Movie List for "history 3"

The King’s Speech (2010)

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. Year 2010.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: David Seidler (screenplay)
Actors: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Robert Portal

Macbeth (2015)

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Justin Kurzel
Writer: Todd Louiso (screenplay), Jacob Koskoff (screenplay), Michael Lesslie (screenplay), William Shakespeare (play)
Actors: Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard

Suffragette (2015)

In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Sarah Gavron
Writer: Abi Morgan
Actors: Anne-Marie Duff, Grace Stottor, Geoff Bell, Carey Mulligan

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Simon Kinberg (screenplay by), Jane Goldman (story by), Simon Kinberg (story by), Matthew Vaughn (story by)
Actors: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence

Never Look Away (2018)

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. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Actors: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl

Ophelia (2018)

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: George MacKay, Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen

Hidden Figures (2016)

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer: Allison Schroeder (screenplay by), Theodore Melfi (screenplay by), Margot Lee Shetterly (based on the book by)
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner

The Birdcatcher (2019)

A Jewish girl Esther is forced to conceal her identity as a boy on a Nazi-Norwegian farm. Plotting her escape to Sweden, her daily challenge to keep her true identity a secret, leads to a series of choices and consequences. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Director: Ross Clarke
Writer: Trond Morten Kristensen
Actors: August Diehl, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Laura Birn

7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

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

The Post (2017)

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Actors: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk

Operation Avalanche (2016)

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Matt Johnson
Writer: Josh Boles, Matt Johnson
Actors: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Andrew Appelle, Jared Raab

Wolves (2014)

A boy is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycans. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: David Hayter
Writer: David Hayter
Actors: Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Merritt Patterson

Gangster Land (2017)

A very high level and brief history of how “Machine Gun Jack McGurn” rose from amateur boxer to second in command of Al Capone’s criminal empire. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Writer: Ian Patrick Williams
Actors: Sean Faris, Milo Gibson, Jason Patric, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Land of Mine (2015)

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Writer: Martin Zandvliet
Actors: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

A deadly threat from Earth’s history reappears, and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Art Marcum (screenplay by), Matt Holloway (screenplay by), Ken Nolan (screenplay by), Akiva Goldsman (story by), Art Marcum (story by), Matt Holloway (story by), Ken Nolan (story by)
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screen story), David Barstow (based upon an article by), David Rohde (based upon an article by), Stephanie Saul (based upon an article by)
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont