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Films with the genre "Historical", sorted by revenue
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A Second Knock at the Door (2012)
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
Sembene! (2015)
, 1h28Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Ousmane Sembène, Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Sembene! tells the story of the self-taught novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, provided by Gadjigo, who wrote Sembene's biography. Sembène transitioned from a laborer into a powerful spokesman for Africa.
Full Out (2015)
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Jennifer Beals, Art Hindle, Jake Epstein, Paula Brancati
L'histoire vraie d'une jeune gymnaste californienne qui, après un accident, passa par le hip hop pour retrouver confiance avant de rejoindre les praticables.
, 2h7Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Miloš Biković, Sergej Trifunović, Leon Lučev, Stefan Kapicic, John Savage, Katarina Čas
Blood and Glory (2016)
Genres War, Historical
Themes Sports films
Actors Charlotte Salt, Josh Myers
Blood & Glory, also known as Modder En Bloed (Afrikaans) is a feature film currently in the post-production phase in South Africa set for release in the second quarter of 2016. The film, set during the Anglo-Boer War in 1901, tells the story of hope, strength, determination and the will to succeed that exists in all of us. The storyline follows Willem Morkel, a ‘Boer’ (Afrikaans farmer) who was captured and sent to a British concentration camp on St. Helena Island in the Atlantic ocean, where, placed under terrible oppression and hardship lead to an uprising through human spirit and more specifically, the game of rugby.
The Fencer (2015)
, 1h38Directed by Klaus Härö
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films
Actors Ursula Ratasepp, Märt Avandi
A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950’s, having left Leningrad to escape the secret police. He finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students, where he starts teaching them his great passion – fencing. Disapproving, the school's principal starts investigating Endel’s background.
Heneral Luna (2015)
Directed by Jerrold Tarog
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Historical
Actors John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Joem Bascon, Archie Alemania, Jeffrey Quizon, Paulo Avelino
1898, Province of Bulacan - President Emilio Aguinaldo (Mon Confiado) together with his Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini (Epi Quizon) and his cabinet are debating the issue of the American presence in the Philippines. Felipe Buencamino (Nonie Buencamino) and Pedro Paterno (Leo Martinez) support the American occupation, while General Antonio Luna (John Arcilla) and General José Alejandrino (Alvin Anson) wants independence for the Philippines. Luna asks the cabinet to authorize a pre-emptive strike while the Americans have yet to land their ground troops. Aguinaldo however assured his cabinet that the Americans had promised to help win freedom from their Spanish overlords. Unfortunately, the Americans have invaded key cities in Manila, indicating a possible war against the Filipinos.
The Tragedy of Man (2011)
, 2h40Directed by Marcell Jankovics
Genres Drama, Historical, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, French Revolution films
Actors Piroska Molnár
God creates the universe. Lucifer mocks God for the shortcomings of humanity, which he predicts will soon aspire to become God. As the primaeval spirit of negation, he claims to be as old as God and demands his share of the world, which he is granted in the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Immortality.
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
, 2h12Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Documentary, Historical, Crime
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Alessandro Nivola, Hank Azaria, Lily Rabe, Nathan Darrow
L'histoire du sulfureux financier Bernard L. Madoff, l'escroc de Wall Street condamné en 2009 à 150 ans de prison pour avoir détourné près de 65 milliards de dollars.
A Tale of Three Cities (2015)
, 2h10Directed by Mabel Cheung
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Sean Lau, Tang Wei, Qin Hailu, Elaine Jin, Jing Boran, Philip Chan
Number 55 (2014)
, 1h30Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Goran Bogdan, Slaven Španović, Alen Liverić
Movie takes place during the Croatian War of Independence. The film is based on a true story that happened on the eve in autumn of 1991 in the small Croatian village of Kusonje, near Pakrac. A small group of Croatian soldiers went on a patrol in an improvised armored car that thay had made. In Kusonje they get ambushed by Serbs and are forced to hide in a nearby abandoned house that bears the house number 55. Their resistance to the forces of the rebel Serbs, the JNA and Serbian special forces takes almost 24 hours. In parallel the film follows the efforts of their fellow soldiers to pull them out of the encirclement.
Jesse Owens (2012)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Andre Braugher
The Legend Makers (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Bui Tuan Dung
Genres War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
The story of the soldiers on the battlefields of Vietnam during the resistance war against the US. The living legend in the Vietnam War ...
