Best History movies of 1994

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, John Turturro,
Directors : Robert Redford,

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Actors : Li Gong, Ben Niu, You Ge, Wu Jiang,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.

Actors : Phoebe Cates, Wendy Hughes, Jim Broadbent, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Michael Austin,

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it ...

Actors : Le Geng, Xiaogang Feng, Dong Han, Yu Xia,
Directors : Wen Jiang,

A story of four teenagers during Cultural Revolution in Beijing.

Actors : Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Yves Angelo,

Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory...

Actors : Baptiste Roussillon, Jean-Marie Richier, Sandrine Bonnaire, Tatiana Moukhine,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first ...

Actors : Adrian Vâlcu, Ion Siminie, Stefan Radoff, Gheorghe Dinica,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.

Actors : André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marcel Bozonnet,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Actors : Fay Masterson, Sello Sebotsane, Wilson Dunster, Sean Gallagher,

In 1886 the 20 years old Percy Fitzpatrick sets out from Kaapstad (Cape Town) for the Transvaal to dig for gold. On his way he prevents the weakly puppy Jock from being drowned and adopts ...

Actors : Brian Blessed, Matthew Zajac, Fish, Iain Cuthbertson,
Directors : Graham Holloway,

The Jacobite Rebellion of Scotland, and thirty years after the first battle, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army make a stand at Culloden.

Actors : Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Ray Lui, Rosamund Kwan,
Directors : Stephen Shin,

Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/general Xiang Yu and the cunning peasant Liu Pang join forces to win through civil war. Xiang...

Actors : Jerzy Trela, Mariusz Benoit, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Janusz Gajos,
Directors : Kazimierz Kutz,

The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and...

Actors : Anka Graczyk, Jean-François Perrier, Larissa Goetze, Martin Feifel,
Directors : Niko von Glasow,

Marie is an adolescent woman who lives in Prussia in 1813 with her mother, a countess. They live in a palace watching the path of history from a far point of view.

Actors : Manoj K. Jayan, Mohini, Sukumari, Vineeth,
Directors : T. Hariharan,

The film is set in the pre-Independence orthodox 'Namboodiri' Brahmin community. Widowed at 17, only three months after being married to an old man, a young Brahmin girl has, therefore, to ...

Actors : Ricardo Espalter, Marcelo Buquet, Gonzalo Cardoso, Laura Schneider,
Directors : Pablo Dotta,

A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed ...

Actors : Master Ankit, Kishore Anand Bhanushali, Bhavana Bhatt, Banjara,
Directors : Pradeep Pandit,

Fond of eating, Gauri lives a wealthy lifestyle along with 7 brothers and their respective wives. The entire family pamper and let her have her way. When she informs them that she wants to ...

Actors : Margarida Reis, Jennifer L. Hamilton, Tom Hardy, Anthony Story,
Directors : Eduardo Geada,

Lisbon, early 1940s. The neutral port town is an open door to freedom, for those who are escaping the Nazi occupied France and eastern European countries, and a war field for spies of every...

Actors : Boris Rösner, Viktor Preiss, Milena Steinmasslová, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Ludvík Ráza,

One of the few historical films to come out of the Czech film industry in the nineties. It describes the last seven years in the life of Zdislava of Lemberk (Milena Steinmasslová), an early...

Actors : Mervat Amin, Tamir Ashraf,
Directors : Khaled El Hagar,

We see the developments in Egypt through the eyes of a twelve year old during the presidency of Nasser and the reactions on his step down after the Six Day War with Israel.