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Films with the genre "Historical", sorted by revenue
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Directed by Wilfrid North
Genres War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Reginald Barlow, Herschel Mayall, Joseph Smiley
El tambor de Tacuarí (1948)
, 1h18Genres Historical
Actors Juan Carlos Barbieri, Norma Giménez, Homero Cárpena, Cirilo Etulain, Julián Bourges, Ada Cornaro
The Black Arrow (1948)
, 1h16Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Actors Louis Hayward, George Macready, Janet Blair, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Walter Kingsford
A knight returns home after the War of the Roses and discovers his evil uncle has murdered his father.
Karl May (1974)
, 2h15Directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers
Actors Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Rudolf Fernau, Attila Hörbiger, Lil Dagover, Mady Rahl
Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer (1985)
, 1h50Genres Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Lee Bo-hee, Ahn Sung-ki, Kim Myung-gon, Park Won-sook
The movie is set in Korea's Joseon Dynasty, during the reign of King Seonngjong, when strict Confucianism forced women to follow the male dominant society.
Secret Weapon (1990)
Directed by Ian Sharp
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Griffin Dunne, Brian Cox, Karen Allen, Jeroen Krabbé, Stuart Wilson, John Rhys-Davies
The Staircase (1998)
Directed by Karen Arthur
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors David Clennon, Barbara Hershey, William Petersen, Diane Ladd, Rodney Arnold Grant, Justin Louis
A Journey of Samyak Buddha (2013)
Genres Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Gautam Buddha’s biographical movie showcases different facets of his enlightened life.
Home from Home (2013)
, 3h45Directed by Edgar Reitz
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes La précarité, L'émigration
Actors Werner Herzog, Jeroen Perceval
L'histoire est centrée autour de Jacob, jeune homme et fils de forgeron qui, cherchant à fuir la misère provoquée par les mauvaises récoltes successives, s'évade en lisant des ouvrages sur les Indiens du Brésil et cherche à y immigrer comme nombre de ses concitoyens, prussiens ou non, d’une Allemagne pas encore unifiée.
Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
Directed by Sean McNamara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Luke Benward, Lauren Holly, Jason Isaacs, Tom Skerritt, Keith David, David Arquette
The Dunera Boys (1985)
Directed by Ben Lewin
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Bob Hoskins, Joe Spano, Warren Mitchell, John Meillon, Joseph Fürst, Mary-Anne Fahey
, 3h12Origin Australie
Genres Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Helen Slater, Barry Bostwick, Jonathan Hyde, Caroline Goodall, James Condon
En 1934, le millionnaire britannique Sir Mac Pherson Robertson organise une compétition aéronautique récompensée de 10 000 livres sterling. Les pilotes devront relier Londres à Melbourne en Australie le plus rapidement possible.
Dempsey (1983)
, 1h52Directed by Gus Trikonis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Treat Williams, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant, Sam Waterston, Robert Hardy, Peter Mark Richman
Jack Dempsey starts out fighting in bars for half the take. He wins his first professional fight. After a later bout, he and his manager are held up at gunpoint and robbed of the purse. He sees the thieves later and beats them up to recover the cash. Jack meets Maxine Cates, but goes to New York to box. After a bout with Jack Johnson is a draw, he breaks with his manager and goes back to Salt Lake City and marries Maxine. After money disputes with her Maxine leaves and Dempsey goes to San Francisco. Kerns becomes his manager. He wins fights goes to New York and divorces Maxine. He beats Jess Willard by a TKO and becomes heavyweight champ. He goes to Hollywood to make films and gets sued for non-support by Maxine. He fights Luis Firpo and is knocked out of the ring, but still wins. He is sick (perhaps poisoned), but still fights Gene Tunney and loses in a TKO. On September 22, 1927 he fights Tunney again. Dempsey knocks Tunney down, but the count doesn't start until Dempsey goes to a neutral corner. This gives Tunney time to recover and get up when the count reaches 9. In this famous "long count" fight Tunney wins by decision.
The Face Reader (2013)
, 2h22Directed by Han Jae-rim
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Jung-jae, Baek Yun-shik, Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jong-suk, Jo Jung-suk
Nae-gyeong, the most skillful face reader in the Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a gisaeng. Nae-gyeong accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get involved in a murder case. With his face reading skills, Nae-gyeong successfully identifies the murderer and his skills are soon acknowledged by King Munjong who orders him to identify the potential traitors who threaten his reign. However after the unexpected death of Munjong, Nae-gyeong is courted by Grand Prince Suyang who yearns to become King himself by killing the young successor Danjong. Nae-gyeong decides to keep his loyalty to the late King and help Kim Jongseo protect the young King which forces him into the biggest power struggle in the history of the Joseon dynasty.