Lincoln (2012)
Biography | Drama | History | War
In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Harris, Jackie Earle Haley, Sally Field
Director: Steven Spielberg
Argo (2012)
Drama | History | Thriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Chris Messina
Director: Ben Affleck
Gangs of Wasseypur / G.O.W. (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Shahid Khan's vow to get his father's honor back turns him into the most feared man in the Indian town of Wasseypur.
Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Jameel Khan
Director: Anurag Kashyap
The Alamo (2004)
Drama | History | War | Western
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría, Jordi Mollà
Director: John Lee Hancock
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Drama | History | Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong, Scott Adkins, Harold Perrineau
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Polytechnique (2009)
Crime | Drama | History
Told from the perspective of the victims, recounts the Montreal Massacre of December 6, 1989 when Marc Lepine entered engineering school Ecole Polytechnique, and targeting feminists, shot 28 people, killing 14 of them.
Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Martin Watier, Evelyne Brochu
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Reds (1981)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Warren Beatty's award winning epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. "Reds" tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, the two journalists' on-again off-again romance is punctuated by the outbreak of WWI and the Bolshevik Revolution. Louise's assignment in France at the outbreak of the war puts an end to their affair. John Reed's subsequent trip to Russia, and his involvement with the Communist party, rekindles their relationship. When Louise arrives in Petrograd, she finds herself swept up in the euphoria of the Revolution. Reed, however, eventually becomes disillusioned with Communism when he sees his words and intentions augmented and controlled by the growing Soviet propaganda machine.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Hardin
Director: Warren Beatty
Back to 1942 / Yi jiu si er (2012)
Drama | History
A North Henan landlord embarks on a pilgrimage to Shaanxi province during the 1942 famine, struggling to survive as war with Japan looms on the horizon. His house beset by starving villagers, Landlord Fan endeavors to calm the crowd by preparing a feast. But his house is burned down in the chaos, prompting Fan, his teenage daughter Xing Xing, his servant Shuang Zhu, and his tenant Hua Zhi on a treacherous journey south. Along the way, encounters with an American journalist, a judge, and a priest who has lost his faith reveal the true depth of the despair that grips the country. But the hardships along the way prompt Fan to make some devastating sacrifices that leave him a broken man.
Starring: Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Daoming Chen, Fan Xu, Hanyu Zhang, Guoli Zhang, Xuejian Li, Mo Zhang, Wei Fan, Yuanzheng Feng
Director: Xiaogang Feng
The Vikings (1958)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War
Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. When the throne of Northumbria in Britain becomes free for the taking, the two brothers compete against one another for the prize, but they have very different motives – both involving the princess Morgana, however.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox
Director: Richard Fleischer
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Drama | History
Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport becuase they were forced to sit at the back. Odessa works as a maid for the Thompsons, and as well as she is treated, she feels it is her duty to walk to work, even if it means she is exhaused, and gets to work late.
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker
Director: Richard Pearce
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Night of the Templar (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama | History | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night, identities will be revealed, destinies met, and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally served.
Starring: Paul Sampson, David Carradine, Udo Kier, Norman Reedus, Billy Drago
Director: Paul Sampson
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The Good Shepherd (2006)
Drama | History | Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro
Director: Robert De Niro
Invictus (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Drama | History
A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.
Starring: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone
Director: Peter Greenaway
The Borgias (TV Series 2011-2013)
Crime | Drama | History
The Showtime Original Series The Borgias is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history. Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia (Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons) to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family. The unbounded audacity of this original crime family went on to inspire Machiavelli's The Prince and Mario Puzo's The Godfather. Don't miss a minute of the lavish, sexy, scandalous drama from the creative mind of Academy Award® winner Neil Jordan.
Starring: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Colm Feore, Peter Sullivan, Joanne Whalley, Sean Harris, Lotte Verbeek, David Oakes, Bosco Hogan, Vernon Dobtcheff, David Alpay
Creator: Neil Jordan
The Borgias (TV Series 2011-2013)
Crime | Drama | History
The Showtime Original Series The Borgias is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history. Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia (Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons) to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family. The unbounded audacity of this original crime family went on to inspire Machiavelli's The Prince and Mario Puzo's The Godfather. Don't miss a minute of the lavish, sexy, scandalous drama from the creative mind of Academy Award® winner Neil Jordan.
Starring: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Colm Feore, Peter Sullivan, Joanne Whalley, Sean Harris, Lotte Verbeek, David Oakes, Bosco Hogan, Vernon Dobtcheff, David Alpay
Creator: Neil Jordan
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.
Starring: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Jakob Oftebro
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Les Misérables (1998)
Crime | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes
Director: Bille August
Game Change (2012)
Biography | Drama | History
Game Change is a searing, behind- the-scenes look at John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from the decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate to the ticket's ultimate defeat in the general election just sixty days later. Told primarily through the eyes of senior McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, who originally championed Palin and later came to regret the choice, Game Change pulls back the curtain on the intense human drama surrounding the McCain team, the critical decisions made behind closed doors and how the choice was made to bring Palin on the ticket. The film examines how we choose our leaders by offering a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an historic campaign.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, Woody Harrelson, Sarah Paulson, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan
Director: Jay Roach
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
Biography | Drama | History | War
The movie describes the life of Adolf Hitler from childhood to manhood, and how he became so powerful. It describes his poor childhood in Austria, it describes the first world war from his point of view, and how he became the strongest man in Germany. The movie show us how turned Hitler from a poor soldier into the leader of the Nazis, and how he survived the attempts to kill him. It describes his relationship with his mistress Eva Braun, and his decisions and enemies inside Germany and inside the Nazi party.
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Jena Malone
Director: Christian Duguay
