Amsterdam (2022)
Comedy | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldana
Director: David O. Russell
Hibiscus Town / Fu rong zhen (1986)
Drama | History | Romance
Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution.
Starring: Xiaoqing Liu, Wen Jiang
Director: Jin Xie
Operation Seawolf (2022)
Action | Adventure | History | Mystery | Thriller | War
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, formed together the German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland.
Starring: Frank Grillo, Dolph Lundgren, Hiram A. Murray
Director: Steven Luke
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Adventure | Drama | Family | History
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong / Cat yan ngok deoi (2020)
Drama | History
Seven of Hong Kong's leading filmmakers have come together to each direct a short film set in Hong Kong during one decade from the 1940s to the 2000s.
Starring: Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng, Sire Ma, Jennifer Yu, Ian Iskandar Gouw, Wah Yuen
Director: Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui, Woo-Ping Yuen
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai / Tōge saigo no samurai (2020)
Drama | History
The last samurai who lead an army of 690 against an enemy of 50 thousand – In 1867, political power returned to the Emperor and 260 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate came to an end, resulting in the domains being divided either into the Eastern Army or the Western Army. In 1868, the battle of Toba-Fushimi started the Boshin War. Tsuginosuke Kawai, the chief retainer of a small domain in Echigo called Nagaoka, decided not to belong to either army and practice "armed neutrality." Battle was the norm in the samurai era, but he strongly felt that war was not the answer and that it could not protect the citizens. Kawai tries to peacefully negotiate but it goes south, and being a hereditary feudal lord of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he eventually decides to stick to his duties and decides to exchange gunfire with the Western Army. Kawai was a man who loved his wife deeply and wished for nothing but the best for his country. The last battle of a man who hoped for a world without war begins now.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Min Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Tatsuya Nakadai
Director: Takashi Koizumi
Medieval (2022)
Action | Drama | History | War
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Starring: Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Matthew Goode, William Moseley
Director: Petr Jákl
Hansan: Rising Dragon / Hansan: Yongui chulhyeon (2022)
Action | Drama | History | War
Follow-up to 2014's The Admiral: Roaring Currents, which explores the historic Battle of Hansan Island.
Starring: Park Hae-il, Yo-Han Byun, Sung-Ki Ahn, Son Hyeon-ju, Sung-kyu Kim, Kim Seong-gyoon
Director: Han-min Kim
Argentina, 1985 (2022)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Norman Briski
Director: Santiago Mitre
The Message / The Message: The Story of Islam / Mohammed, Messenger of God (1976)
Biography | Drama | History | War
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Michael Forest, Garrick Hagon, Damien Thomas
Director: Moustapha Akkad
The Emperor's Shadow / Qin song (1996)
Drama | History
Epic drama about China's first emperor who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.
Starring: Wen Jiang, You Ge, Qing Xu
Director: Xiaowen Zhou
Public Enemies (2009)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Rory Cochrane, Billy Crudup
Director: Michael Mann
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.
Starring: André 3000, Jennifer Carpenter, Woody Harrelson, Martin Henderson, Ray Liotta, Michelle Rodriguez, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron
Director: Stuart Townsend
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai / Moeyo Ken (2021)
Drama | History
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Ko Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryôsuke Yamada, Ukon Onoe, Yûki Yamada
Director: Masato Harada
The Battle at Lake Changjin II / The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge / Chang jin hu zhi shui men qiao (2022)
Action | Drama | History | War
Sequel to "The Battle at Lake Changjin". Follows the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers on a new task, and now their battlefield is a crucial bridge on the retreat route of American troops.
Starring: Jing Wu, Jackson Yee, Yihong Duan, Yawen Zhu, Chen Li, Dongjun Han, Le Geng, Chun Du, Hanyu Zhang
Director: Hark Tsui, Kaige Chen, Dante Lam, Jianxin Huang, Ju-chun Park
The Battle at Lake Changjin / Chang jin hu (2021)
Action | Drama | History | War
Set in the Second Phase Offensive of the Korean War, "The Battle at Lake Changjin" tells an epic historical tale: 71 years ago, the People's Volunteer Army entered North Korea for battle. Under extreme freezing conditions, the troops on the Eastern Front pursued with fearless spirit and iron will, as they courageously fought the enemy at Lake Changjin. The battle was a turning point in the Korean War and demonstrated the courage and resolve of the PVA.
Starring: Jing Wu, Jackson Yee, Yihong Duan, Yawen Zhu, Chen Li, Dongjun Han, Jun Hu, Hanyu Zhang
Director: Kaige Chen, Dante Lam, Hark Tsui, Jianxin Huang, Haiqiang Ning, Ju-chun Park
The Libertine (2004)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Zulu (1964)
Drama | History | War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Director: Cy Endfield
A Gang Story / Les Lyonnais (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life – for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Gang Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
Starring: Gérard Lanvin, Tchéky Karyo, Daniel Duval, Lionnel Astier, Dimitri Storoge, Patrick Catalifo
Director: Olivier Marchal
Ip Man: The Awakening / Ip Man: The Awakening Master / Ye wen zhi zong shi jue xing (2022)
Action | Drama | History
Adventures of a young Master Ip in Hong Kong.
Starring: Miao Xie, Guan-Ying Chen, Sergio De Ieso, Tongjiang Hou
Director: Li Xi Jie, Zhang Zhu Lin
