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History Films   (397 Most Notable)

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2166 Waltz With Bashir 2008 Folman, Ari Israel / Germany / France S
2196 Standard Operating Procedure 2008 Morris, Errol USA DBUS
2256 Hunger 2008 McQueen, Steve UK / Ireland
2279 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story 2008 Forbes, Stefan USA
2282 Frost/Nixon 2008 Howard, Ron USA / UK / France S
2285 The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Chadwick, Justin UK / USA DBUPS
2072 In the Shadow of the Moon 2007 Sington, David UK / USA DU
2109 A Mighty Heart 2007 Winterbottom, Michael USA / UK DUP
2159 Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan 2007 Bodrov, Sergei Germany / Kazakhstan / Russia / Mongolia DBUPS
2233 Nightwatching 2007 Greenaway, Peter Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
2248 Katyn 2007 Wajda, Andrzej Poland
2279 Chicago 10 2007 Morgen, Brett USA DS
2285 A Century of Sound 2007 Gitt, Robert USA
2292 Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 Kapur, Shekhar UK / France DU
679 The Queen 2006 Frears, Stephen UK DB
915 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
1138 United 93 2006 Greengrass, Paul France / UK / USA DU
1253 Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
1387 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBU
1668 World Trade Center 2006 Stone, Oliver USA DBU
1695 Hollywoodland 2006 Coulter, Allen USA DU
1923 The Last King of Scotland 2006 Macdonald, Kevin UK DU
2005 Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DU
2017 An Unreasonable Man 2006 Mantel, Henriette / Skrovan, Steve USA DUP
2249 Rang De Basanti 2006 Mehra, Rakesh Omprakash India DUP
2265 300 2006 Snyder, Zack USA DBU
2279 Blame it on Fidel 2006 Gavras, Julie Italy / France DUP
2285 Toots 2006 Jacobson, Kristi USA D
2293 Deep Water 2006 Osmond, Louise / Rothwell, Jerry UK D
2296 Catch a Fire 2006 Noyce, Phillip France / UK / South Africa / USA DU
518 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 Clooney, George USA DB
993 Munich 2005 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
2017 Ballets russes 2005 Geller, Daniel / Goldfine, Dayna USA D
2093 Kingdom of Heaven 2005 Scott, Ridley Spain / Germany DBU
2101 Why We Fight 2005 Jarecki, Eugene USA / France / UK / Canada / Denmark DU
2120 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 Marshall, Rob USA DBUS
2158 The New World 2005 Malick, Terrence USA DU
2276 The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005 Paxton, Bill USA D
2296 Edison: The Invention of the Movies 2005 unknown USA D
2296 The Fall of Fujimori 2005 Perry, Ellen USA D
863 Hotel Rwanda 2004 George, Terry UK / Italy / South Africa Y
1115 Downfall 2004 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany / Italy / Austria D
1908 Troy 2004 Petersen, Wolfgang USA / Malta / UK DBUPS
2279 The Alamo 2004 Hancock, John Lee USA DS
2296 Watermarks 2004 Zilberman, Yaron France / Israel / USA D
1706 The Corporation 2003 Abbott, Jennifer / Achbar, Mark Canada D
2190 Los Angeles Plays Itself 2003 Andersen, Thom USA
2220 Ghosts of the Abyss 2003 Cameron, James USA D
491 Gangs of New York 2002 Scorsese, Martin USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands DBS
1041 Hero 2002 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DS
1889 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2002 Bartley, Kim / O'Briain, Donnacha Ireland / Netherlands / USA / Germany / Finland / UK
2017 Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary 2002 Heller, André / Schmiderer, Othmar Austria D
2017 Prisoner of Paradise 2002 Clarke, Malcolm / Sender, Stuart USA / Canada / Germany / UK D
2112 We Were Soldiers 2002 Wallace, Randall USA / Germany DBUS
2248 Twin Sisters 2002 Sombogaart, Ben Netherlands / Luxembourg D
2270 Apollo 13: The Imax Experience 2002 Howard, Ron USA S
2279 The Weather Underground 2002 Green, Sam / Siegel, Bill USA DUP
1794 The Grey Zone 2001 Nelson, Tim Blake USA D
2047 Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. 2001 Lanzmann, Claude France
2235 Pearl Harbor 2001 Bay, Michael USA DBS
2291 The Legend of Suriyothai 2001 Yukol, Chatrichalerm Thailand D
1493 Platform 2000 Jia, Zhang Ke Hong Kong / China / Japan / France D
1908 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 2000 Harris, Mark Jonathan UK / USA DS
2214 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition 2000 Butler, George Sweden / UK / Germany / USA D
2233 Palavra e Utopia 2000 de Oliveira, Manoel Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
2277 Thirteen Days 2000 Donaldson, Roger USA S
2292 Paragraph 175 2000 Epstein, Rob / Friedman, Jeffrey UK / Germany / USA D
1881 The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 Chen, Kaige France / Japan / China YU
1964 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
2008 Sunshine 1999 Szabó, István Germany / Austria / Canada / Hungary YUP
2198 Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. 1999 Morris, Errol UK / USA DS
1137 Elizabeth 1998 Kapur, Shekhar UK Y
1779 The Last Days 1998 Moll, James USA D
2190 The Newton Boys 1998 Linklater, Richard USA YU
2233 I Giardini dell'Eden 1998 D'Alatri, Alessandro Italy
1546 Mrs. Brown 1997 Madden, John UK / Ireland / USA DS
1690 4 Little Girls 1997 Lee, Spike USA D
1708 Amistad 1997 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
2017 East Side Story 1997 Ranga, Dana France / Germany D
2017 The Long Way Home 1997 Harris, Mark Jonathan USA D
2017 Riding the Rails 1997 Lovell, Lexy / Uys, Michael USA D
2190 Destiny 1997 Chahine, Youssef France / Egypt Y
2214 Rosewood 1997 Singleton, John USA DS
2279 Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997 Herzog, Werner France / UK / Germany D
2279 Waco: The Rules of Engagement 1997 Gazecki, William USA D
2017 When We Were Kings 1996 Gast, Leon USA DS
2097 The Crucible 1996 Hytner, Nicholas USA DUS
2135 Michael Collins 1996 Jordan, Neil UK / Ireland / USA Y
2233 The Ogre 1996 Schlöndorff, Volker France / Germany / UK Y
2250 Beaumarchais 1996 Molinaro, Edouard France Y
2270 Get on the Bus 1996 Lee, Spike USA DS
522 Braveheart 1995 Gibson, Mel USA DUS
584 Apollo 13 1995 Howard, Ron USA DUPS
1912 Anne Frank Remembered 1995 Blair, Jon UK / USA / Netherlands D
2190 Good Men, Good Women 1995 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan Y
2205 The Celluloid Closet 1995 Epstein, Rob / Friedman, Jeffrey France / UK / Germany / USA Y
2279 Titanica 1995 Low, Stephen Canada / USA D
2293 Pocahontas 1995 Gabriel, Mike / Goldberg, Eric USA DS
1072 The Madness of King George 1994 Hytner, Nicholas UK YUP
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1388 Queen Margot 1994 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy / Germany Y
1749 A Great Day in Harlem 1994 Bach, Jean USA DU
2273 Freedom on My Mind 1994 Field, Connie / Mulford, Marilyn USA D
2294 Joan the Maid: The Battles 1994 Rivette, Jacques France D
2294 Joan the Maid: The Prisons 1994 Rivette, Jacques France D
1596 Gettysburg 1993 Maxwell, Ronald F. USA Y
2256 Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 1993 Obomsawin, Alanis Canada
2279 Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 Hill, Walter USA DUS
2279 The War Room 1993 Hegedus, Chris / Hughes, Christopher / Pennebaker, D.A. USA D
2279 The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl 1993 Müller, Ray France / UK / Germany / Belgium D
1889 Visions of Light:
The Art of Cinematography		 1992 Samuels, Stuart / Glassman, Arnold / McCarthy, Todd / Glassman, Andrew USA / Japan V
1969 The Fencing Master 1992 Olea, Pedro Spain
2190 The Last Bolshevik 1992 Marker, Chris France D
2297 Lessons of Darkness 1992 Herzog, Werner France / UK / Germany D
1338 Black Robe 1991 Beresford, Bruce Canada / Australia YUPS
1542 Once Upon a Time in China 1991 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong D
2233 Edward II 1991 Jarman, Derek UK DUP
2279 Let Him Have It 1991 Medak, Peter France / UK / Netherlands D
2190 How to Live in the German Federal Republic 1990 Farocki, Harun West Germany Y
2190 No, or the Vain Glory of Command 1990 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / Spain / France
2279 The Long Walk Home 1990 Pearce, Richard USA DS
490 Glory 1989 Zwick, Edward USA DUS
695 Henry V 1989 Branagh, Kenneth UK Y
2190 Images of the World and the Inscription of War 1989 Farocki, Harun West Germany
2270 Scandal 1989 Caton-Jones, Michael UK / USA
2273 For All Mankind 1989 Reinert, Al USA D
1120 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 Ophüls, Marcel France / USA Y
2047 The Moderns 1988 Rudolph, Alan USA D
393 The Last Emperor 1987 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / UK DB
1583 Matewan 1987 Sayles, John USA DS
1844 Pathfinder 1987 Gaup, Nils Norway Y
1957 Comrades 1987 Douglas, Bill UK
2265 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 Couturié, Bill USA Y
2300 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
1608 The Mission 1986 Joffé, Roland UK YS
2190 Universal Hotel 1986 Thompson, Peter USA
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
110 Shoah 1985 Lanzmann, Claude France Y
2006 Huey Long 1985 Burns, Ken USA Y
1440 Heimat 1984 Reitz, Edgar West Germany Y
1889 The Times of Harvey Milk 1984 Epstein, Rob USA DU
2017 The Wannsee Conference 1984 Schirk, Heinz Austria / West Germany V
2047 Quilombo 1984 Diegues, Carlos Brazil / France D
2270 The Bounty 1984 Donaldson, Roger UK / USA DU
1212 Danton 1983 Wajda, Andrzej France / Poland / West Germany Y
1438 utu 1983 Murphy, Geoff New Zealand V
2017 The Good Fight 1983 Buckner, Noel / Dore, Mary / Sills, Sam USA D
342 Gandhi 1982 Attenborough, Richard UK / India DUP
1427 La Nuit de Varennes 1982 Scola, Ettore France / Italy Y
245 Reds 1981 Beatty, Warren USA DB
1797 Marianne and Juliane 1981 von Trotta, Margarethe West Germany V
2017 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China 1981 Lerner, Murray USA D
488 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
730 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Italy / West Germany D
2224 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter 1980 Field, Connie USA
1930 Newsfront 1978 Noyce, Phillip Australia D
2017 Northern Lights 1978 Hanson, John / Nilsson, Rob / Lavut, Martin USA
2097 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Attenborough, Richard USA / UK DBS
1122 Harlan County, USA 1976 Kopple, Barbara USA D
1481 The Memory of Justice 1976 Ophüls, Marcel UK / USA / France / West Germany
2294 I, Claudius 1976 Wise, Herbert UK D
2224 The Buffalo Creek Flood:
An Act of Man		 1975 Pickering, Mimi USA
2227 Chronicle of the Burning Years 1975 Lakhdar-Hamina, Mohammed Algeria
2235 The Hindenburg 1975 Wise, Robert USA DUS
2017 Hearts and Minds 1974 Davis, Peter USA D
2248 The Deluge 1974 Hoffman, Jerzy Poland / Soviet Union Y
1729 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Peckinpah, Sam USA DU
2190 The Mongols 1973 Kimiavi, Parviz Iran
2248 The House on Chelouche Street 1973 Mizrahi, Moshé Israel Y
55 Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
2017 Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 Hussein, Waris UK UP
2190 Salomé 1972 Bene, Carmelo Italy
2235 The Assassination of Trotsky 1972 Losey, Joseph Italy / France / UK D
2299 Ludwig 1972 Visconti, Luchino France / Italy / West Germany Y
2300 Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
1790 The Devils 1971 Russell, Ken UK Y
2121 Nicholas and Alexandra 1971 Schaffner, Franklin J. UK Y
2190 How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman 1971 dos Santos, Nelson Pereira Brazil D
2264 Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Jarrott, Charles UK YS
2279 Sacco and Vanzetti 1971 Montaldo, Giuliano Italy / France S
1792 King: A Filmed Record...
Montgomery to Memphis		 1970 Lumet, Sidney / Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA
1974 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
NR The Molly Maguires 1970 Ritt, Martin USA DUP
418 Andrei Roublev 1969 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union Y
623 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 Ophüls, Marcel France / Switzerland / West Germany Y
1532 Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Jarrott, Charles UK Y
1960 Lucía 1969 Solás, Humberto Cuba
629 War and Peace 1968 Bondarchuk, Sergei Soviet Union D
727 The Lion in Winter 1968 Harvey, Anthony UK DS
1867 Witchfinder General 1968 Reeves, Michael UK D
1964 In the Year of the Pig 1968 de Antonio, Emile USA DU
2190 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War 1968 Ivens, Joris / Ivens, Marceline Loridan France / Vietnam
2233 Nostra signora dei turchi 1968 Bene, Carmelo Italy
2235 The Boston Strangler 1968 Fleischer, Richard USA DUP
2235 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 Richardson, Tony UK D
2264 Mayerling 1968 Young, Terence France / UK Y
1433 Marketa Lazarová 1967 Vlácil, Frantisek Czechoslovakia
1952 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2017 The Anderson Platoon 1967 Schoendoerffer, Pierre France D
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2145 Hagbard and Signe 1967 Axel, Gabriel Denmark / Iceland / Sweden
2275 Titicut Follies 1967 Wiseman, Frederick USA
2279 Hour of the Gun 1967 Sturges, John USA DU
340 A Man for All Seasons 1966 Zinnemann, Fred UK D
1430 The Sand Pebbles 1966 Wise, Robert USA DBS
2118 The Rise of Louis XIV 1966 Rossellini, Roberto France Y
2235 Is Paris Burning? 1966 Clément, René France / USA D
2235 Khartoum 1966 Dearden, Basil / Elisofon, Eliot UK DUPS
2248 Pharaoh 1966 Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Poland
2250 John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums 1966 Herschensohn, Bruce USA
256 Doctor Zhivago 1965 Lean, David USA DUPS
1503 Tokyo orimpikku 1965 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1747 Simón del desierto 1965 Buñuel, Luis Mexico Y
1826 The Eleanor Roosevelt Story 1965 Kaplan, Richard USA Y
2098 The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Reed, Carol USA YUPS
865 Becket 1964 Glenville, Peter UK / USA D
1500 Zulu 1964 Endfield, Cy UK YS
1732 Cheyenne Autumn 1964 Ford, John USA D
1742 I Am Cuba 1964 Kalatozishvili, Mikheil Soviet Union / Cuba Y
1820 The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 Mann, Anthony USA D
1966 Point of Order! 1964 de Antonio, Emile USA Y
2183 Culloden 1964 Watkins, Peter UK D
2250 The Finest Hours 1964 Baylis, Peter UK
2250 Four Days in November 1964 Stuart, Mel USA Y
325 The Leopard 1963 Visconti, Luchino Italy / France YUS
413 The Great Escape 1963 Sturges, John USA DUS
1618 Cleopatra 1963 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. / Mamoulian, Rouben / Zanuck, Darryl F. UK / USA / Switzerland YUS
2201 Zapruder Film 1963 Zapruder, Abraham USA Y
2235 55 Days at Peking 1963 Ray, Nicholas / Green, Guy / Marton, Andrew USA V
1411 Chushingura 1962 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2017 The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler:
Black Fox		 1962 Stoumen, Louis Clyde USA V
2246 The Trial of Joan of Arc 1962 Bresson, Robert France
1641 El Cid 1961 Mann, Anthony Italy / USA DS
2235 Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
293 Spartacus 1960 Kubrick, Stanley USA YS
1835 The Alamo 1960 Wayne, John USA YS
1854 Exodus 1960 Preminger, Otto USA D
1949 When Comedy Was King 1960 Youngson, Robert USA D
2300 Mughal-E-Azam 1960 Asif, K. India
260 Ben-Hur 1959 Wyler, William USA DUS
824 The Diary of Anne Frank 1959 Stevens, George USA YS
913 Ivan the Terrible, Part Two 1958 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Filimonova, M. Soviet Union YU
2129 The Vikings 1958 Fleischer, Richard USA DUP
1949 The Golden Age of Comedy 1957 Youngson, Robert USA D
2063 The Spirit of St. Louis 1957 Wilder, Billy USA DS
2233 Something of Value 1957 Brooks, Richard USA Y
2250 Albert Schweitzer 1957 Hill, Jerome USA Y
2274 The Pride and the Passion 1957 Kramer, Stanley USA D
NR The Story of Mankind 1957 Allen, Irwin USA
1267 War and Peace 1956 Vidor, King Italy / USA YS
1993 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2235 Seven Wonders of the World 1956 Garnett, Tay / Mantz, Paul / Marton, Andrew / Tetzlaff, Ted / Thompson, Walter USA
2274 Alexander the Great 1956 Rossen, Robert USA / Spain DUS
278 Night and Fog 1955 Resnais, Alain France Y
754 Richard III 1955 Olivier, Laurence UK D
1564 Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan / Hong Kong Y
1993 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2190 Land of the Pharaohs 1955 Hawks, Howard USA YS
2190 Shin heike monogatari 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Ulysses 1955 Camerini, Mario / Bava, Mario Italy D
1801 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2235 The Egyptian 1954 Curtiz, Michael USA VS
946 Julius Caesar 1953 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA DUS
1834 Conquest of Everest 1953 Lowe, George UK Y
2017 The Sword and the Rose 1953 Annakin, Ken USA
2235 The Beggar's Opera 1953 Brook, Peter UK V
2250 Martin Luther 1953 Pichel, Irving USA / West Germany Y
2274 Titanic 1953 Negulesco, Jean USA DS
2274 Young Bess 1953 Sidney, George USA
2151 Above and Beyond 1952 Frank, Melvin / Panama, Norman USA V
848 The Red Badge of Courage 1951 Huston, John USA Y
1661 Quo Vadis 1951 LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
2129 David and Bathsheba 1951 King, Henry USA D
2035 The Flame and the Arrow 1950 Tourneur, Jacques USA DS
2047 The Black Rose 1950 Hathaway, Henry UK D
2235 The Elusive Pimpernel 1950 Powell, Michael / Pressburger, Emeric UK
2235 Padeniye Berlina 1950 Chiaureli, Mikheil Soviet Union
2047 Prince of Foxes 1949 King, Henry USA D
2098 Joan of Arc 1948 Fleming, Victor USA Y
2233 Scott of the Antarctic 1948 Frend, Charles UK Y
2250 Paris 1900 1948 Védrès, Nicole France
1854 Captain from Castile 1947 King, Henry USA D
2232 Forever Amber 1947 Preminger, Otto / Stahl, John M. USA Y
2235 Unconquered 1947 DeMille, Cecil B. USA D
1396 The Overlanders 1946 Watt, Harry Australia / UK Y
642 Ivan the Terrible, Part One 1945 Eisenstein, Sergei M. Soviet Union YU
1741 The Battle of San Pietro 1945 Huston, John USA DUP
2224 War Comes to America 1945 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2239 The True Glory 1945 Kanin, Garson / Reed, Carol UK / USA UP
299 Henry V 1944 Olivier, Laurence UK D
1254 Wilson 1944 King, Henry USA YS
2224 The Battle of China 1944 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 Memphis Belle 1944 Wyler, William USA Y
2250 The Fighting Lady 1944 Wyler, William USA
2296 The Great Moment 1944 Sturges, Preston USA D
1952 Fires Were Started 1943 Jennings, Humphrey UK Y
2224 The Battle of Britain 1943 Capra, Frank / Veiller, Anthony USA Y
2224 The Battle of Russia 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 Divide and Conquer 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y