Best History movies

Actors : Mrinal Kulkarni, Ankit Mohan, Ajay Purkar, Chinmay Mandlekar, Ruchi Savarn Mohan,
Directors : Digpal Lanjekar,

The story of the Maratha Warriors at the battle of Pavan Khind in 1660.

Actors : Maggie Q, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Cunxin Pu, Andy Lau,
Directors : Daniel Lee,

His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao Zilong, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an ...

Actors : Özge Özberk, Burak Sergen, Cansel Elcin, Yasar Abravaya,

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men ...

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.

Actors : Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Ali Reza Shoja-Nuri, Mina Sadati,
Directors : Majid Majidi,

The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.

Actors : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Darshan Kumar, Richa Chadha, Randeep Hooda,
Directors : Omung Kumar,

Biopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.

Actors : Oksana Fandera, Ilya Andryukov, Pavel Derevyanko, Lyubov Aksyonova,
Directors : Klim Shipenko,

USSR, June 1985. Based on actual events. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life.

Actors : Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Richard McCabe, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : Vishal Bhardwaj,

A love triangle forms against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Actors : Frederico Zardi, Sennuccio Benelli, Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Actors : Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford,
Directors : Orson Welles,

The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.

Actors : Ninetto Davoli, Hugh Griffith, Franco Citti, Laura Betti,
Directors : Pier Paolo Pasolini,

Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Al Pacino, Nastassja Kinski, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find...

Actors : Hugo Arana, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe,
Directors : Luis Puenzo,

After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Actors : Hyeon-soo Kim, Jang Hyuk, Man-sik Jeong, Joe Taslim,
Directors : Jae-Hoon Choi,

Three different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.

Actors : Dudley Sutton, Marc Warren, Iain Glen, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Aisling Walsh,

"Song for a Raggy Boy" is based on the true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.

Actors : Thomas M. Wright, Arthur Angel, Oscar Redding, Paul Ashcroft,
Directors : Jonathan auf der Heide,

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment,...

Actors : Ryôko Hirosue, Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Ohsawa, Jun Kaname,
Directors : Kazuaki Kiriya,

Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief...

Actors : Yilmaz Erdogan, Monica Bellucci, Behrouz Vossoughi, Caner Cindoruk,
Directors : Bahman Ghobadi,

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.

Actors : Anaïs Demoustier, Frédéric Pierrot, Aurélia Petit, Jérémie Elkaïm,
Directors : Valérie Donzelli,

An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.

Actors : Pallavi Sharda, Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Srijit Mukherji,

The story of eleven prostitutes who refuse to part ways with their brothel and each other during the partition between India and Pakistan.