Best History movies of 2000s

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Allan Gildea, James Nesbitt,
Directors : Paul Greengrass,

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.

Actors : Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard,
Directors : Billy Ray,

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon,
Directors : Robert De Niro,

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Bryan Singer,

A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

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

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

Actors : Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich,
Directors : Gavin O'Connor,

Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.

Actors : Ioan Gruffudd, Josh Brolin, Colin Hanks, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A chronicle of the life and presidency of George W. Bush.

Actors : Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Actors : Bruce Greenwood, Shawn Driscoll, Drake Cook, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

A dramatization and a fictionalized account of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

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 : Eric Bana, Scarlett Johansson, Jim Sturgess, Natalie Portman,
Directors : Justin Chadwick,

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Ren Ôsugi, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A 19th-century samurai tries to protect a battered wife.

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 : Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street,
Directors : Rob Sitch,

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Actors : Elias Koteas, Stephen Dillane, Shia LaBeouf, James Paxton,
Directors : Bill Paxton,

In the 1913 US Open, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played against his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.

Actors : Peter Mygind, Mads Mikkelsen, Thure Lindhardt, Stine Stengade,
Directors : Ole Christian Madsen,

A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.

Actors : Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.