IMDb: Genre: History

Most Popular History Feature Films

1.		Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée With: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto Biography \| Drama \| History 117 mins.
2.		12 Years a Slave (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Dir: Steve McQueen With: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender Biography \| Drama \| History 134 mins.
3.		Saving Mr. Banks (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins. Dir: John Lee Hancock With: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell Biography \| Comedy \| Drama \| Family \| History \| Music 125 mins.
4.		The Wind Rises (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Zach Callison, Mirai Shida, Hideaki Anno Animation \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| Romance \| War 126 mins.
5.		JFK (1991) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Dir: Oliver Stone With: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon Drama \| History \| Thriller 189 mins.
6.		Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Dir: Justin Chadwick With: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto Biography \| Drama \| History 139 mins.
7.		The Frozen Ground (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. Dir: Scott Walker With: Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack Biography \| Crime \| History \| Thriller 105 mins.
8.		Argo (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. Dir: Ben Affleck With: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman Biography \| Drama \| History \| Thriller 120 mins.
9.		Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt Drama \| History \| Thriller 157 mins.
10.		Schindler's List (1993) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley Biography \| Drama \| History \| War 195 mins.
11.		300 (2006) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Dir: Zack Snyder With: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham Action \| Fantasy \| History \| War 117 mins.
12.		Lincoln (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Biography \| Drama \| History \| War 150 mins.
13.		The Impossible (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Dir: J.A. Bayona With: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland Drama \| History \| Thriller 114 mins.
14.		Braveheart (1995) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron fist. Dir: Mel Gibson With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Action \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| War 177 mins.
15.		The Monuments Men (2014) An unlikely World War II platoon are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their owners. Dir: George Clooney With: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon Action \| Comedy \| Drama \| History \| War
16.		The Pianist (2002) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay Biography \| Drama \| History \| War 150 mins.
17.		The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. Dir: Mark Herman With: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend Drama \| History \| War 94 mins.
18.		Pompeii (2014) A slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him. Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson With: Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning Action \| Adventure \| Drama \| History \| Romance
19.		Gangs of New York (2002) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis Crime \| Drama \| History 167 mins.
20.		Exodus (2014) Dir: Ridley Scott With: Aaron Paul, Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver Drama \| History
21.		Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson Action \| Adventure \| Drama \| History \| War 144 mins.
22.		Black Hawk Down (2001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore Drama \| History \| War 144 mins.
23.		Tombstone (1993) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. Dir: George P. Cosmatos With: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott Action \| Drama \| History \| Romance \| Western 130 mins.
24.		The King's Speech (2010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Dir: Tom Hooper With: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter Biography \| Drama \| History 118 mins.
25.		Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes. Dir: Stanley Kramer With: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark Drama \| History \| War 186 mins.