Best History movies

Actors : Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Cusack,
Directors : John Sayles,

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Actors : Jessica Lange, Anthony Hopkins, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Claire Foy, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Will Sharpe,

English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

Actors : Tom Welling, Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Peter Landesman,

A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Actors : Cherry Jones, Andrew Garfield, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jessica Chastain,
Directors : Michael Showalter,

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Willem Dafoe,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Actors : Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine,
Directors : Simon Curtis,

A behind-the-scenes look at the life of author A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son C.R. Milne.

Actors : Julian Barratt, Ryan Pope, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover,
Directors : Ben Wheatley,

Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.

Actors : Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen, Raymond Thiry,
Directors : Martin Koolhoven,

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot.

Actors : Shohreh Aghdashloo, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Hiam Abbass, Oscar Isaac,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Actors : Paul Mescal, Chris Cooper, Josh O'Connor,
Directors : Oliver Hermanus,

Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.

Actors : Johannes Krisch, Alexander Fehling, Friederike Becht, André Szymanski,
Directors : Giulio Ricciarelli,

A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Judi Dench,
Directors : John Madden,

Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but ...

Actors : Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie,
Directors : Mona Fastvold,

Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. Depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.

Actors : Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Eleanor Tomlinson, Dominic West,
Directors : Wash Westmoreland,

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

Actors : Phoeung Kompheak, Sareum Srey Moch, Mun Kimhak, Sveng Socheata,
Directors : Angelina Jolie,

Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Actors : Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac, Benicio Del Toro, Brady Corbet,
Directors : Andrea Di Stefano,

In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams - and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.

Actors : Velizar Binev, David Chandler, David Arquette, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Directors : Tim Blake Nelson,

A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkommando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone.

Actors : Juliane Köhler, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Oliver Hirschbiegel,

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Actors : James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Jonathan English,

In 13th-century England, a small group of Knights Templar fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.