Historical Drama
It is a genre in which its movies are set in a past time period which may be a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties.
Paths of Glory (1957) Stanley Kubrick
The film follows Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them against charges of cowardice in a court-martial. It stars Kirk Douglas.
Schindler’s List (1993) Steven Spielberg
The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley.
Braveheart (1995)
Mel Gibson
The film depicts the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. It stars Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack.
Gladiator (2000)
Ridley Scott
The film focuses on Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena to avenge the murders of his family and his emperor. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, and Richard Harris.
Möller, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, and Richard Harris.
Rob Roy (1995)
Michael Caton-Jones
The film follows Rob Roy MacGregor, an 18th-century Scottish clan chief who battles with an unscrupulous nobleman in the Scottish Highlands. It stars Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox, and Jason Flemyng.
300 (2006)
Zack Snyder
The film revolves around King Leonidas, who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "God-King" Xerxes and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios. It stars Gerard Butler, David Wenham, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro.
Hidden Figures (2016) Theodore Melfi
The film follows Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions, a NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and a NASA engineer, Mary Jackson. It stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell.