History movies, page 1

Last Hero in China

Action, Comedy, History

1993 year N/A min 6.8 IMDB

Jet Li, Man Cheung, Dicky Cheung, Pak-Cheung Chan

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Seabiscuit

Drama, History, Sport

2003 year N/A min 7.3 IMDB

David McCullough, Jeff Bridges, Paul Vincent O'Connor, Chris Cooper

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Documentary, History

1995 year N/A min 8 IMDB

William Shatner, Edward Teller, W.H.P. Blandy, Frank H. Shelton

A documentary presenting mankind's most ambitious effort at perfecting the means to its own annihilation. Featuring newly unclassified atomic test footage.
A Field in England

Drama, History, Horror, Mystery

2013 year N/A min 6.3 IMDB

Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope

Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
How to Survive a Plague

Documentary, History, News

2012 year 120 min 7.6 IMDB

Ed Koch, David Barr, Bob Rafsky, Jim Eigo

The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Jesus Christ Superstar

Drama, History, Musical

1973 year N/A min 7.3 IMDB

Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen

Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.
Kagemusha

Drama, History, War

1980 year N/A min 8 IMDB

Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu

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.
Gettysburg

Drama, History, War

1993 year 254 min 7.7 IMDB

Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Thirteen Days

Drama, History, Thriller

2000 year N/A min 7.3 IMDB

Shawn Driscoll, Kevin Costner, Drake Cook, Lucinda Jenney

In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Zulu

Drama, History, War

1964 year N/A min 7.8 IMDB

Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
WWII from Space

Documentary, History, War

2012 year 88 min 7.6 IMDB

Corey Johnson, Kevin Farrell, Geoffrey Wawro, Conrad Crane

The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space.
The Innocents

Drama, History

2016 year 115 min 7.3 IMDB

Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne

1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns got pregnant.
The Black Swan

Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, History

1942 year 87 min 6.9 IMDB

Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell

An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love-hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
Elizabeth

Biography, Drama, History

1998 year 124 min 7.5 IMDB

Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Evita

Biography, Drama, History, Musical

1996 year 134 min 6.3 IMDB

Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Operation Mekong

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller

2016 year 124 min 6.7 IMDB

Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Baoguo Chen, Chun Sun

Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band...
Gintama

Action, Adventure, Comedy, History, Sci-Fi

2017 year 130 min 6.4 IMDB

Kôichi Yamadera, Shun Oguri, Ryô Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa

In an era where aliens have invaded and conquered feudal Tokyo, a young samurai seeks work as he can.
Miss Hokusai

Animation, Biography, Drama, History

2015 year 90 min 6.7 IMDB

Erica Lindbeck, Anne Watanabe, Richard Epcar, Yutaka Matsushige

The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
The Grapes of Wrath

Drama, History

1940 year 129 min 8.1 IMDB

Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Into the White

Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

2012 year 100 min 7.2 IMDB

Florian Lukas, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Lachlan Nieboer

Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of war aside.