Movie List for "history"

The Counterfeiters (2007) Crime Drama History Movie

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII. Year 2007.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer: Adolf Burger, Stefan Ruzowitzky
Actors: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow

Yellow Earth (1984) Drama History Music Movie

‘Yellow Earth’ focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to coll… Year 1984.

Generes: Drama, History, Music
Director: Kaige Chen
Writer: Kaige Chen, Lan Ke, Ziliang Zhang
Actors: Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu

The Edge (2010) Adventure Drama History Movie

In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians. Year 2010.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Aleksey Uchitel
Writer: Aleksandr Gonorovskiy, Gerard Michael MacCarthy
Actors: Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel, Yuliya Peresild

City of Life and Death (2009) Drama History War Movie

In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone. Year 2009.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Chuan Lu
Writer: Chuan Lu
Actors: Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi

Hibiscus Town (1987) Drama History Romance Movie

Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution. Year 1987.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Jin Xie
Writer: Cheng Ah, Hua Gu, Jin Xie
Actors: Wen Jiang, Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) Biography Drama History Movie

Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton. Year 2021.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Shaka King
Writer: Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenneth Lucas
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons

6 Days (2017) Action Drama History Movie

Based on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action-thriller dramatizes a six-day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Toa Fraser
Writer: Glenn Standring, Rusty Firmin
Actors: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish

The Warrior (2001) Action Drama History Movie

1375. Nine Koryo warriors, envoys exiled by Imperial China, battle to protect a Chinese Ming Princess from Mongolian troops. Year 2001.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Sung-su Kim
Writer: Sung-su Kim
Actors: Jung Woo-sung, Sung-Ki Ahn, Ju Jin-Mo

Charming the Hearts of Men (2021) Drama History Romance Movie

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional al… Year 2021.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: S.E. DeRose
Writer: S.E. DeRose
Actors: Anna Friel, Kelsey Grammer, Starletta DuPois

Finding Altamira (2016) Biography Drama History Movie

Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira’s caves. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Hugh Hudson
Writer: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Clément Sibony, Rupert Everett

The Scarlet Letter (1973) Drama History Movie

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but… Year 1973.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Tankred Dorst, Ursula Ehler, Bernardo Fernández
Actors: Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Yelena Samarina

Woman in Gold (2015) Biography Drama History Movie

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Simon Curtis
Writer: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann
Actors: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl

The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Biography Drama History Movie

A surreal biopic of Armenian poet Sayat Nova, told via non-narrative amalgamations of images, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov. Year 1969.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Writer: Sayat Nova, Sergei Parajanov
Actors: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan

Annelie (1941) Comedy Drama History Movie

A Berlin woman grows up in the wake of Prussia’s victory over France in 1870 and lives to see her grandchildren participating in the military successes of Germany under Hitler. Year 1941.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Josef von Báky
Writer: Walter Lieck, Thea von Harbou
Actors: Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack

Toba Tek Singh (2018) Drama History Movie

Toba Tek Singh is a story about the aftershocks of the partition between India and Pakistan. The story is written by Saadat Hassan Manto. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Ketan Mehta
Writer: Udit Chandraul, Saadat Hassan Manto, Ketan Mehta
Actors: Pankaj Kapur, Vinay Pathak, N.K. Pant