Best History movies of 2010s

Actors : Masami Nagasawa, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto,
Directors : Shinsuke Sato,

In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.

Actors : Herson Capri, Bella Camero, Ana Paula Bouzas, Humberto Carrão,
Directors : Wagner Moura,

Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.

Actors : Bashir Salahuddin, Mo McRae, Trai Byers, Aja Naomi King,
Directors : Kevin Willmott,

It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.

Actors : Einat Weitzman, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Michael Warshaviak, Pini Mittelman,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Matt Lanter, Thomas Jane, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Mario Van Peebles,

During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 300 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.

Actors : Brandon Mychal Smith, Michael Chernus, Juno Temple, Melissa Leo,
Directors : Tommy O'Haver,

The life of Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists.

Actors : Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Christian Bale,
Directors : Adam McKay,

VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall, David Schaal, Stephen Lord,
Directors : Adrian Noble,

A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.

Actors : Marc Gwamaka, Hadidja Zaninka, Cassandra Freeman, Cleophas Kabasita,
Directors : Alrick Brown,

A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amidst chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror.

Actors : Ozan Agaç, Murat Arkin, Bedii Akin, Eylül Arular,
Directors : Alper Caglar,

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death.

Actors : Jennifer Hudson, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Darrell Roodt,

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

Actors : Natsuki Inaba, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Han, Non,
Directors : Sunao Katabuchi,

Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the...

Actors : Boguslaw Linda, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Aleksandra Justa, Zofia Wichlacz,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.

Actors : Mélanie Bernier, Vincent Elbaz, Philippe Bas, Grégori Derangère,
Directors : Julien Leclercq,

Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a high-jacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill,
Directors : Neeraj Pandey,

A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.

Actors : Sarah Gadon, Lucas Bryant, Michael Nyqvist, Malin Buska,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Actors : Arron Villaflor, John Arcilla, Jeffrey Quizon, Mon Confiado,
Directors : Jerrold Tarog,

Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.

Actors : Sophie Skelton, Michael Rainey Jr., Dwayne Cameron, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : York Alec Shackleton,

Bank heist movie in the vein of "End of Watch" meets "Black Hawk Down".

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Vansh Bhardwaj, Suvinder Vicky, Parineeti Chopra,
Directors : Anurag Singh,

Based on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897.

Actors : Joe Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, Dong-gun Jang, In-kwon Kim,
Directors : Je-kyu Kang,

In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.