Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka, Hashizô Ôkawa, Ryûtarô Ôtomo,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.

Actors : John Mills, Michèle Mercier, Harald Leipnitz, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Christian-Jaque,

Noticed by George Romney, an artist, Emma, a young shepherdess, leaves her sheep behind to settle down in London with Romney, who employs her as a model. In return, the painter transforms ...

Actors : Vladimir Zamanskiy, Nikolai Kryukov, Georgiy Yumatov, Gennadiy Yukhtin,
Directors : Vladimir Dovgan,

On the 250th day of Sevastopol defense, at the edge of a bombed city, with no radio link and a bullets, twelve soldiers of the Soviet Army are holding out of the last forces.

Actors : Aldo Berti, Giulio Bosetti, Elsa Albani, Giuseppe Addobbati,
Directors : Jean Delannoy,

This loose biopic relates the adult life of Paolina (Paulette), the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She is portrayed as a willful, yet impulsive woman, through her marriages and scandals, through the heights and depths of Napoleon's life.

Actors : Yeong-gyun Shin, No-shik Park, Kyeong-hie Lee, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : In-hyeon Choi,

Lee Seong-gye passes all his military training with the highest honors and at a very young age. He puts down a rebellion and destroys the Yeojin tribe that was threatening the northern ...

Actors : Bina Rai, Pradeep Kumar, Veena, Jabeen Jalil,
Directors : M. Sadiq,

It was at the Meena Bazar that Shehzada Khurram first laid eyes on Arjuman Banu. When their eyes met it was love at first sight for both of them. When Queen Noor Jehan, one of the wives of ...

Actors : Zhanna Bolotova, Stefan Danailov, Venelin Pekhlivanov, Vladimir Retsepter,
Directors : Vladimir Yanchev,

The Russian conspirator Concordia arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets the Bulgarian Ivan Zagubanski and gives him two suitcases with false...

Actors : Hiroshi Mizuhara, Michiko Nishizaki, Hibari Misora, Jûshirô Konoe,
Directors : Kokichi Uchide,

Kinu (Hibari Misora) is a young heiress to a wealthy, yet common-born father whom is the local village-elder. On the road towards getting married, she had her heart broken when she finds ...

Actors : Ilia Livykou, Manos Katrakis, Anna Iasonidou, Daphne Skoura,
Directors : Dimitris Doukas,

The siege of the Turks against the Greeks and the heroic exit from Messolonghi. This film shows the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks for their homeland and their freedom.

Actors : Alex Ansky, Shmuel Atzmon, Avraham Ben-Yosef, Rolf Brin,
Directors : David Perlov,

Excerpts from six hours of interviews with Ben Gurion, his friends, family, and also detractors, reconstructing important landmarks from his life.

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Mohammad Abdi, Yasemin Alev, Firuz,
Directors : Esmail Kushan,

Ali gets in trouble with the governor Emir's men, his grandfather gets killed, he leaves the village and moves to the town with his mother. Tugrul treats people in the town cruelly. He ...

Actors : Rik Battaglia, Pascale Petit, George Ardisson, Corrado Pani,

Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.

Actors : R. Muthuraman, Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Shivaji Ganesan, Ashokan,
Directors : B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu,

Brave Karna proves his bravery and loyalty but endures humiliation.

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Jaromír Hanzlík, Stanislava Bartosová, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Karel Steklý,

The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One ...

Actors : Sylva Koscina, Rossano Brazzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Tina Louise,
Directors : Pietro Francisci,

The history of the Roman siege in Greek city of Syracuse, which occurred during the Second Punic War between 214 and 212 B.C. The Romans were preparing for their invasion while Archimedes ...

Actors : Yuriko Hoshi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ...

Actors : Fuad Aliyev, Ata Alovov, Soyun Amangeldyev, Nazar Bekmiyev,
Directors : Alty Karliyev,

an event from the life of the poet Magtymguly Pyragy (1724-1807)

Actors : Giorgos Tzortzis, Hristos Politis, Giota Soimoiri, Stephanos Stratigos,
Directors : Vasilis Georgiadis,

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school, and ...

Actors : José Cortés, Eloy Gambín, José Luis Lizalde, Félix Fernández,
Directors : León Klimovsky,

War film set during the French Independence War (1815)