IMDb: Genre: History

Most Popular History Feature Films

1.		Spotlight (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Dir: Tom McCarthy With: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams Biography \| Drama \| History \| Thriller 128 mins.
2.		Straight Outta Compton (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Dir: F. Gary Gray With: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Biography \| Drama \| History \| Music 147 mins.
3.		Assassin's Creed (2016) When Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society. Dir: Justin Kurzel With: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Brendan Gleeson Action \| Adventure \| History \| Sci-Fi
4.		Everest (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Dir: Baltasar Kormákur With: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright Adventure \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| Thriller 121 mins.
5.		Airlift (2016) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.3/10 X When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen. Dir: Raja Menon With: Nimrat Kaur, Akshay Kumar, Sameer Ali Khan Drama \| History \| Thriller 130 mins.
6.		Ip Man 3 (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand. Dir: Wilson Yip With: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang Action \| Biography \| Drama \| History 105 mins.
7.		In the Heart of the Sea (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. Dir: Ron Howard With: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson Action \| Adventure \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| Thriller 122 mins.
8.		The Finest Hours (2016) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Dir: Craig Gillespie With: Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger, Casey Affleck Action \| Drama \| History \| Thriller 117 mins.
9.		Suffragette (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. Dir: Sarah Gavron With: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter Biography \| Drama \| History 106 mins.
10.		American Sniper (2014) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner Action \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| Thriller \| War 133 mins.
11.		Selma (2014) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Dir: Ava DuVernay With: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth Biography \| Drama \| History 128 mins.
12.		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 195 mins.
13.		12 Years a Slave (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 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 Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender Biography \| Drama \| History 134 mins.
14.		Son of Saul (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. Dir: László Nemes With: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn Drama \| History \| Thriller 107 mins.
15.		Free State of Jones (2016) As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army. Dir: Gary Ross With: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell Action \| Biography \| Drama \| History \| War
16.		The Patriot (2000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Dir: Roland Emmerich With: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson Action \| Drama \| History \| War 165 mins.
17.		The 33 (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. Dir: Patricia Riggen With: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche Biography \| Drama \| History 127 mins.
18.		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.
19.		Dunkirk (2017) The film tells the story of the Dunkirk evacuation, which took place at the beginning of World War II. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh Action \| Drama \| History \| Thriller \| War
20.		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.s Team 6 in May 2011. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt Drama \| History \| Thriller 157 mins.
21.		Tombstone (1993) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 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 \| Western 130 mins.
22.		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.
23.		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.
24.		Bajirao Mastani (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X The tale of romance between an Indian general Baji Rao I and Mastani, a Muslim princess. Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali With: Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan Drama \| History \| Romance 158 mins.
25.		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, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Dir: Mel Gibson With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Biography \| Drama \| History \| War 178 mins.