Movie List for "history 5"

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Director: George C. Wolfe
Writer: Rebecca Skloot (based on the book written by), Peter Landesman (screenplay by), Alexander Woo (screenplay by), George C. Wolfe (screenplay by)
Actors: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds

13 Hours (2016)

During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Chuck Hogan (screenplay), Mitchell Zuckoff (book)
Actors: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman

The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)

Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Director: Matthew Holmes
Writer: Matthew Holmes
Actors: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin

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

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

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