In November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks. Year 2016.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa |
| Writer: Andrey Shalopa |
| Actors: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Pavel Aseev, Ivan Batarev |
In the 13th century, an amnesiac soldier vows to get his revenge on the Mongol army that ransacked his village. Year 2017.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Dzhanik Fayziev, Ivan Shurkhovetskiy |
| Writer: Dmitriy Paltsev, Dmitriy Raevskiy, Evgeniy Raevskiy, Sergey Yudakov |
| Actors: Ilya Malakov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksandr Ilin, Timofey Tribuntsev |
A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Year 2018.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War |
| Director: Claire McCarthy |
| Writer: Semi Chellas (adaptation), Semi Chellas, Lisa Klein (book), Lisa Klein (novel), William Shakespeare (characters) |
| Actors: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O’Rourke, Nathaniel Parker |
Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. Year 2018.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Director: José Padilha |
| Writer: Gregory Burke (screenplay by) |
| Actors: Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer, Daniel Brühl |
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war. Year 2018.
| Generes: Documentary, History, War |
| Director: Peter Jackson |
| Writer: Esat Ozcan |
| Actors: Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby, Attwood |
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee. Year 2007.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War |
| Director: Ang Lee |
| Writer: Eileen Chang (story), James Schamus (screenplay), Hui-Ling Wang (screenplay) |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang |
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution. Year 2012.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance |
| Director: Benoît Jacquot |
| Writer: Benoît Jacquot (scenario), Gilles Taurand (scenario), Chantal Thomas (novel) |
| Actors: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky |
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Year 2019.
| Generes: Documentary, History |
| Director: Todd Douglas Miller |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Deke Slayton |
The story of Togo, the sled dog who led the 1925 serum run yet was considered by most to be too small and weak to lead such an intense race. Year 2019.
| Generes: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History |
| Director: Ericson Core |
| Writer: Tom Flynn (screenplay) |
| Actors: Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Richard Dormer |
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. Year 2019.
| Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History |
| Director: Kasi Lemmons |
| Writer: Gregory Allen Howard (screenplay by), Kasi Lemmons (screenplay by), Gregory Allen Howard (story by) |
| Actors: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters |
The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Year 2018.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Director: Thomas Vinterberg |
| Writer: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore (based on Robert Moore’s book “A Time to Die”) |
| Actors: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl |
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. Year 2019.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller |
| Director: Todd Haynes |
| Writer: Nathaniel Rich (based on The New York Times magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by), Mario Correa (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay) |
| Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman |
This docudrama draws parallels between the dramatic fracturing of the nation over Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Year 2018.
| Generes: Documentary, History |
| Director: Dinesh D’Souza, Bruce Schooley |
| Writer: Dinesh D’Souza (based on the book “The Big Lie” by), Dinesh D’Souza (based on the book “The Death of a Nation” by), Dinesh D’Souza, Bruce Schooley |
| Actors: Dinesh D’Souza, Victoria Chilap, Pavel Kríz, Rafael Prazák |
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. Year 2019.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Roland Emmerich |
| Writer: Wes Tooke |
| Actors: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans |
Pasolini’s artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer’s most erotic tales. Year 1972.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, History |
| Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay), Geoffrey Chaucer (book) |
| Actors: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti |
A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare. Year 2018.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History |
| Director: Kenneth Branagh |
| Writer: Ben Elton |
| Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Nonso Anozie |