Most Popular History Feature Films
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Red Tails
(2012) A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. Dir: Anthony Hemingway With: Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War |
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Memorial Day
(2011) Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather... Dir: Samuel Fischer With: Jonathan Bennett, James Cromwell, John Cromwell Action | Drama | Family | History | War |
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Titanic
(1997) A boy and a girl from differing social backgrounds meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Dir: James Cameron With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane Adventure | Drama | History | Romance |
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The Flowers of War
(2011) A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. Dir: Yimou Zhang With: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang Drama | History |
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Schindler's List
(1993) 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 |
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J. Edgar
(2011) J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the FBI for nearly 50 years, looks back on his professional and personal life. Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts Biography | Crime | Drama | History |
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300
(2006) 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 |
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Gladiator
(2000) When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen Action | Adventure | Drama | History |
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The King's Speech
(2010) The story of King George VI of Britain, 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 |
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My Week with Marilyn
(2011) Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. Dir: Simon Curtis With: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh Biography | Drama | History |
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Saving Private Ryan
(1998) Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore Action | Drama | History | War |
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Anonymous
(2011) The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her. Dir: Roland Emmerich With: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis Drama | History | Thriller |
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The Lives of Others
(2006) In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck With: Ulrich MĂĽhe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch Drama | History | Thriller |
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Apocalypse Now
(1979) During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Dir: Francis Coppola With: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall Drama | History | War |
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Braveheart
(1995) William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule. Dir: Mel Gibson With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Action | Biography | Drama | History | War |
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Public Enemies
(2009) 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. Dir: Michael Mann With: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, James Russo Biography | Crime | Drama | History |
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The Pianist
(2002) 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 |
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Zodiac
(2007) A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer. Dir: David Fincher With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo Crime | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller |
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Downfall
(2004) Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel With: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes Biography | Drama | History | War |
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Kingdom of Heaven
(2005) 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 | History | War |
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Black Hawk Down
(2001) 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 Action | Drama | History | War |
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Ip Man
(2008) A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. Dir: Wilson Yip With: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan Action | Biography | Drama | History |
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W.E.
(2011) The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. Dir: Madonna With: Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough Drama | History | Romance |
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War of the Arrows
(2011) Set during the second Manchu invasion of Korea, Nam Yi, the best archer in Korea, goes up against the Qing Dynasty to save his younger sister Ja In - who was dragged away by Manchurian. Dir: Han-min Kim With: Hae-il Park, Seung-yong Ryoo, Chae-won Moon Action | History |
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Once Upon a Time in America
(1984) A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern Crime | Drama | History |































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