Historical

In the Valley of Elah | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.2 (65,069 votes)
Budget
23,000,000.00$
On his first weekend back after serving in Iraq, Mike Deerfield goes missing and is reported AWOL. When Hank Deerfield, a former military MP and his wife Joan get the phone call with the disturbing news, Hank sets out to search for their son. Emily Sanders, a police detective in the jurisdiction where Mike was last seen, reluctantly helps him in his search. As the evidence grows, her missing person's case begins to look more and more like foul play, and soon Sanders finds herself in a fight with the military brass as she and Hank struggle to keep control of the investigation. But when the truth about Mike's time in Iraq finally begins to emerge, Hank's entire world is challenged and he's forced to reevaluate long-held beliefs to solve the mystery behind his son's disappearance. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon Directed by Paul Haggis

Багровый цвет снегопада | Russia
Genre
IMDB
5.7 (40 votes)
During the WWI young Kseniya becomes a nurse in the army.

Tadas Blinda. Pradzia | Lithuania
Genre
A legendary folk hero, Tadas Blinda is a romantic rebel - the Lithuanian equivalent of Robin Hood. His name is an inspiration to young and old alike. The movie is a full-length adaptation of the legend of Tadas Blinda, and the action takes place in czarist Lithuania. Political intrigue circling the 1861 abolishment of serfdom unexpectedly turns into a battle in a remote village. A carefree peasant named Tadas Blinda unintentionally finds himself in the middle of the conflict, and is forced to take responsibility not only for his own actions, but for the lives of his loved ones as well. While searching for his place in this cruel reality, Tadas discovers values that are worth living – and dying – for. The fight for freedom, justice and love begins… and the legend is born. An unforgettable cast, a riveting story, and a wonderful mix of adventure, humor and passion intertwine to create a truly legendary story.

The Iron Lady | France| United Kingdom
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Budget
13,000,000.00$
"The Iron Lady" is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. For the role of Margaret Thatcher Hollywood most beloved star Maryl Streep received GGOLDEN GLOBE award, as well as about to get an OSCAR. Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Iain Glen, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant, Harry Lloyd, Roger Allam Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd

Genre
IMDB
7.5 (332395 votes)
Budget
61,000,000.00$
Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Helmed by The King’s Speech’s Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne, with further casting to be announced. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. In December 2012, the world’s longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper’s sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo’s epic tale. With international superstars and beloved songs—including “I Dreamed a Dream,” “Bring Him Home,” “One Day More” and “On My Own”—Les Misérables, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.

Les adieux à la reine | France| Spain
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The film opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. 1789, at the eve of the Revolution: Versailles occupants still live happily, unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris. When news about the storming of the Bastille reaches the Court, aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, leaving the Royal Family alone. But Sidonie Laborde, a young Queen's reader, refuses to flee. She feels secure as she is under protection of the Queen of France. She does not yet know these are the last three days she would spend by her side.

Sapņu komanda 1935 | Latvia
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Budget
2,620,000.00$
Geneva, Switzerland 1935. Europe is struggling to be united as one yet the Woodrow- Wilson’s idea of a united Europe by the means of the League of Nations is being enforced. American missionaries since the 1920’s are trying to introduce the Europeans with the new sport called basketball. The first European Championship in basketball is about to take place. The national teams are meeting each other for the first time. Each wants the honour of being the first champion. Meanwhile in Latvia, the coach Baumanis is convinced that he can gather the team and take it to Geneva. However on his journey he quickly learns that triumph and defeat are a part of the game. Baumanis faces many difficulties, as well as unexpected help from those closest to him. Cast: Jānis Āmanis, Inga Alsiņa, Vilis Daudziņš. Directed by: Aigars Grauba, Andrejs Ēķis.

Genre
IMDB
7.4 (261999 votes)
Budget
40,000,000.00$
For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man.

En kongelig affære | Germany| Denmark| Czech Republic| Sweden
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Budget
8,000,000.00$
A Royal Affair is a gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for the people, but above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.

The Grandmaster | China| Hong Kong
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Budget
3,860,000.00$
With martial arts getting more popular in the Thirties, more people seek to learn them via the professionals at Foshan in Southern China. Some of the experienced masters like to challenge their counterparts and undergoing battles. To have their whole concentration, it is their practice to lock up the venues and no one is allowed to leave during battles. No food and no rest before reaching any results. Ip Man is a young rich man extremely talented in martial arts, but he chooses to keep a low profile. Yet this doesn't keep him out of these troubles ahead. One day he is trapped in this battleground so he has to use every means in order to get out of there. The masters are amazed by his abilities. Master Kung and his daughter Kung Yi are amongst, and the latter is attracted to this newcomer. A high warlord is assassinated by his own guard Yi Xian Tian. All masters in Foshan vow to take Tian down no matter what... Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang, Hye-kyo Song, Cung Le, Woo-ping Yuen Directed by Kar Wai Wong

Genre
IMDB
5.9 (91515 votes)
Budget
12,000,000.00$
The extraordinary story of Steve Jobs, the original innovator and ground-breaking entrepreneur who let nothing stand in the way of greatness. The biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the iconic Silicon Valley visionary and covers Jobs from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return to and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world and did just that.

Dallas Buyers Club | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
8.0 (420578 votes)
Budget
5,000,000.00$
Matthew McConaughey stars in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old friends, and bereft of government-approved effective medicines, decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, the entrepreneurial Woodroof joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts - who he once would have shunned - and established a hugely successful “buyers’ club.” Their shared struggle for dignity and acceptance is a uniquely American story of the transformative power of resilience.

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