Movie List for "history"

Brestskaya krepost (2010) Action Drama History Movie

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Aleksandr Kott
Writer: Aleksey Dudarev, Vladimir Eryomin, Ekaterina Tirdatova
Actors: Aleksey Kopashov, Andrey Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko

Kagemusha (1980) Drama History War Movie

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord’s double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken’ichi Hagiwara

Catch a Fire (2006) Biography Drama History Movie

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writer: Shawn Slovo
Actors: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli

Der Untergang (2004) Biography Drama History Movie

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger, Joachim Fest, Traudl Junge
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes

Il giovane favoloso (2014) Biography Drama History Movie

Based upon the short but fruitful life of illness-racked Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Mario Martone
Writer: Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
Actors: Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio

Maljukgeori janhoksa (2004) Action Drama History Movie

By “Fist of Fury”, Kim Hyun-Soo (Sang-Woo Kwone) addicted to Bruce Lee. Year 1978. Hyun-Soo moved to KangNam, Seoul. Hyun-Soo transferred to JungMoon High, Maljuk Street, Kangnam, Seoul. He goes schooling by No.78 Bus. First day a se Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Ha Yoo
Writer: Ha Yoo
Actors: Sang-Woo Kwon, Lee Jung-Jin, Ga-in Han

Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006) Action Drama History Movie

During China’s Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself. Year 2006.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Zhihong Bian, Yu Cao, Nan Wu
Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou

Sometimes in April (2005) Drama History War Movie

When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Raoul Peck
Writer: Raoul Peck
Actors: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero

También la lluvia (2010) Drama History Movie

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply. Year 2010.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Writer: Paul Laverty
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde

Utomlennye solntsem (1994) Drama History War Movie

In the Soviet Union in 1936, shadow of Stalin’s repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. The accusations of being him a foreign spy are nonsense, and all known that, but a slow process of his life’s downfall is already running. Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov, Rustam Ibragimbekov
Actors: Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov

Incheon sangryuk jakjeon (2016) Action Drama History Movie

A team of spies is sent into Incheon to gain intelligence on North Korean positions ahead of the invasion by UN forces. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: John H. Lee
Writer: Man-Hee Lee, John H. Lee, Sean Dulake
Actors: Liam Neeson, Jung-jae Lee, Beom-su Lee

Hyeomnyeo: Kar-ui gi-eok (2015) Action Drama History Movie

While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryo Dynasty. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Heung-sik Park
Writer: Ah-reum Choi, Heung-sik Park
Actors: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Go-eun, Jeon Do-yeon

Dvadtsat vosem panfilovtsev (2016) Action Drama History Movie

In November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa
Writer: Andrey Shalopa
Actors: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Pavel Aseev

L’albero degli zoccoli (1978) Drama History Movie

Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writer: Ermanno Olmi
Actors: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli

Fontane Effi Briest (1974) Drama History Movie

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. She soon bears a daughter, Annie, and hires Year 1974.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Theodor Fontane
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel