Best History movies

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 : Katherine Waterston, Christian Rubeck, Pål Sverre Hagen, Trond Espen Seim,
Directors : Espen Sandberg,

The life and facts of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to arrive on the South Pole.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish immigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage ...

Actors : James Burke, Jules Bergman, Neil Armstrong,
Directors : Peter Middleton,

In April 1970, NASA faced the greatest crisis in its history; three astronauts halfway to the moon on a spacecraft that had suffered a catastrophic explosion.

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 : Charlie MacGechan, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Christopher Abbott, Matilda Firth, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Julia Garner,
Directors : Lior Geller, Leigh Whannell,

The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.

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 : François Civil, Pio Marmaï, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris,
Directors : Martin Bourboulon,

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

Actors : Anne Alvaro, Wojciech Pszoniak, Roland Blanche, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a ...

Actors : Tobias Santelmann, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen, Anders Baasmo,
Directors : Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken,

Summer 1941: Hitler seems unstoppable, invading the Soviet Union. Convoys of cargo ships with war materials began the perilous journey to Murmansk. Ordinary sailors facing German superiority in the icy Arctic sea with lives at stake.

Actors : Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

A Russian Prince experiences battle against Napoleon and a troubled relationship with his father and wife. Finds acceptance of her death and eventually his chance of true love. A spoiled, ...

Actors : Fabio Testi, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Lino Capolicchio,
Directors : Vittorio De Sica,

In the late 1930s, in Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading families, wealthy, aristocratic, urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather...

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 : Anne Bancroft, George C. Scott, Roy Thinnes, William Atherton,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.

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.

Actors : Maxine Peake, Tanya Reynolds, Freddie Fox, Charles Dance,
Directors : Thomas Clay,

Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great ...

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 : Richard Boone, Maurice Evans, Charlton Heston, Rosemary Forsyth,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the ...

Actors : Woo-seong Kam, Joon-Gi Lee, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jin-young Jung,
Directors : Joon-ik Lee,

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

Actors : Richard Rishi, Natarajan Subramaniam, Rakshana Indusudan,
Directors : Mohan G.,

In modern times and 14th century India, rulers navigate between Madurai and Delhi Sultanates' power. Hoysala Emperor Vallalar III uses diplomacy to protect his realm, while betrayals and ambition reshape the kingdom.