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Films with the genre "Historical", sorted by revenue

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The Gate
The Gate (2014)
, 1h35
Directed by Régis Wargnier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Raphaël Personnaz, Olivier Gourmet, Steve Driesen, Georges Bigot

L'histoire est basée sur des faits réels. Alors que les Khmers rouges prennent peu à peu le contrôle du Cambodge, François Bizot, un membre de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient continue son travail d'étude des sites archéologiques. Il est marié à une Cambodgienne avec laquelle il a eu une petite fille et parle couramment le khmer.
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture (2012)

Directed by Philippe Niang
Origin France
Genres Historical
Actors Aïssa Maïga, Arthur Jugnot, Sonia Rolland, Éric Viellard, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Yann Ebonge

A la veille de la Révolution de 1789, Toussaint Louverture prépare Saint-Domingue à se libérer de ses chaînes, imposées par la colonisation française. Fort de caractère, pétri de convictions démocratiques, et empreint alors des valeurs et bienfaits tout neufs de la République naissante, il s'allie à la France après avoir combattu aux côtés des Espagnols, des Anglais et avoir refusé l'alliance avec les Etats d'Amérique. Après la trahison du consul Bonaparte, devenu alors Napoléon en 1804, Saint- Domingue prend le nom de Haïti, car Toussaint, au prix de sa vie aura fait de son pays le premier Etat nègre indépendant où l'esclavage est enfin banni.
The Fungi Man
The Fungi Man (1976)
, 1h50
Directed by Roberto Gavaldón
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Adolfo Marsillach, Isela Vega, Philip Michael Thomas, Sandra Mozarowsky, Ofelia Medina, Fernando Allende

The story unfolds in a family of landowners from the colonial era, which owns a sugar plantation on the edge of the jungle. While hunting in the forest one day, the father, Don Everardo, discovers a young black orphan by the river. He leads the child to his great farm and call him Gaspar. Friendly and intelligent, the boy quickly becomes a new member of the family. He plays with his son, Sebastian and his two daughters, Emma and Lucilla, as if they were his own sisters. In a separate story, this family takes fine dining. One of his favorite mushroom dishes are prepared with an old family recipe from Spain. The family discovers if the mushroom is edible collected getting a volunteer to eat a few first. If voluntary collapses and dies, then the family does not serve mushrooms in the party.
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope
, 54minutes
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa

In the wake of one of the greatest failed social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to look at the legacy of Apartheid from the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured. A people who in 1994, embraced the concept of Desmond Tutu's all encompassing 'rainbow nation', but soon thereafter realized that freedom, privilege, economic growth and equal representation would not include them. A people who for more than 350 years has been disregarded, ignored, belittled, and stripped of anything they can call their own enduring a complex psychological oppression and identity crisis unparalleled in South African history.
The Dark Valley
The Dark Valley (2014)
, 1h43
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Western
Actors Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Clemens Schick, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Xenia Georgia Assenza

The film opens with a scene of a scared young man and woman hiding in the basement of a wooden building. Footsteps are heard from above, and then several men find them, severely assaulting the man and then dragging them both away as the woman screams. Time passes.
7 Assassins
7 Assassins (2013)
, 1h42
Directed by Eric Tsang, Xiong Xin-xin
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films, Kung fu films
Actors Eric Tsang, Felix Wong, Gigi Leung, Yu Oh-seong, Xiong Xin-xin, Max Mok

Boss Cat (Eric Tsang) is a warrior who had participated in the Boxer Rebellion. Cat is responsible for guarding Huang Jin Xia town, which have gathered many revolutionaries around China. There, they do not discuss about revolution nor care about politics and lead peaceful lives there. Sai-lim (Gigi Leung), a woman who was rescued by Cat, is oblivious that years ago, Cat not only rescued her and her child, he also rescued her heart.
In the Crosswind
In the Crosswind (2014)
, 1h30
Origin Estonie
Genres Drama, War, Historical

Le 14 juin 1941, suivant un ordre de Staline, des Estoniens sont arrêtés arbitrairement, dépossédés de leurs biens et déportés, pour la seule raison de leur appartenance à la culture estonienne. Parmi eux, figure Erna, qui est envoyée en Sibérie avec sa petite fille, et séparée de son mari, déporté ailleurs. Pendant les 15 ans que dureront sa détention, elle continuera d'écrire des lettres à son mari pour raconter ce qu'elle vit et continuer d'espérer.
Gagarin: First in Space
Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
, 1h48
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera
Actors Nadezhda Markina, Inga Strelkova-Oboldina, Daniil Vorobyov, Ivan Dobronravov

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket, becoming the first human in space and orbiting Earth for 108 minutes. He was one of the first group of cosmonauts who were selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.
Barcelona 1714
Barcelona 1714 (2014)
, 2h
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Bernat Quintana, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Mikel Iglesias

Barcelona 1714 is the story of Agnes, a girl trying to survive in a city at war, Barcelona. With the vitality of their youth, Agnes aspires to live, to flee the city. After many disappointments and ordeals, Agnes must make a vital decision: board the last ship to leave the city or stay and fight until the last moment, with his people.
Richard the Lionheart: Rebellion
Richard the Lionheart: Rebellion (2015)
, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Debbie Rochon

In a Europe divided between the two great powers of England and France, the sons of the English king, Henry The Young, Richard, and Geoffrey, lead a rebellion against their own father supported in their fight by the old king of France, Louis and especially by their French mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The eldest of the three, Henry, while trying to find allies, is forced to comply the compromises imposed by a land too much divided and with too many lords. But, after the Queen has been captured in an ambush, the war is inevitable. Richard leads the rebel army and, with his bravery, conquered the most of the English territories on French soil, sieging their father the king in the castle of Rouen. But the kings of England and France are much more intertwined then it could seem at a first glance, in fact their plans were established long before the beginning of the rebellion. The three brothers have to face a path filled of traps, betrayal and shifting alliance until the incomplete defeat. But in the process Richard will learn the true meaning of being a knight and will also meet his promise bride Alys.