Best History movies of 2010

Actors : Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Robert Redford,

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Actors : Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lambert Wilson, Mélanie Thierry,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella...

Actors : Aisling Loftus, Emily Watson, Lorraine Ashbourne, Stuart Wolfenden,
Directors : Jim Loach,

Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.

Actors : Neels van Jaarsveld, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman,
Directors : Steven Silver,

A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach,
Directors : Xavier Beauvois,

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

Actors : Jean Reno, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué, Mélanie Laurent,
Directors : Rose Bosch,

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Asma Al Shiukhy, Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto,
Directors : Julian Schnabel,

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Actors : Juan Carlos Aduviri, Gael García Bernal, Karra Elejalde, Luis Tosar,
Directors : Icíar Bollaín,

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Actors : Andy On, Xun Zhou, Wenzhuo Zhao, Xiaodong Guo,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school. However, Su's peaceful life is shattered when his...

Actors : Max Casella, Massimo Ranieri, Angela Luce, John Turturro,
Directors : John Turturro,

A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.

Actors : Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Donnie Yen, Alex Ahlstrom, Qi Shu,
Directors : Wai-Keung Lau,

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious ...

Actors : Chun Wu, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Wei Zhao, Donnie Yen,
Directors : Daniel Lee,

A kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen) in the emperor's court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues.

Actors : Mélanie Bernier, Vincent Elbaz, Philippe Bas, Grégori Derangère,
Directors : Julien Leclercq,

Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a high-jacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Actors : Xiaoming Huang, Bingbing Fan, Xueqi Wang, You Ge,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

To save the only child of the Zhao Family, whose entire clan was massacred at the hands of a nefarious minister, a doctor sacrifices his own son; after the Zhao child grows up, the doctor becomes intent on seeking his vengeance.

Actors : Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley,
Directors : Jeremy Sims,

In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.

Actors : Christopher Lukas, Emily Mitchell, Zeb Hollins III, Tim Cusack,
Directors : Wendy Jo Cohen,

Ken Burns meets Spinal Tap in a subversive tour de force relaying the outrageous life stories of four forgotten Civil War heroes: an opium-addicted gay Colonel, an aging Chinese launderer, ...

Actors : Aleksandr Korshunov, Aleksey Kopashov, Pavel Derevyanko, Andrey Merzlikin,
Directors : Aleksandr Kott,

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.

Actors : Barbie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, Xueqi Wang, Woo-sung Jung,
Directors : Chao-Bin Su,

Drizzle/Zeng Jing tries to start a new life after she had betrayed her gang and hid the remains of monk.

Actors : Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, Burhan Güven, Fikret Kagan Olcay, Dolunay Soysert,
Directors : Zülfü Livaneli,

Story based on the memoirs of Salih Bozok, which traces the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.