Best History movies of 2001

Actors : Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

Actors : Ed Harris, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Actors : Velizar Binev, David Chandler, David Arquette, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Directors : Tim Blake Nelson,

A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkommando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone.

Actors : Sebastian Koch, Heino Ferch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Nicolette Krebitz,
Directors : Roland Suso Richter,

Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion East German swimmer at odds with the system under which he has already been imprisoned. ...

Actors : Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott, Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Michael Bay,

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody, Simon Baker,
Directors : Charles Shyer,

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Actors : Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

Actors : Daniele Liotti, Giuliano Gemma, Rosana Pastor, Pilar López de Ayala,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

The love story who transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a politic fight behind.

Actors : Jin-mo Ju, Ahn Sung-ki, Ziyi Zhang, Woo-sung Jung,
Directors : Sung-su Kim,

1375. Nine Koryo warriors, envoys exiled by Imperial China, battle to protect a Chinese Ming Princess from Mongolian troops.

Actors : Rekha, Rajit Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Zubeidaa, an aspiring Muslim actress, marries a Hindu prince to become his second wife. Her tumultuous relationship with her husband, and her inner demons lead her to a decision which has fatal consequences for them all.

Actors : Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Ratchkov, Fabio Giubbani, Christo Jivkov,
Directors : Ermanno Olmi,

The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in ...

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Mervat Amin, Muna Zaki, Mokhles El Behiry,
Directors : Mohamed Khan,

The private and public life of Egyptian president Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat.

Actors : Sylvie Drapeau, Luc Picard, Frédéric Gilles, Pierre Rivard,
Directors : Pierre Falardeau,

French Canadians face execution after a revolt against British bureaucrats in Quebec.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Edward Furlong, Raoul Bova, Marco Leonardi,
Directors : Pupi Avati,

In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family.

Actors : Peter Tuinman, Monic Hendrickx, Jeroen Willems, Rients Gratama,
Directors : Pieter Verhoeff,

Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.

Actors : Soundarya, Meena, Arjun, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : K. Raghavendra Rao,

The story of the famous Saint-Poet Manjunatha.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tôru Kazama, Morio Kazama, Yûki Amami,
Directors : Tonkô Horikawa,

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her ...

Actors : Thomas Hanzon, Herborg Kråkevik, Kirsti Stubø, Jesper Langberg,
Directors : Thomas Robsahm,

Petra is driven away by a raging mob after engaging to merry 3 bachelors in her 1800's home town. On her flight toward the capitol, she lies her way into a vicarage. Based upon Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons famous 1968-novel "The fisher girl".

Actors : Patrícia Guerreiro, Suzana Borges, Rui Morisson, Rogério Samora,
Directors : João Botelho,

A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.

Actors : Maria João Luís, Virgílio Castelo, Filipe Ferrer, Cândido Ferreira,
Directors : Luís Filipe Rocha,

Luisa, a Portuguese Supreme Court Judge, is given the Camarate File, the investigation of the accident that led to the death of Portuguese Prime-Minister and his accompanists on December ...