Movie List for "history"

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

Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)

Islam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. The first episode … Year 2000.

Generes: Documentary, History
Director: Robert H. Gardner
Writer: Jonathan Grupper
Actors: Ben Kingsley

Sabotage! (2000)

June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. He has spent his whole life creating a mystique, becoming synonymous with … Year 2000.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Esteban Ibarretxe, Jose Miguel Ibarretxe
Writer: Esteban Ibarretxe, Jose Miguel Ibarretxe
Actors: David Suchet, Stephen Fry, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Vandernoot

The 13th Warrior (1999)

A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land. Year 1999.

Generes: Action, Adventure, History
Director: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (novel), William Wisher (screenplay), Warren Lewis (screenplay)
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado. Year 1999.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Actors: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith, Roger Heathcott

Unbowed (1999)

Three Lakota Sioux men enroll in a historically black college, and their reluctance to assimilate causes friction between their black peers. Some come to embrace their similar history, while others remain bitter. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Nanci Rossov
Writer: Mildred Lewis (screenplay)
Actors: Tembi Locke, Jay Tavare, Chuma Gault, Catero Colbert