Movie List for "history"

Sissi (1955) Comedy Drama History Movie

In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister’s fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef. Year 1955.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Ernst Marischka
Writer: Ernst Marischka
Actors: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider

Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (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

Operation Finale (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Chris Weitz
Writer: Matthew Orton
Actors: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent

Killers of the Flower Moon (2022) Crime Drama History Movie

Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s sparking a major F.B.I. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. Year 2022.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: David Grann, Eric Roth
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone

Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) Action Drama History Movie

Indian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Aditya Dhar
Writer: Aditya Dhar
Actors: Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina

Bridge of Spies (2015) Drama History Thriller Movie

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

The Legend (1993) Action Comedy History Movie

This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission… Year 1993.

Generes: Action, Comedy, History
Director: Corey Yuen
Writer: Kin Chung Chan, Susan Godfrey, Jeffrey Lau
Actors: Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis

Of Freaks and Men (1998) Comedy Drama History Movie

Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themsel… Year 1998.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Writer: Aleksey Balabanov
Actors: Sergey Makovetskiy, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina

Lust, Caution (2007) Drama History Romance Movie

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
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Eileen Chang, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen

Russian Ark (2002) Drama Fantasy History Movie

A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Boris Khaimsky, Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina
Actors: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy

The Last Witness (2018) History Thriller Movie

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years. Year 2018.

Generes: History, Thriller
Director: Piotr Szkopiak
Writer: Paul Szambowski, Piotr Szkopiak
Actors: Alex Pettyfer, Robert Wieckiewicz, Talulah Riley

Descendant (2022) Documentary History Movie

Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story. Year 2022.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Margaret Brown
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A

Wondrous Boccaccio (2015) Comedy Drama History Movie

A group of ten young friends hide out from a deadly disease in the countryside during the 1300’s. Year 2015.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Writer: Giovanni Boccaccio, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Actors: Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini

Empire of the Sun (1987) Drama History War Movie

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Year 1987.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tom Stoppard, J.G. Ballard, Menno Meyjes
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson

Redeeming Love (2022) Drama History Romance Movie

Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. Can her heart ever be mended? Based upon the novel by Francine Rivers. Year 2022.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: D.J. Caruso
Writer: Francine Rivers, D.J. Caruso
Actors: Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane

Ben-Hur (1959) Adventure Drama History Movie

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Year 1959.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History
Director: William Wyler
Writer: Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal
Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd