Best History movies

Actors : Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Barry Coe, Diane Baker,
Directors : Rudolph Maté,

A small army of Greeks spearheaded by 300 Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian army.

Actors : Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.

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 : 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 : Burak Sergen, Özge Özberk, 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 : 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 : 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 : Haoran Liu, Ye Gao, Chuan-jun Wang, Nathaniel Boyd,
Directors : Ao Shen,

During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, postman A Chang posed as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risked his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.

Actors : Darshan Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 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 : Eamon Farren, Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Justin Rain,
Directors : Ted Geoghegan,

Late in the War of 1812, a young Mohawk woman and her two lovers battle a squad of American soldiers hell-bent on revenge.

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 : Carol Lynley, John Huston, Romy Schneider, Tom Tryon,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Actors : Mehmet Ali Erbil, Demet Sener, Sümer Tilmaç, Cem Davran,
Directors : Gani Müjde,

Kahpe Bizans tells us the story of Yetis Bey(Cem Davran)and his struggle with Byzantian Emperor(Illetyus)in a humorous way.

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 : 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 : 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 : Anaïs Demoustier, Aurélia Petit, Frédéric Pierrot, 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 : 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 : Ian Richardson, Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson,
Directors : Peter Brook,

In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.