Movie List for "history 6"

Harriet (2019) Action Biography Drama History Movie

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 Command (2018) Action Adventure Drama History Thriller Movie

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

Dark Waters (2019) Biography Drama History Thriller Movie

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

Death of a Nation (2018) Documentary History Movie

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

Midway (2019) Action Adventure Drama History War Movie

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

The Canterbury Tales (1972) Comedy Drama History Movie

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

All Is True (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

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

Maleficarum (2011) Drama History Horror Movie

Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Spanish Inquisition of Lima, Peru. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History, Horror
Director: Jac Avila
Writer: Jac Avila
Actors: Amy Hesketh, Mila Joya, Roberto Lopez, Alejandro Loayza

Caligula (1979) Drama History Movie

Details the graphic and shocking but undeniably tragic story of Rome’s most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Tinto Brass
Writer: Gore Vidal (adapted from an original screenplay by), Masolino D’Amico
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Guido Mannari, John Gielgud

12 Strong (2018) Action Drama History War Movie

12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
Writer: Ted Tally, Peter Craig, Doug Stanton (based on the book, “Horse Soldiers” by)
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban

Chappaquiddick (2017) Drama History Thriller Movie

Depicting Ted Kennedy’s involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: John Curran
Writer: Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan
Actors: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern

Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini’s powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Harold Cronk
Writer: Richard Friedenberg (screenplay by), Ken Hixon (screenplay by), Laura Hillenbrand (based on the book “Unbroken” by)
Actors: Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Bobby Campo, David Sakurai

Caligula and Messalina (1981) Action Adventure Biography Drama History Movie

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at… Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon(co-director)
Writer: Antonio Passalia
Actors: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera

Harem Suare (1999) Drama History Movie

In Baghdad in the early 1900’s, a young woman rises up through the ranks of power within the Ottoman Empire. She and a eunuch plan an elaborate scheme for the release of the female slaves. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek (story and screenplay), Gianni Romoli (story and screenplay)
Actors: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucia Bosè, Valeria Golino

The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gleb Panfilov
Writer: Inna Churikova, Gleb Panfilov, Ivan Panfilov
Actors: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova

The Sun (2005) Drama History Movie

Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov’s quadrilogy of Power, following Moloch (1999) and Taurus (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan’s defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Yuriy Arabov, Jeremy Noble
Actors: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano