier vows to get his revenge on the Mongol army that ransacked his village. Year 2017.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Dzhanik Fayziev, Ivan Shurkhovetskiy |
| Writer: Dmitriy Paltsev, Dmitriy Raevskiy, Evgeniy Raevskiy, Sergey Yudakov |
| Actors: Ilya Malakov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksandr Ilin, Timofey Tribuntsev |
Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman Year 1998.
| Generes: Drama, History, Horror |
| Director: Jonathan Demme |
| Writer: Toni Morrison (novel), Akosua Busia (screenplay), Richard LaGravenese (screenplay), Adam Brooks (screenplay) |
| Actors: Yada Beener, Emil Pinnock, Calen Johnson, Oprah Winfrey |
A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Year 2018.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War |
| Director: Claire McCarthy |
| Writer: Semi Chellas (adaptation), Semi Chellas, Lisa Klein (book), Lisa Klein (novel), William Shakespeare (characters) |
| Actors: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O’Rourke, Nathaniel Parker |
Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. Year 2018.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Director: José Padilha |
| Writer: Gregory Burke (screenplay by) |
| Actors: Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer, Daniel Brühl |
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war. Year 2018.
| Generes: Documentary, History, War |
| Director: Peter Jackson |
| Writer: Esat Ozcan |
| Actors: Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby, Attwood |
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee. Year 2007.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War |
| Director: Ang Lee |
| Writer: Eileen Chang (story), James Schamus (screenplay), Hui-Ling Wang (screenplay) |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang |
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution. Year 2012.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance |
| Director: Benoît Jacquot |
| Writer: Benoît Jacquot (scenario), Gilles Taurand (scenario), Chantal Thomas (novel) |
| Actors: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky |