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Films with the genre "Historical", sorted by revenue
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Rhino Season (2012)
, 1h28Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Actors Monica Bellucci, Beren Saat, Behrouz Vossoughi, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Belçim Bilgin Erdoğan, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Sahel, un poète kurde vient de sortir de prison après 35 ans. Il tente de retrouver sa femme qui le croit mort.
Ripples of Desire (2012)
, 1h50Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Ivy Chen, Simon Yam, Michelle Chen Yan-hsi, Joe Cheng, Sandra Ng, Li Xiaoran
Shudra: The Rising (2012)
, 2hGenres Drama, Historical
Shudra: The Rising is set in the time of the Indus Valley Civilization civilisation and has a storyline that concerns the caste system of ancient India.
Tanda Putera (2013)
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kavita Sidhu, Farhanna Qismina, Ida Nerina, Chelsia Ng
The film is a fiction loosely based from the Malaysia's historic event occurred within 1969, when the racial tension reach its height. The film portrays the close friendship between the second Malaysian prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak and his deputy, Tun Dr Ismail. They were secretive about their health problems as they had the task of restoring the peace in their country following the events of 13 May 1969. Tun Razak was suffering from leukaemia and he had to keep it a secret from his family. They both sought the services of Dr. Macpherson. The reading room of Tun Dr Ismail became a secret clinic for their treatment.
The Presumption of Justice (2012)
, 41minutesDirected by Boris Malagurski
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about law
Actors Boris Malagurski
The film focuses on an incident in which French football fan Brice Taton died in Belgrade, and which led to 12 young people being sentenced to a total of 115 years of prison. On September 17, 2009, a fight broke out on Obilićev venac Square when Partizan fans attacked several Toulouse fans, which - the film claims - led to Brice Taton falling off a ledge and dying in a hospital ten days later. According to the director Ivana Rajović, one of the Partizan fans, Stefan Veličković, couldn't have been a part of the fight, because he was getting a traffic violation ticket in Makedonska street several blocks away at the time the fight was taking place. In spite of Stefan having an alibi, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Soegija (2012)
, 1h55Directed by Garin Nugroho
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Wouter Braaf
Though raising the universal aspect of humanity rather than emphasize the religious aspects, this film is about Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) first indigenous bishop: Monsignor Albertus Soegijapranata SJ, from his inauguration until the end of Indonesia's independence war (1940–1949). This turbulent decade marked by the end of 350 years of Dutch occupation, entry and commencement of Japanese occupation of Indonesia, the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, and the return of the Netherlands who tried to get Indonesia back as part of their Dutch Empire, which led to the Indonesian National Revolution. Soegija wrote all these events in his diary reflections, and also its participation in relieving the suffering of people in the midst of the chaos of war. He tried to play a role at all levels, local politics, national and international. (For his participation, President Sukarno awarded him with the title of National Hero of Indonesia.
Zabana! (2012)
, 1h47Origin Algerie
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Nicolas Pignon, Jean-Marie Galey, Vincent Nemeth, Corrado Invernizzi
Ce film retrace le parcours d'Ahmed Zabana, grande figure historique du mouvement national et son rôle pendant la Guerre de libération, notamment dans la région d'Oran.
Game Change (2012)
, 1h58Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, Sarah Paulson
The film opens in 2010 with a frame story: Republican strategist Steve Schmidt is being interviewed by Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes. Cooper poses a difficult question regarding former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: was she selected because she would make the best vice president or because she would win the election?
The Long Way Home (2013)
, 1h55Directed by Alphan Eseli
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Uğur Polat
The Battle of Sarikamish, an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman Empire during World War I, resulted with the defeat of the Ottomans, 90.000 soldiers were martyred. The Eastern Anatolia region happened to be a place of uncertainty and chaos by January 1915.
The Challenger (2013)
, 1h29Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Historical
Actors William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Dennehy, Eve Best, Henry Goodman
En 1986, à la suite de l'accident de la navette spatiale Challenger, le président Reagan forme une commission d'enquête présidentielle chargée de déterminer les causes de l'accident. Parmi ses membres se trouve le professeur Richard Feynman, physicien de renom, qui comprend rapidement qu'il est le seul membre réellement indépendant. Avec l'aide d'autres membres de la commission, il parvient à mettre en lumière un certain nombre de défaillances et à révéler au grand jour ce qui a conduit à l'explosion de la navette.
Kochadaiiyaan (2014)
, 2h4Directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin
Origin Inde
Genres Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rajinikanth, R. Sarathkumar, Aadi Pinisetty, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar
A young boy named Rana, who hails from the kingdom of Kottaipattinam, leaves his family, despite his brother Sena pleading him not to do so. The boy soon meets with an accident while rowing in the river and is eventually discovered by some fishermen from the neighbouring kingdom of Kalingapuri, a rival of Kottaipattinam. Rana (Rajinikanth) grows up there and trains in weaponry, and grows up to be a fearless warrior. Due to his fighting skills and bravery, he soon wins the confidence of the king of Kalingapuri, Raja Mahendran, who promotes him as Commander-in-Chief of the Kalingapuri army. Rana's first job as Commander-in-Chief is to free the soldiers of his hometown Kottaipattinam, who are being treated as slaves, enlist them in the army and train them. He then seeks the permission of Raja Mahendran to attack Kottaipattinam, to which the latter agrees. However, during the war, Rana encounters his childhood friend, crown prince Sengodagan, the son of Rishikodagan, king of Kottaipattinam. Immediately signalling an end to the war, he, along with the soldiers disown Kalingapuri and return to Kottaipattinam, much to the disgust of Raja Mahendran and his son, crown prince Veera Mahendran, who swear revenge on Rana for tricking them and betraying Kalingapuri.
Paradesi (2013)
, 2h6Directed by Bala
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Atharvaa, Uma Riyaz Khan, Vedhika, Dhansika, Riythvika
Rasa (Adharvaa) is a carefree young man living in a rural village in the Madras Presidency during the early days of the British Raj. Orphaned at a young age, he is brought up by his nagging but loving hunchback grandmother. Angamma (Vedhicka), a village girl falls for him and takes pleasure in bullying him. When she finally confesses her feelings for him, they have sex and soon reveal the fact that they are in love before the entire village and also get into physical relationship. Angamma's mother objects as Rasa is jobless and irresponsible, making him unqualified to become anyone's husband.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000)
Directed by Jabbar Patel
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Mammootty, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Gokhale, Govind Namdev, Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni, Aanjjan Srivastav
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, his film biopic on the National leader who fought also for dalits, which has been in the making for the past nine years, is now seeing the light of the day. The film which fetched Malayalam superstar Mammooty a National award in 1999, however took a while to reach the audience. After the English version received the award, Patel said "the decision was taken to go in for different dubbing versions. It was decided to dub the film in eight languages. So it needed time to write the script, go for script approval from prominent Sahitya Akademi winners,". That entailed going for dubbing teams and a series of voice trials. Mammooty is doing the Malayalam and Tamil dubbing but not the Hindi.
The Prime Minister (1941)
, 1h34Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Fay Compton, Barbara Everest, Owen Nares, Frederick Leister
In 1837, London novelist Benjamin Disraeli (John Gielgud) crashes his bicycle and is given a ride to a garden party by Mary Ann Wyndham-Lewis (Diana Wynyard). She read his novels and says he should be in Parliament. Disraeli asks Mary Ann to help him, so she goes to the Conservative party leaders and gets their support for Disraeli.
The Coward (1915)
, 1h17Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Nick Cogley, Ella Margaret Gibson, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate States Army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.