Movie List for "history"

7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

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

The Post (2017)

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Actors: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk

Operation Avalanche (2016)

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Matt Johnson
Writer: Josh Boles, Matt Johnson
Actors: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Andrew Appelle, Jared Raab

Wolves (2014)

A boy is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycans. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: David Hayter
Writer: David Hayter
Actors: Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Merritt Patterson

Gangster Land (2017)

A very high level and brief history of how “Machine Gun Jack McGurn” rose from amateur boxer to second in command of Al Capone’s criminal empire. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Writer: Ian Patrick Williams
Actors: Sean Faris, Milo Gibson, Jason Patric, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Land of Mine (2015)

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Writer: Martin Zandvliet
Actors: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

A deadly threat from Earth’s history reappears, and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Art Marcum (screenplay by), Matt Holloway (screenplay by), Ken Nolan (screenplay by), Akiva Goldsman (story by), Art Marcum (story by), Matt Holloway (story by), Ken Nolan (story by)
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screen story), David Barstow (based upon an article by), David Rohde (based upon an article by), Stephanie Saul (based upon an article by)
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont

Finding Altamira (2016)

Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira’s caves. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Hugh Hudson
Writer: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares, José Luis López-Linares (screenplay), Olivia Hetreed (screenplay)
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Clément Sibony, Rupert Everett, Javivi

Serena (2014)

In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Susanne Bier
Writer: Christopher Kyle (screenplay), Ron Rash (based on the book by)
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones

The Last Witness (2018)

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years. Year 2018.

Generes: History, Thriller
Director: Piotr Szkopiak
Writer: Paul Szambowski, Piotr Szkopiak
Actors: Alex Pettyfer, Robert Wieckiewicz, Talulah Riley, Michael Gambon

6 Days (2017)

In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of … Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Toa Fraser
Writer: Glenn Standring, Rusty Firmin (story consultant)
Actors: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw

American Animals (2018)

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Bart Layton
Writer: Bart Layton, Claudia Zie (adaptation)
Actors: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen

The Innocents (2016)

1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns got pregnant. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writer: Sabrina B. Karine (scenario), Alice Vial (scenario), Anne Fontaine (adaptation), Pascal Bonitzer (adaptation), Philippe Maynial (based on an original concept created by)
Actors: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne

Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)

A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq’s oil reserves. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Director: Per Fly
Writer: Per Fly (screenplay by), Daniel Pyne (screenplay by), Michael Soussan (based on the book by)
Actors: Theo James, Ben Kingsley, Jacqueline Bisset, Rachel Wilson

Silence (2016)

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Jay Cocks (screenplay by), Martin Scorsese (screenplay by), Shûsaku Endô (based on the novel by)
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano