Best History movies

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Miguel Guilherme, Diogo Dória, Luís Lucas,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ...

Actors : Ben Freeman, Kristian Nairn, Brian Blessed, Martyn Ford,
Directors : Nicholas Winter,

With his true love captured by the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, the legendary Robin Hood and his crew of outlaws execute a daring rescue to save her.

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In the Eighteenth Century, the "Traveling Company of Scenic Arts" composed of Tyrant, Lady Leonarde, Serafina, Isabella, Leandre, Zerbina, Matamore and Pulcinella gets lost while traveling ...

Actors : Saskia Rosendahl, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Tom Schilling,
Directors : Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck,

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.

Actors : Sarah Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Bobby Campo, Kristen Gutoskie,
Directors : Adam Cushman,

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Actors : Alfred Ekker Strande, Ola G. Furuseth, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Anne Krigsvoll,
Directors : Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken,

Rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.

Actors : Mokhtar Al Sayed, Rushdy Abaza, Umran Bahar, Aziza Badr,
Directors : Henry Barakat,

Based in British occupied Egypt, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a member of the resistance, seeks refuge in the house of a politically passive family after killing the prime minister for his acts of treason.

Actors : Edd Byrnes, Mickey Rooney, Raf Vallone, Stewart Granger,
Directors : Roger Corman,

In 1943, a group of hardened criminals is pardoned on the condition it accepts a mission to free a captive Italian general from the clutches of the Nazis.

Actors : Mrinal Kulkarni, Ajay Purkar, Chinmay Mandlekar, Smita Shewale,
Directors : Digpal Lanjekar,

Jay Shivaray In 'Subhedar', one will experience the thrilling feat of a mighty warrior who sacrifices his life to build the victory pylon of Swarajya on the summit of the fort, setting aside the marriage of his son.

Actors : Ye-ryeon Cha, Anh Thu, Anh-Thu, Anh Hong,
Directors : Tae-kyeong Kim,

"Muoi" charts the path of a Korean writer who travels to Vietnam in search of stories for her second novel. There she learns about a mystery centered around a century-old vengeful spirit.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Cüneyt Arkin, Bilal Inci, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Battal Gazi takes on the Byzantium to save his kidnapped wife and kid.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "romanian dream".

Actors : Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Philippe Caubère, Odile Cointepas,
Directors : Ariane Mnouchkine,

Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ...

Actors : Drica Moraes, Clarisse Abujamra, Thiago Justino, Tony Ramos,
Directors : João Jardim,

The movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination ...

Actors : Lesya Andreeva, Mariya Aronova, Nikolay Auzin, Mariya Antonova,
Directors : Dmitriy Meskhiev,

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.

Actors : Mukesh Rishi, Mrinal Kulkarni, Chinmay Mandlekar, Rohan Mankani,
Directors : Digpal Lanjekar,

One of the greatest and bravest incident from the life of The Great Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj where he defeated Afzalkhan with his brilliant tactics and courage.

Actors : Khushi Hajare, Amruta Khanvilkar, Bhargavi Chirmuley,
Directors : Tushar Shelar,

A Historical Movie Trilogy available in Hindi/Marathi on the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Part 1 highlights the attack on Burhanpur, Rajyabhishek and the Navy battle of Janjira.

Actors : Daisuke Ryû, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Halit Akçatepe, Kartal Tibet, Hakki Kosar,
Directors : Mehmet Aslan,

Attila the Hun, to add power to power, assigns Tarkan to seize the Golden Sword in China land. In order to do that, he must defeat Wang Yu.

Actors : Gyula Vikidál, László Pelsöczy, Miklós Varga, Katalin Berek,
Directors : Gábor Koltay,

After the death of Géza, the Hungarian monarch, his son István and his brother Koppány gets in a conflict for the Hungarian throne. Their battle should settle the fate of Hungary: whether it adopts Christianity or remains in Paganism.