Historical movies

Selma (2014)

Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film

In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.

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Invincible (2006)

American football film, Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, historical drama

In 1976, Philadelphia is in chaos as portions of the city protest the shutdown of several job sites while their NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, endure a string of losing seasons. Vince Papale, a 30-year-old substitute teacher, comes hom…

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Apostle (2018)

Drama, Horror, historical drama, horror film

In 1905, Thomas Richardson travels to a remote Welsh island to rescue his sister, Jennifer, who has been kidnapped and held for ransom by a mysterious cult led by Malcolm Howe. Posing as a convert, Thomas encounters Howe, who founded the c…

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The Outpost (2020)

Drama, War Film, drama film, historical film, war film

During the war in Afghanistan, SSG Romesha and a new group of soldiers arrive at PRT Kamdesh, under the command of CPT Keating. SGT Scusa saves a dog from being shot, and the men fend off Taliban attacks. SSG Gallegos assaults PFC Yunger f…

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

Drama, drama film, historical drama, psychological thriller

Robert Syverton, a homeless man, recalls the events leading to an unstated crime. As a boy, he witnessed a horse that had broken its leg being shot to 'put it out of its misery'. Years later, during the Great Depression, he wanders into a …

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The Wonder (2022)

Historical drama, drama film, mystery film, psychological film, thriller film

In 1862, Elizabeth "Lib" Wright, an English nurse who served in the Crimean War, is sent to a rural village in Ireland where she is tasked with closely watching Anna O'Donnell, a fasting girl who, according to her family, has not eaten for…

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Michael Collins (1996)

Drama, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film, war film

At the close of the Easter Rising in 1916, the besieged Irish republicans surrender to the British Army at the republicans' headquarters in Dublin. Several key figures of the Rising, including Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke a…

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The Crucible (1996)

Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film

In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, a group of village girls meet in the woods with slave Tituba, attempting to conjure love spells. Abigail Williams kills a chicken and drinks its blood, wishing for John Proctor's wife Elizabeth to die. Whe…

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Blitz (2024)

Historical drama, War Film, historical drama film

In London during the Second World War, nine-year-old George is the mixed-race son of a white woman, Rita, and Marcus, a Black man who was deported to Grenada. George remains in London after the Nazi bombing has begun, living in Stepney wit…

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Nickel Boys (2024)

Justice Drama, drama film, historical drama

In 1962 Jim Crow-era Tallahassee, Florida, young African-American Elwood Curtis appears destined for great things in the classroom. His Black teacher encourages him to think for himself, rejecting Southern textbooks' slanted view of histor…

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Pompeii (2014)

Action, Historie, Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film, disaster film, drama film, historical film, sword-and-sandal film

In northern Britannia, AD 62, Roman soldiers led by General Quintus Attius Corvus wipe out a tribe of Celtic horsemen. Corvus personally kills the parents of a boy named Milo. Being the only survivor, Milo is later captured by slave trader…

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The Duellists (1977)

Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film, war film

Strasbourg 1800 thumb|The last duel takes place in a ruin, with each combatant armed with two pistols. In Strasbourg in 1800, Lieutenant Gabriel Feraud of the French 7th Hussars, a fervent Bonapartist and obsessive duellist, nearly kills t…

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The Miniaturist (2017)

Historical drama

In the 17th-century Netherlands, young Petronella "Nella" Oortman moves into an Amsterdam home that her new husband, Johannes Brandt, shares with his sister, Marin, and their two servants Otto and Cornelia. She receives a cold reception fr…

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film

In 1585, Catholic Spain, ruled by King Philip II, is the most powerful country in Europe. Seeing that the Catholic plots against Queen Elizabeth's life that occurred from the 1570s onwards had all failed, Pope Sixtus V approached King Phil…

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White Bird (2023)

Coming Of Age, Historical drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, war film

Several years after being expelled from Beecher Prep for his cruelty towards Auggie Pullman, 15-year-old Julian Albans has been transferred to Union Tech and Yates Academy. He is visited by his grandmother, from Paris; in response to Julia…

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Of Mice and Men (1992)

Drama, drama film, historical drama

The film opens with George Milton in a boxcar, reminiscing what led to his current situation. During the Great Depression, quick-witted George Milton and physically strong but mentally disabled Lennie Small are fleeing their previous emplo…

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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Adventure, Drama, Historie, Monumental Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, historical film

Aware that the ‌covered mostly in apparently flat ‌actually has a ball-shaped surface, Christopher Columbus lobbies for a trip westward to Asia, but lacks a crew and ship. The Catholic theologians at the University of Salamanca heavily dis…

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The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)

drama fiction, epic film, historical film, war film

Wu Qianli, commander of the People's Liberation Army's 7th Company, returns home after the Chinese Civil War. He informs his family that his brother, Wu Baili, was killed in action. Having been granted land for his service, he promises his…

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Being Heumann (2026)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film

Waterloo (1970)

Action, Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical drama, war film

In the aftermath of the 1814 campaign, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is forced to abdicate at the demand of his marshals. Exiled to Elba with 1,000 men, Napoleon makes his return to France after 10 months and in his march towards Paris…

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Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)

Biographical picture, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical drama

Occupational therapist Dian Fossey is inspired by anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of primates. She writes ceaselessly to Leakey for a job cataloging and studying the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. Following h…

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The Bounty (1984)

Destiny, Historie, Monumental Film, Social Drama, adventure film, drama film, historical film

The court of inquiry of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh for the loss of Bounty to mutineers begins. Via flashbacks, Bounty sets out from Portsmouth on 23 December 1787, on an expedition to Tahiti to gather breadfruit pods for transplan…

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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Christian fiction, Drama, Historie, Musical, drama film, musical film

A theatrical troupe travel by bus to the Negev Desert to perform a modern-day re-enactment of the Passion of Christ told through song. Carl Anderson, already in character as Judas Iscariot, wanders away from the group as they prepare their…

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Vanity Fair (2004)

Drama, Romantic Drama, comedy drama, drama film, historical drama, period drama film, romantic comedy

In 1800s England, Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a poor painter, has finished her studies and offered to be a governess to Sir Pitt Crawley's daughters. Before starting, she travels to London with her close friend Amelia Sedley and …

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