Unknown Wars and rare historical Periods
by Burgwaechterchen | created - 07 Apr 2015 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicWars and historical epocs which are rarely to be found in films..Everybody knows about World War 2 or US Civil War.But this is a try to list the seldomly focussed parts of history.
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1. The Liberator (2013)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
Director: Alberto Arvelo | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Erich Wildpret, María Valverde, Juana Acosta
Votes: 5,565 | Gross: $0.11M
The south-american Revolutions between the end of the napoleonic wars and the mid-19th Century.In this case it is about Simon Bolivar,leader of many uprisings and successful Revolutions in South America.
2. Michael Collins (1996)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart
Votes: 33,743 | Gross: $11.09M
The Irish Easter Riots in Dublin in 1916,which led to the founding of the IRA and finally to the independence of Ireland.
3. Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla (2013)
R | 125 min | Drama, History, War
On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Director: Rafa Lara | Stars: Christian Vazquez, Angélica Aragón, Liz Gallardo, Kuno Becker
Votes: 940 | Gross: $0.17M
This is about the French/Belgian intervention in the so called "Mexican Adventure" between 1861 and 1867
4. The King's Whore (1990)
R | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Valeria Golino, Robin Renucci, Paul Crauchet, Amy Werba
Votes: 876
The Age of Baroque,in itself seldom shown in movies.Here we have a scenery during the Spanish War of Succession from 1701 to 1714
5. Unforgiven (2013)
R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shioli Kutsuna, Jun Kunimura, Yûya Yagira
Votes: 2,789
The Meiji Era in Japan,from 1867 to World War One.
6. The Wind and the Lion (1975)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston
Votes: 10,146 | Gross: $0.75M
The German/French Inervention in Morocco in 1904,referring to the Pedecaris-Case,the Kidnapping of a US Citizen.
7. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $0.03M
The Armenian Genocide and tragedy,led by the Ottoman Empire in and after WWI
8. Lion of the Desert (1980)
PG | 173 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Irene Papas
Votes: 17,365 | Gross: $3.27M
The Italian Invasion of Libya in the 1920s
9. The Water Diviner (2014)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, War
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.
Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas
Votes: 77,891 | Gross: $4.19M
May WWI be portrayed in Films very often,but here we see,in Addition,the Greek-Turkish War directly after the End of WWI
10. Die Seelen im Feuer (2014 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
Bamberg 1630. The era of witch-hunting. The surgeon professor Cornelius (Mark Waschke) returns from Vienna, where he is a renowned physician, to his homeland. He is soon forced to face the ... See full summary »
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Mark Waschke, Paulus Manker, Alexander Held, Maximilian von Pufendorf
Votes: 180
The Thirty Years War in Europe,mainly in Germany,from 1618 to 1648
11. Coup de Grâce (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 1,395
After the End of WWI polish and baltic troops tried to invade defeated Germany,but German Freikorps stopped them.
12. Das goldene Ufer (2015 TV Movie)
104 min | Romance
Vormärz in Germany: Gisela and Walther, a maid and a servant - a predestined path of life, which Gisela rebels against. Her free-thinking spirit puts her in great danger. Is Walther going to join her on this dangerous path?
Director: Christoph Schrewe | Stars: Volker Bruch, Miriam Stein, Walter Sittler, Trystan Pütter
Votes: 101
German Vormärz between the End of Napoleonic Wars and the German Revolution of 1848
13. 55 Days at Peking (1963)
Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson
Votes: 7,415
The Boxer Rebellion in Peking and parts of China in 1900
14. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
145 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 13,874
The 80 Years war,also called the Dutch Rebellion between 1580 and 1648,the Struggle for Dutch independence
15. God Loves Caviar (2012)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Sebastian Koch, Evgeniy Stychkin, Juan Diego Botto, Olga Sutulova
Votes: 3,142
The Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s.
16. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,663 | Gross: $8.21M
The Christianization of the North American Indians in th 17th Century
17. The Silent Mountain (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his first love and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.
Director: Ernst Gossner | Stars: William Moseley, Eugenia Costantini, Claudia Cardinale, Emily Cox
Votes: 801
In the often inscened WWI the South Austrian/North Italian Alpes-Front in the Dolomites is rarely the Subject.But here it is.
18. Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014)
108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."
Director: Jonathan English | Stars: Danny Webb, Roxanne McKee, Michelle Fairley, Tom Rhys Harries
Votes: 2,992
Focuses on the Scottish Border-Reivers against the English Occupation in 15th and 16th Century.
19. Spider's Web (1989)
196 min | Drama
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Andrea Jonasson
Votes: 244
The German Freikorps,Revolution and the so called Republic of Weimar between WWI End and WWII Start.
20. A Royal Affair (2012)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 50,721 | Gross: $1.55M
The Danish Royal Court and the Danish occupied Northern Germany in late 18th Century.
21. Sauna (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk
Votes: 7,475
The Russo-Finnish War in the 16th Century.
22. Escape (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Signe, spared from death to produce a child, befriends a little girl, Frigg, and escapes from the camp.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann
Votes: 4,768
May there be a lot of Films on the Medieval Age,but surely not about Scandinavian Middle-Ages,like this one.
23. Dolce far niente (1998)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: François Cluzet, Isabella Ferrari, Margherita Buy, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 210
The chaotic political circumstances in the post-napoleonic Duchies,Countdoms and Baronies of Italy.
24. The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
R | 114 min | Drama, History, War
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.
Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Andrea Iaia, Enrico Lo Verso, Jerzy Skolimowski
Votes: 2,222
The Ottoman Siege of Vienna in 1683
25. Utu (1983)
Unrated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson
Votes: 1,331
The Maori Rebellion in New Zealand in mid-1860s
26. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,500 | Gross: $0.87M
The Indian Mutiny against the British Occupants in 1857
27. 1864 (2014)
TV-14 | 460 min | Drama, History, War
When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Bent Mejding, Marie Tourell Søderberg
Votes: 4,092
Prussia's and Austria's War against Denmark in 1864
28. The Turkish Gambit (2005)
208 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the ... See full summary »
Director: Dzhanik Fayziev | Stars: Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko, Marat Basharov, Vladimir Ilin
Votes: 4,804
The Russo-Turkish War in 1877
29. Blackthorn (2011)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Director: Mateo Gil | Stars: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier
Votes: 10,356 | Gross: $0.20M
Uprisings and Crime in Bolivia in the 1920s
30. Stranded (2010)
103 min | Horror, Mystery
A platoon of French soldiers on a rescue mission in North Africa confront invisible evil creatures.
Directors: Hugues Martin, Sandra Martin | Stars: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Thierry Frémont, Saïd Taghmaoui, Aurélien Wiik
Votes: 999
The French Algerian War in the 1950s and 60s
31. Conquest 1453 (2012)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama, History
After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.
Director: Faruk Aksoy | Stars: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Cengiz Coskun
Votes: 59,076 | Gross: $0.07M
The Fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453
32. Dracula Untold (2014)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
As his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.
Director: Gary Shore | Stars: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson
Votes: 207,558 | Gross: $56.28M
Besides all the Vampire-thing this film deals with the Ottoman Invasion of Transsylvania and Wallachya in the 15th Century.
33. Käsky (2008)
115 min | Drama, Romance, War
There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Samuli Vauramo, Pihla Viitala, Eero Aho, Eemeli Louhimies
Votes: 1,489
Civial War in Finland after WWI
34. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet
Votes: 6,393 | Gross: $1.88M
French Age of Romantic and the Secret Service Acitivities of Austria in the 1830s
35. Das ewige Lied (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
A divided village is what country priest Joseph Mohr finds when he arrives at his new parish: a village cut in half by a river that forms a political and more importantly, a social border. ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Xaver Bogner | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Heio von Stetten, Erwin Steinhauer, Michael Mendl
Votes: 195
The Bavarian-Austrian Border in the years after Napoleon Bonaparte
36. Brother of Sleep (1995)
R | 127 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker, Jochen Nickel
Votes: 1,678
The Bavarian Alps during Napoleon's Reign.
37. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,323 | Gross: $5.70M
Swiss in the early 20th Century
38. Peter the Great (1986)
371 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
Stars: Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard
Votes: 799
The Russo-Swedish War(called "Great" oder "First" Nordic War)at the Beginning of the 18th Century.
39. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 20,765
The Fascist/Militarist Dictatorship in Portugal in the 1970s.
40. Les caprices d'un fleuve (1996)
111 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1785, Jean-Franois de la Plaine is appointed by the King governor in West Africa, in a period when slavery was the rule.
Director: Bernard Giraudeau | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Frémont, Roland Blanche
Votes: 333
The French in Northern Africa in mid-18th Century
41. De troon (2010)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
Fate proved even more fickle in the post-feudal era for the Orange-Nassau family on the Dutch royal throne (all styled Willem, 'William') then for its realm. After exile in the French ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Thiry, Jeroen Willems, Yorick van Wageningen, Guy Clemens
Votes: 145
Rise and Fall of the Dutch Throne in 18th and 19th Century.
42. Night Sun (1990)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti, Margarita Lozano
Votes: 884
The Kingdom of Naples in early 18th Century.
43. Widow of St. Pierre (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, Romance
In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 5,730 | Gross: $3.06M
French Canada in mid-1840s
44. Eleni (1985)
PG | 114 min | Drama, War
A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton
Votes: 1,677 | Gross: $0.31M
Greek Civil War after the end of WWII
45. The Painted Veil (2006)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Catherine An
Votes: 95,921 | Gross: $8.06M
Chinese Civil War in the 1920s
46. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
PG-13 | 182 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen
Votes: 16,426
A US gunboat makes its way through Civil War ridden Chinese Provinces in the 1930s
47. In Pursuit of Honor (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Western
In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton
Votes: 1,719
Inside the US-Cavalry during the early 1930s
48. I Am Dina (2002)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Dina grows up in a village at a fjord in 1860s north Norway. As child, she accidentally kills her mom and loses her rich dad's love. She grows up to be a clever, pretty, wild, and strange woman. She marries a rich Frenchman.
Directors: Ole Bornedal, Tony Spataro | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 5,722
The Kingdom of Norway in the early 19th Century
49. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, History, War
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,876
The Crimean War between England,France and Sardinia on the one,Russia on the opposing side;1854-1856
50. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 19,987 | Gross: $0.10M
Late-medieval Mercenaries in Northern Italy in 1501
51. The Admiral (2015)
TV-PG | 151 min | Action, Biography, Drama
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, Lieke van Lexmond
Votes: 10,422
The Anglo-Dutch Sea-Wars in the late 17th Century.Not only England,but Brandenburg(the later Prussia)and France attacked the Dutch Union.
52. Mis Ston (1958)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.
Director: Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic | Stars: Olga Spiridonovic, Ilija Milcin, Marija Tocinoski, Dragan Ocokoljic
Votes: 215
This one deals with the first of the Balcans-Wars round the turn of the 19th/20th.Here Serbian Rebels act agains the Ottoman Invader
53. Radetzkymarsch (1994– )
255 min | Drama, History
At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him ... See full summary »
Stars: Max von Sydow, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Tilman Günther
Votes: 217
Besides WWI this deals with the battles of Solferino and Magenta in 1857;Austria against France and Sardinia/Piedmont
54. Ku'damm 56 (2016)
100 min | Drama
Generations clash when the feisty daughter of a dance studio owner defies her mother's wishes and embraces the fight for gender equality in 1950s Berlin.
Stars: Sonja Gerhardt, Claudia Michelsen, Maria Ehrich, Emilia Schüle
Votes: 2,423
The German 50ies shortly after End of WWII
55. The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 6,116 | Gross: $0.28M
The German late 50ies and early 60ies
56. Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016 TV Movie)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1920s the two brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler start manufacturing sport shoes. Adolf is a talented craftsman and his dream is that one day all the best sportsmen in the world will ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Dommenget | Stars: Ken Duken, Torben Liebrecht, Jesse Albert, Florian Bartholomäi
Votes: 2,933
German Province from the mid-20ies to the 50ies
57. The General Case (2016 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, History
Its 1959. German Public Prosecutor Bauer is convinced he has found the long sought Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. This tense drama shows his struggle to have him brought to ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Wagner | Stars: Ulrich Noethen, David Kross, Bernhard Schütz, Dieter Schaad
Votes: 299
The German late 50ies and early 60ies
58. The Last Valley (1971)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 3,580 | Gross: $0.25M
The 30 years War in the southern German Mountains
59. Gottes mächtige Dienerin (2011 TV Movie)
180 min | Biography, History
Story of the nun who stood out for her strong personality as a trusted servant of Pope Pius XII.
Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller | Stars: Christine Neubauer, Remo Girone, Emily Behr, Georg Blumreiter
Votes: 86
The German Republic of Weimar between the World Wars
60. Public Enemies (2014 TV Movie)
Drama, History
Playing in Germany in the 1960ies the movie narretes the conflict between former German politician Franz-Josef Strauß and Rudolf Augstein, German journalist and founder of 'Der Spiegel' ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Sebastian Rudolph, Francis Fulton-Smith, David Rott, Johann von Bülow
Votes: 291
The 60ies in post War,early Republican West-Germany
61. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings
Votes: 300,516 | Gross: $25.14M
Early 17th Century in New England,America
62. The Scarlet Letter (1995)
R | 135 min | Drama, Romance
An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Lisa Andoh
Votes: 16,290 | Gross: $10.40M
Early 17th Century in New England,America
63. Die Wüstenrose (2000 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Hans Werner | Stars: Birge Schade, Walter Sittler, Ralf Bauer, Mariella Ahrens
Votes: 25
German Southwest-Africa,nowadays Namibia,in 1900
64. Red and White (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Drama, War
A band of Indonesian men bond together as cadets, survive a massacre, and fight on as guerrilla soldiers against the Dutch despite their conflicts and deep differences in social class.
