Movie List for "history"

Machuca (2004)

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile. Year 2004.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Andrés Wood
Writer: Eliseo Altunaga, Roberto Brodsky, Mamoun Hassan, Andrés Wood
Actors: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Küppenheim

Owning Mahowny (2003)

A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history. Year 2003.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Writer: Gary Stephen Ross (book), Maurice Chauvet (screenplay)
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin

The Agronomist (2003)

The true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist. Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: N/A
Actors: Jean Dominique, Aboudja, Ronald Reagan

The Ghosts of Edendale (2003)

A young couple moves into a neighborhood obsessed with the frightening silent movie history that took place 80 years before. As the boyfriend also becomes obsessed, it becomes apparent that… Year 2003.

Generes: Horror, Western, Thriller
Director: Stefan Avalos
Writer: Stefan Avalos
Actors: Paula Ficara, Stephen Wastell, Andrew Kirsanov, Keith Fulton

The Real Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Robert Elmer Kleasen (1934-2003) was an American who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1975 for the murder of two young men near Austin, Texas. His conviction was later overturned and… Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary, Crime, History
Director: Paul Douglas, Andrew Mackenzie-Betty
Writer: Paul Douglas
Actors: Sean Barrett, Ken Driggs, Ronnie Earle, Robert Elmer Kleasen

Singing Behind Screens (2003)

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama, History, Music
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writer: Ermanno Olmi (screenplay)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni, Camillo Grassi

Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)

A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer. Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: George Hickenlooper
Writer: George Hickenlooper
Actors: Rodney Bingenheimer, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, X

Deep Blue (2003)

The natural history of the oceans Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Andy Byatt, Alastair Fothergill
Writer: David Attenborough
Actors: Michael Gambon, David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, Frank Glaubrecht

Investigation of a Flame (2003)

On May 17, 1968, three Catholic priests, a nurse, an artist and four others walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and burned … Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Lynne Sachs
Writer: N/A
Actors: Daniel Berrigan, David Darst, John Hogan, Tom Lewis

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)

A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance. Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Tom Piozet
Writer: Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Sue Peosay
Actors: Edward Edwards, Ed Harris, Shirley Knight, Tim Robbins

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2002)

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, History, Music
Director: Lee Hirsch
Writer: Lee Hirsch
Actors: Walter Cronkite, F.W. de Klerk, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jesse Jackson

Price for Peace (2002)

This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in … Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, History, War
Director: James Moll
Writer: N/A
Actors: Zenji Abe, Stephen Ambrose, Hal Braun, Jeanne Doll Dolan

Sidewalk Soldiers (2002)

A documentary about Fundamentalist-Evangelical Christian support of Israel. Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Todd Albertson
Writer: Todd Albertson
Actors: George Meyers

The Soul Keeper (2002)

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, … Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Roberto Faenza
Writer: Aldo Carotenuto (book), Gianni Arduini (in collaboration with), Giampiero Rigosi (in collaboration with), Hugh Fleetwood (in collaboration with), Alessandro Defilippi (in collaboration with), Roberto Faenza (screenplay), François Cohen-Séat (in collaboration with), Elda Ferri (in collaboration with)
Actors: Iain Glen, Emilia Fox, Craig Ferguson, Caroline Ducey

The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)

A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940). Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Writer: Kevin Brownlow (narration), Christopher Bird (narration)
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Sydney Chaplin