History

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.

Director: Ridley Scott

Genres: Drama , History , Action

Actors: Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Marton Csokas

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

Director: Rod Lurie

Genres: War , Drama , History , Action

Actors: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Ernest Cavazos, Taylor John Smith

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Genres: Drama , History , Action

Actors: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega

In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in North American history.

Director: David O. Russell

Genres: Drama , History , Crime

Actors: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert De Niro, Anya Taylor-Joy

The residents of Downton Abbey go on a new adventure that takes them to a Spanish villa.

Director: Simon Curtis

Genres: Drama , History , Romance

Actors: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern

The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Genres: Drama , History , Music

Actors: Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams

In the late 17th century, with plague ravaging the land, Benedetta Carlini joins the convent in Pescia, Tuscany, as a novice. Capable from an early age of performing miracles, Benedetta’s impact on life in the community is immediate and momentous.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Genres: Romance , Drama , History

Actors: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

Director: Michael Almereyda

Genres: History , Drama

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Hannah Gross, Josh Hamilton, Eve Hewson

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Director: Sam Mendes

Genres: War , Drama , Action , History

Actors: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

Director: Marjane Satrapi

Genres: Drama , Romance , History

Actors: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Aneurin Barnard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Simon Russell Beale

A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.

Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Genres: Action , Drama , War , History

Actors: N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Ajay Devgn

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Genres: Drama , History , Comedy

Actors: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Director: Mel Gibson

Genres: Drama , History , War

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The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz

Genres: Drama , History , War

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Director: Morten Tyldum

Genres: History , Drama , Thriller , War

Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

Director: Craig Brewer

Genres: Drama , Comedy , History

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess

King Arthur returns home after fighting the Roman Empire. His illegitimate son has corrupted the throne of Camelot and King Arthur must reunite with the wizard Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table to fight to get back his crown.

Director: Giles Alderson

Genres: Action , Adventure , History

Actors: Richard Short, Joe Egan, Ronan Summers, Olivia Bernstone, Georgia Curtis

Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

Director: Thomas Kail

Genres: History , Music , Drama

Actors: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs

In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.

Director: Michael Showalter

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mark Wystrach

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genres: Drama , History , War

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1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has been back home. In the country, the anger of the peasants rumbles: they call on the young retiree to take command of the rebellion. In a few months, the idle sailor becomes a charismatic leader and a shrewd strategist, bringing in his wake peasants, deserters, women, old people and children, of which he makes a formidable army. The fight for freedom has only just begun.

Director: Paul Mignot

Genres: History , Action , War

Actors: Hugo Becker, Rod Paradot, Gilles Cohen, Grégory Fitoussi, Constance Gay

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Genres: Crime , Drama , History

Actors: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano

Inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri, Raphaël Personnaz, Samir Guesmi, Adam Amara

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

Director: Roland Emmerich

Genres: War , History , Action , Drama

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The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Director: Theodore Melfi

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst

Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very moment she hears his music. The composer finally accepts this union, but after blaming her for his misfortunes and breakdowns, his attempts to get rid of his wife are brutal. Consumed by her feelings for him, Antonina decides to endure and do whatever it takes to stay with him. Humiliated, disgraced and discarded, she is slowly driven to madness.

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Genres: Romance , Drama , History

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95-96, year of high school. Only 17 years old, Zahia Ziouni becomes aware that her dream of becoming a conductor and her ambition to make symphonic music accessible to all and in all territories, will go through the creation of an orchestra unique in its diversitý and composition. Helped by her twin sister Fettouma, a cellist, and while she was about to conduct her very first concert, she created the Divertimento orchestra. The latter still exists and, at 44 years old, Zahia is now a conductor recognized worldwide.

Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Oulaya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Niels Arestrup, Zinedine Soualem, Nadia Kaci

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

Director: Hlynur Pálmason

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Elliott Crosset Hove, Vic Carmen Sonne, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Genres: Adventure , War , History , Action

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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Director: Mel Gibson

Genres: Action , Drama , History , War

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The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Director: Ron Howard

Genres: Drama , History

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In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.

Director: Roman Polanski

Genres: Drama , History , Thriller

Actors: Louis Garrel, Jean Dujardin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois, Vincent Pérez

Adapted from a novel by Laurent Mauvignier, Home Front follows two soldiers who were on the front lines of the Algerian War who, forty years later, are forced to confront their past.

Director: Lucas Belvaux

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yoann Zimmer, Félix Kysyl

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

Director: Ridley Scott

Genres: Action , History , War

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Orlando Bloom

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

Director: Jason Reitman

Genres: Drama , History

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Sara Paxton

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Genres: Drama , History , Thriller , Action

Actors: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genres: Drama , History , War

Actors: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Director: Aaron Sorkin

Genres: Drama , History , Thriller

Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Genres: Adventure , History

Actors: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Sean Bean

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Director: Edward Zwick

Genres: Drama , Action , War , History

Actors: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Billy Connolly

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

Director: Michael Mann

Genres: Crime , Drama , History

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Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Director: Oliver Stone

Genres: War , History , Action , Adventure , Drama , Romance

Actors: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.

Director: Anthony Maras

Genres: Drama , History , Action , Thriller

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In the 1930s in Paris, a young and pretty actress, penniless and without talent, is accused of the murder of a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted for self-defence.

Director: François Ozon

Genres: Drama , History , Mystery , Comedy

Actors: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder, Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini, Dany Boon

A barmaid recruits her husband and a group of others to assist her in training a racehorse in the Welsh countryside.

Director: Euros Lyn

Genres: History , Drama

Actors: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Nicholas Farrell