Director: Yadi Sugandi | Stars: Donny Alamsyah, Rahayu Saraswati, Lukman Sardi, Joe Sims
Votes: 362
Civil War in Dutch-Occupied Indonesia directly following WWII
65. Morenga (1985)
112 min | Drama, War
Set in 1904, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins.
Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Jacques Breuer, Edwin Noel, Jürgen Holtz, Manfred Seipold
Votes: 26
In the German-occupied African Colonies
66. Posse (1993)
R | 111 min | Western
In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Paul Bartel
Votes: 4,872 | Gross: $18.29M
Spanish-American War in Cuba 1898
67. Heneral Luna (2015)
R | 118 min | Action, Biography, History
Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
Director: Jerrold Tarog | Stars: John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado, Bing Pimentel
Votes: 2,519 | Gross: $0.20M
Spanish American War in the Phillipines 1898
68. Krabat (2008)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: David Kross, Christian Redl, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 6,850
During the 30years War in the Eastern German Woods
69. Victory (1996)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Axel Heyst lives on a secluded island near the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya. The year is 1913. While on personal business to the port, he visits the hotel owned by racist German ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Peploe | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Irène Jacob, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 537
The Dutch Colonies,Adventures in Dutch-India
70. Devil's Paradise (1987)
94 min | Adventure, Drama
At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.
Director: Vadim Glowna | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Sam Waterston, Suzanna Hamilton, Mario Adorf
Votes: 48
The Dutch Colonies,Adventures in Dutch-India
71. The Barber of Siberia (1998)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, History
At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko, Richard Harris
Votes: 12,801
The Empire of the Russian Tsar on the one hand,the Uniteed States round 1900 on the other
72. Tarabas (1982 TV Movie)
218 min | Drama, History
An adaptation of a novel by Joseph Roth.
Director: Michael Kehlmann | Stars: Helmuth Lohner, Erik Frey, Luise Prasser, Michaela Rosen
Votes: 17
A Story set in the late 1800's in the Holy Russian Empire of the Tsar.
73. Effi Briest (2009)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Ambitious German imperial hussars veteran baron Geert von Instetten takes office as coastal district administrator, hoping to e promoted to the colonies. His childhood love, Luise, married ... See full summary »
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Heike Warmuth, Mirko Lang, Ludwig Blochberger
Votes: 887
Late 1800's,German Times of Emperor William II
74. Effi Briest (1974)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karlheinz Böhm
Votes: 2,695
see above
75. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem
Votes: 2,627
Shortly before outbreak of WWI..the farest,most distant and secluded outposts of the Austrian/Hungarian Empire.
76. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen
Votes: 106,497 | Gross: $12.82M
A Story set in the late 1800's in the Holy Russian Empire of the Tsar.
77. Anna Karenina (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner
Votes: 6,182 | Gross: $0.79M
See above
78. The Tiger (2015)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.
Director: Park Hoon-jung | Stars: Hitanshu Barik, Kim Hong-pa, Park In-Soo, Jung Ji-so
Votes: 6,565
Japanese occupied Korea in WWII
79. Tracker (2010)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Ray Winstone, Nicholas McGough, Gareth Reeves, Mark Mitchinson
Votes: 4,209
A Story which is set in New Zealand in late 1800's,but involves British South-Afrrica.
80. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney
Votes: 130,985
One Episode in season 3 is set in German Sansibar
81. The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz
Votes: 188,634 | Gross: $126.64M
The Belgian occupied,colonial Congo
82. The English Patient (1996)
R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 200,769 | Gross: $78.65M
May be WWII portayed in Films very often,but this one centers around the rarely mentioned German occupied areas of northern africa..
83. Pathfinder (2007)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Karl Urban, Clancy Brown, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means
Votes: 46,264 | Gross: $10.23M
The Vikings and their Indian victims in America round 800 a.C.
84. Pathfinder (1987)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi, Henrik H. Buljo
Votes: 5,599
Tribal Wars between Scandinavian Tribes and Finnish/Baltic Predators in the early middle ages
85. Dunderland (2012)
78 min | Horror
In 1695, a young maiden named Johanne Nilsdotter is accused of witchcraft. Her persecutors end her life in the bottomless pits of the remote Djupkista waters in the Dunderland valley. In ... See full summary »
Directors: Nils J. Nesse, Finn-Erik Rognan | Stars: Miriam Prestøy Lie, Reidar Sørensen, Sven Henriksen, Hanne-Marte Sørlie
Votes: 232
Swedish rural Regions in the early 17th Century,witch-slaying and superstition.
