Best History movies of 2009

Actors : Natasa Janjic, Predrag Vasic, Lazar Ristovski, Bora Todorovic,
Directors : Srdjan Dragojevic,

The Kingdom of Serbia, as part of the Balkan League, battling the remaining Turkish occupiers during the First Balkan War in 1912 and outbreak of World War I in 1914 and the crucial Battle ...

Actors : Zahide Acar, Çagla Acar, Serif Agdas, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Murat Saraçoglu,

The story of an exile man who came from Russia. He is the last descended of his family.

Actors : Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini, Giselda Volodi,
Directors : Donatella Maiorca,

Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di mare, presents a ...

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Raz Degan, Rutger Hauer, Christo Jivkov,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.

Actors : Nina Usatova, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnyov, Sergey Makovetskiy,
Directors : Vladimir Khotinenko,

Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.

Actors : Mammootty, T. Damodaran, Sasi Kalinga, Suresh Krishna,
Directors : Renjith,

A private detective investigates a cold case , which is the first registered murder case in Kerala, after 50 years.

Actors : Hayley Carr, Olivier Gruner, Michael Berryman, Tino Struckmann,
Directors : Jerry Buteyn,

The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany ...

Actors : Deok-Hwan Ryu, Dal-su Oh, Ji-won Uhm, Jung-min Hwang,
Directors : Dae-min Park,

The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of ...

Actors : Csaba Lucas, Vera Graziadei, Lea Mornar, Winter Ave Zoli,
Directors : Constantin Werner,

A controversial film about the end of the old pagan world in central Europe, THE PAGAN QUEEN is based on the Czech legend of Libuse, the Slavic queen of 8th century Bohemia. Gifted with ...

Actors : Heather Fields, Alan Collett, Libby Clearfield, Dianna Collett,

A terrorist cell takes three Americans hostage and threatens to expose a secret that will shatter America's soul.

Actors : Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Samuel Fuller, Efratia Gitai,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ...

Actors : Billy Zane, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Lyne Renee,
Directors : Paul Breuls,

In 1945 a group of victorious American officers discover a stash of German jewels and try to fence them in New York.

Actors : Nabil Elouahabi, Chems-Eddine Zinoune, Hassam Ghancy, Essam Edriss,
Directors : Bruce Neibaur,

One of the greatest travelers in human history, 21 year old law student Ibn Battutah set out alone to Mecca from Tangiers in 1325 and returned to Morocco almost 30 years later. This is the ...

Actors : Chung-Hua Tou, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q,
Directors : Zhuangzhuang Tian,

The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves.

Actors : Tobias Moretti, Eulàlia Ramon, Sergi Roca, Anna Saura Ramón,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.

Actors : Orgil Makhaan, Stepanida Borissova, Sergei Egorov, Gernot Grimm,
Directors : Andrei Borissov,

Actors : Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Lik-Sun Fong, Eason Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Jing Wong,

Hong Kong under British rule, when corruption and bribery were the order of the day. Chinese Chief Constable Lak (Tony Leung Ka Fai) together with his gang, Uncorn (Anthony Wong), Gale (Eason Chan), Gold (Wong Jing), laundered drug money.

Actors : Adam Woronowicz, Artur Balczynski, Stanislaw Banasiuk, Adam Biedrzycki,
Directors : Rafal Wieczynski,

Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.

Actors : Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak,
Directors : Ryszard Bugajski,

The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.

Actors : Sara Canning, Mathieu Bourguet, Ferron Guerreiro, Jefferson Bruyere,
Directors : Danishka Esterhazy,

A dark historical drama about two sisters, the man that comes between them, and the tragedy that results. Set in the 1870s.