Movie List for "history"

The Captain (2017)

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain’s uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he is trying to escape from. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writer: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Max Hubacher, Alexander Fehling, Sebastian Rudolph, Max Thommes

The King (2019)

Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: David Michôd
Writer: Joel Edgerton, David Michôd
Actors: Tom Glynn-Carney, Gábor Czap, Tom Fisher, Edward Ashley

Stonewall (2015)

A young man’s political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Jon Robin Baitz
Actors: Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Caleb Landry Jones

An Officer and a Spy (2019)

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil’s island. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Robert Harris (original novel), Robert Harris (screenplay), Roman Polanski (screenplay)
Actors: Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois

Greater (2016)

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Family, Sport
Director: David L. Hunt
Writer: Brian Reindl, David L. Hunt
Actors: Neal McDonough, Leslie Easterbrook, Christopher Severio, Michael Parks

Ashes in the Snow (2018)

In 1941, a 16-year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin’s brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl’s passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Marius A. Markevicius
Writer: Ben York Jones (screenplay by), Ben York Jones, Ruta Sepetys (based on the novel by)
Actors: Sophie Cookson, Bel Powley, Peter Franzén, Jonah Hauer-King

Airlift (2016)

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Raja Menon
Writer: Raja Menon (story), Sonu Sinha (screenplay), Ritesh Shah (screenplay), Suresh Nair (screenplay), Raja Menon (screenplay), Rahul Nangia (screenplay), Ritesh Shah (dialogue)
Actors: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Kumud Mishra, Prakash Belawadi

The Eichmann Show (2015)

Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Writer: Simon Block
Actors: Martin Freeman, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Front, Andy Nyman

The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)

Israel’s Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Gideon Raff
Writer: Gideon Raff
Actors: Mbulelo Grootboom, Sizo Mahlangu, Michael Kenneth Williams, Masasa Mbangeni

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Robert Schenkkan (screenplay by), Andrew Knight (screenplay by)
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson

Tulip Fever (2017)

An artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Justin Chadwick
Writer: Deborah Moggach (screenplay by), Tom Stoppard (screenplay by), Deborah Moggach (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger

Child 44 (2015)

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Year 2015.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writer: Richard Price (screenplay), Tom Rob Smith (novel)
Actors: Xavier Atkins, Mark Lewis Jones, Tom Hardy, Joel Kinnaman

The Finest Hours (2016)

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Craig Gillespie
Writer: Scott Silver (screenplay), Paul Tamasy (screenplay), Eric Johnson (screenplay), Casey Sherman (book), Michael J. Tougias (book)
Actors: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana

The Command (2018)

The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writer: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore (based on Robert Moore’s book “A Time to Die”)
Actors: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl

Dark Waters (2019)

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Todd Haynes
Writer: Nathaniel Rich (based on The New York Times magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by), Mario Correa (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay)
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Anthony Maras
Writer: John Collee, Anthony Maras
Actors: Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Manoj Mehra, Dinesh Kumar