Movie List for "history"

The Best of Enemies (2019)

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Robin Bissell
Writer: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson (inspired by true events chronicled in ‘The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South’ by)
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless
Actors: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House (2017)

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name “Deep Throat” helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Peter Landesman
Writer: Mark Felt (based on the books by), John D. O’Connor (based on the books by), Peter Landesman
Actors: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas, Tony Goldwyn

Marshall (2017)

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Michael Koskoff, Jacob Koskoff
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

The Wizard of Lies (2017)

The fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme robbed $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in U.S. history. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Sam Levinson (screenplay), John Burnham Schwartz (screenplay), Samuel Baum (screenplay), Diana Henriques (book), Laurie Sandell (book)
Actors: Robert De Niro, Diana Henriques, Nathan Darrow, Alessandro Nivola

Darkest Hour (2017)

In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Anthony McCarten
Actors: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James

The Lost City of Z (2016)

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray (written for the screen by), David Grann (based on the book by)
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power. Year 2017.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Armando Iannucci
Writer: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows (additional material by), Fabien Nury (based on the comic book “The Death of Stalin” by), Thierry Robin (based on the comic book “The Death of Stalin” by), Fabien Nury (original screenplay by)
Actors: Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards

Northern Wedding (2015)

Martin’s bug in Linda’s desk is discovered by accident. Martin and Linda spend some quality time together, when he reveals his real identity to her. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: Andrea Willson, Anna LeVine, Anna LeVine (created by), Jörg Winger (created by)
Actors: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth

Kontributsiya (2016)

Four series of drama detective thriller in the best traditions of Agatha Christie. An immediate investigation starts following the disappearance of a diamond. Each of the people gathered in… Year 2016.

Generes: Adventure, History, Mystery
Director: Sergey Snezhkin
Writer: Sergey Snezhkin (screenplay), Leonid Yuzefovich (novel)
Actors: Max Matveev, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Ilya Noskov, Nadezhda Tolubeeva

The Great War (2010–2012)

This twelve hour-long documentary depicts the most important events and battles of World War II on the Eastern Front. The series illustrate the history of the war by means of … Year 2010–2012.

Generes: Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Anna Grazhdan
Writer: Artem Drabkin, Aleksei Isaev
Actors: N/A

The Long Way Back: The Story of Todd Z-Man Zalkins (2017)

After losing his close friend Bradley Nowell of Sublime to a heroin overdose, Todd Zalkins aka ‘ZMAN’ fights for his life in what will become the worst drug crisis in American History, the … Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Richard Yelland
Writer: N/A
Actors: Dan Headrick

Krov (2013)

A metaphysical trip into the deepest reaches of Russia. Year 2013.

Generes: Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Writer: Sergey Vinokurov (story), Sergey Vinokurov
Actors: N/A

Downfall (2004)

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, War
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Joachim Fest (book), Traudl Junge (book), Melissa Müller (book)
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes

The Star (2002)

During WW2 the Russian Army sent a special group named “Zvezda” to fight the Nazis in their backyard. Year 2002.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Director: Nikolay Lebedev
Writer: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Evgeniy Grigorev, Emmanuil Kazakevich (short story), Nikolay Lebedev
Actors: Igor Petrenko, Artyom Semakin, Aleksey Panin, Aleksey Kravchenko