Movie List for "history"

Lady Oscar (1979)

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy (screenplay), Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay), Jacques Demy (adaptation), Patricia Louisianna Knop (adaptation), Riyoko Ikeda (manga: Versailles no bara/La Rose de Versailles)
Actors: Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christine Böhm, Jonas Bergström

Gray Lady Down (1978)

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation)
Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

The Chess Players (1977)

Wazed Ali Shah was the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, had sent General Outram on a secret mission to clear the… Year 1977.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer: Munshi Premchand (story), Satyajit Ray (dialogue), Shama Zaidi (dialogue), Javed Siddiqui (dialogue), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal

Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to … Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Menahem Golan
Writer: Ken Globus (dialogue), Menahem Golan, Clarke Reynolds
Actors: Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski

MacArthur (1977)

Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War. Year 1977.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Actors: Gregory Peck, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello, Nicolas Coster

Break of Day (1976)

Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends. Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Ken Hannam
Writer: Cliff Green
Actors: Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason, John Bell

Acapulco Gold (1973)

The fun and fascinating story of harvesting, cultivation and smuggling of marijuana in America. Year 1973.

Generes: Documentary, History, Music
Director: Bob Grosvenor
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A

Night Crossing (1982)

Two men want to escape from East Germany, but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Year 1982.

Generes: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Director: Delbert Mann
Writer: John McGreevey
Actors: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon

Genocide (1982)

A chilling, heartbreaking testament to the strength and suffering of the Jewish people and the courage and heroism of those who came to their aid. With beautiful narration by Orson Welles … Year 1982.

Generes: Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Arnold Schwartzman
Writer: Martin Gilbert, Marvin Hier, Arnold Schwartzman (screenplay)
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Orson Welles, Simon Wiesenthal, Neville Chamberlain

The Bushido Blade (1981)

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Tsugunobu Kotani
Writer: William Overgard (screenplay)
Actors: Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr, Timothy Patrick Murphy

Inside the Twin Towers (2006)

On 9/11 2001 two planes American 11 united 175 hit the World Trade Center and many people died and jumped to their deaths some survived until the tower fell. Year 2006.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Richard Dale
Writer: Andrew Bampfield, Ed Fields (contributing writer)
Actors: Terence Stamp, Hong Zhu, Jay Jonas, Al Smith

The Conclave (2006)

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game; how to survive his first conclave. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Christoph Schrewe
Writer: Paul Donovan
Actors: Manu Fullola, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner, Rolf Kanies

Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris (2006)

When the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb bans music in India because he believes it turns people away from God, musicians go underground. Year 2006.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Manoj Punj
Writer: N/A
Actors: Gurdas Mann, Juhi Chawla, Sushant Singh, Divya Dutta

The Tokyo Trial (2006)

Movie Year 2006.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Qunshu Gao
Writer: Kun Hu, Hao Tang, Chi Zhang, Sitao Zhang
Actors: Joe Bosco, Yongdai Ding, Damian Lau, Kelly Lin

Ghetto (2005)

In 1942, in Vilnius, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate… Year 2005.

Generes: History, War
Director: Audrius Juzenas
Writer: Joshua Sobol (play), Joshua Sobol (screenplay)
Actors: Heino Ferch, Sebastian Hülk, Erika Marozsán, Andrius Zebrauskas