86. Far from Men (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, War
Algeria, 1954. Two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee across the Atlas mountains. Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder.
Director: David Oelhoffen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Djemel Barek, Vincent Martin
Votes: 8,805
French Algerian War in the 1950's.Trouble between the native Clans and families as well.
87. Silence (I) (2016)
R | 161 min | Drama, History
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 122,931 | Gross: $7.10M
The Age of Edo in Japan,beginning with the Tokugawa-Clan,winning the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and factually but not officially ending with the arrival of Commodore Perry's US-Ships in a Bay near Edo in 1853.Here the plot is about two Portuguese,Jesuit-Missionaries and the pursuit of Christians
88. The Last Samurai (2003)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama
Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton
Votes: 470,856 | Gross: $111.11M
Set during the Satsuma-Rebellion in 1877,which was a part of the early Age of Meiji,following the strict and harsh Age of Edo.This story focusses on the work of US and European Military Advisors in the Japanese armies.
89. Character (1997)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.
Director: Mike van Diem | Stars: Pavlik Jansen op de Haar, Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman
Votes: 11,299 | Gross: $0.71M
The Netherlands in the 20ies,troubled times between Communist demonstrations and upcoming fascist times.
90. The Gang of Oss (2011)
112 min | Crime, Drama, History
Netherlands, 1938. In a small town in the province of North Brabant called Oss, Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Director: André van Duren | Stars: Sylvia Hoeks, Matthias Schoenaerts, Frank Lammers, Daan Schuurmans
Votes: 3,037
Criminal gangs and the slow birth of the Belgian Mafia within WWII's Eve in the 1930's
91. Original Sin (2001)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.
Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson
Votes: 59,772 | Gross: $16.25M
Set in Spanish occupied Cuba in the later 1890's.Harsh,medieval Colonialism in atmosphere of the Caribean.
92. Salvador (2006)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A profile of anarchist and bank-robber Salvador Puig Antich, whose 1974 execution under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco ushered in a period of unrest that helped Spain transition to democracy.
Director: Manuel Huerga | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Tristán Ulloa, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Joel Joan
Votes: 3,450
Fascist Spain and the Acitivities of the Basque,terrorist ETA in the 1970's
93. The Fencing Master (1992)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Olea | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 781
The Carlist-Wars in Spain in the 1840's;different royal Spanish fractions,Civil War,spies and French intervention
94. Silk (2007)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho, Sei Ashina
Votes: 11,747 | Gross: $1.10M
French and Dutch Activities in the fortified Age of late Edo in the 1850's,shortly before Japan had to open it's borders to the US Warships
95. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Yûki Kudô, Reeve Carney
Votes: 14,561 | Gross: $14.38M
Surely,the USA shortly before WWII is nothingg special or outstanding in Films..But here the interaction between rural US and simple US-Japanese people is drafted..
96. Come See the Paradise (1990)
R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War
The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi
Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $0.85M
Again..nothing normally special..USA homefront within WWII..BUT again HERE we watch the special fate of US/US-Japanese married couples back then..
97. König der letzten Tage (1993– )
197 min | History
The 1530s. Many are convinced that the Day of Judgement is at hand. A protest movement is making the heart of Europe beat faster and louder: it is a protest against the dissipation of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Christoph Waltz, Mario Adorf, Deborah Kaufmann, Charo López
Votes: 122
The German Dutchies and Baronies in the mid-1500's..in Europe called the Renaissance..Here we watch a protestant,radical sect rising in the diocese of Münster..rise and fall of a false prophet,called Jan Bockelsohn in 1537
98. Kautokeino-opprøret (2008)
96 min | Drama, History
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup, Nils Peder Gaup
Votes: 2,914
Sami-tribal uprising against Norwegian Kingdom in the mid-1800's
99. Indochine (1992)
PG-13 | 160 min | Drama, Romance, War
Eliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne
Votes: 10,941 | Gross: $5.73M
French Indochina in the 1920's;Uprisings and Secret Service Activities
100. Charlie Bravo (1980)
94 min | Adventure, War
After a nurse is captured in Vietnam and held prisoner in a small jungle village, a group of soldiers is tasked with rescuing her.
Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert | Stars: Bruno Pradal, Jean-François Poron, Karina Verlier, Gérard Boucaron
Votes: 95
The FRENCH Vietnam War in the 1950's
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