Here we've displayed a list of the best Historian films : Tomorrow Ever After(2016), The Rape of Europa(2006), Against the Tide(2009), Little Big Man(1970), The Bishop's Wife(1947), Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird(2010), Who Will Write Our History(2018), Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience(2007), The True Glory(1945), National Treasure(2004), Ghosts of the Abyss(2003), Salinger(2013) ... ...
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2016
95 Minutes
Caitlin Mehner Matthew Murumba Bettina Goolsby Ela Thier Nabil Vinas Ebbe Bassey Craig Resta Vishwas Daphna Thier
historian physicist time traveler amusing charming confident creative emotional city house street time travel war poverty pollution greed loneliness discovery fall love
When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.
Documentary
USA
2006
117 Minutes
Richard Berge
nazi art expert soldier historian shocking moving museum germany europe art nazism adolf hitler world war ii theft discovery quest rescue 20th century
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Documentary
USA
2009
102 Minutes
american jew jewish immigrant holocaust survivor historian expert documentarian activist interviewee fascinating gripping moving emotional inspiring united states holocaust world war ii jewish culture jewish identity survival
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1970
150 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway Chief Dan George Martin Balsam Richard Mulligan Jeff Corey Aimee Eccles Kelly Jean Peters Carol Androsky Robert Little Star Cal Bellini
indian gunslinger historian reverend snake-oil salesman pioneer wild amusing emotional saloon village deadwood, s.d. stagecoach household plains american west race relations indian life prejudice injustice
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Other, Fantasy
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Cary Grant Loretta Young David Niven Monty Woolley James Gleason Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Sara Haden Karolyn Grimes Tito Vuolo Regis Toomey
bishop wife angel wealthy woman historian cab driver engaging amusing heartwarming church office mansion street faith marriage jealousy values wealth heaven discovery
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Documentary
USA
2010
82 Minutes
Jane Beasley
historian author interviewee interviewer harper lee oprah winfrey tom brokaw fascinating engaging moving united states archive literature legacy biography documentaries history society rise 2010s
It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the author hasn't given an interview ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Jowita Budnik Piotr Glowacki Piotr Jankowski Wojciech Zielinski Karolina Gruszka
nazi jew journalist scholar historian brooding brutal gripping emotional fascinating warsaw ghetto journalism historical events nazi occupation nazis propaganda quest adventure discovery rivalry
Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
interviewee historian professor soldier marine military officer inspiring somber office movie set iraq afghanistan military base battlefield literature horrors of war iraq war afghanistan war history transformation
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Documentary, War
UK|USA
1945
85 Minutes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
dwight d. eisenhower soldier nazi historian confident fiery patriotic inspiring europe united states world war ii nazism allied forces victory historical events rivalry rise 1940s
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly one thousand four hundred cameramen. It opens as the assembled Allied ... See full summary »
Adventure, Action
USA
2004
130 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Diane Kruger Justin Bartha Sean Bean Jon Voight Harvey Keitel Christopher Plummer Hunter Gomez Don McManus Annie Parisse Mark Pellegrino
treasure hunter friend father grandfather fbi agent historian frenetic gripping rousing washington, d.c. arctic ship hall new york city church treasure hunting betrayal heist conspiracy code breaking
A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.
Documentary
USA|France
2003
60 Minutes
director actor historian fascinating engaging incredible ocean historical events cinema history shipwreck hms titanic discovery adventure mystery 1910s
James Cameron and Bill Paxton, director and actor of the 1997 film Titanic, travel to the final undersea resting place of the ill-fated ship of dreams.
Documentary
USA
2013
129 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Edward Norton John Cusack Martin Sheen Tom Wolfe Gore Vidal
friend recluse journalist missing person historian writer tense gripping brooding small town life story deception investigation controversial life artistic integrity betrayal 2010s
An unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.
Drama
UK|USA
2016
110 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Tom Wilkinson Timothy Spall Andrew Scott Jack Lowden Caren Pistorius Alex Jennings Harriet Walter Mark Gatiss John Sessions Nikki Amuka-Bird
professor historian lawyer neo-nazi friend brooding emotional intense london lecture hall auditorium courtroom auschwitz restaurant holocaust denial libel lawsuit truth vindication
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Horror, Action, Fantasy
USA|Canada
2006
105 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Scott Speedman Tony Curran Derek Jacobi Bill Nighy Steven Mackintosh Shane Brolly Brian Steele Zita Görög Scott McElroy John Mann
vampire werewolf brother historian son monster incredible frenetic creepy thrilling eastern europe village mansion hideout prison war cross-cultural romance secrets peace evolution
Picking up directly from the previous movie, vampire warrior Selene and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Malta|France|UK
2006
149 Minutes
Tom Hanks Audrey Tautou Ian McKellen Alfred Molina Jean Reno Paul Bettany Jürgen Prochnow Jean-Yves Berteloot Jean-Pierre Marielle Clive Carter Marie-Françoise Audollent
professor scientist historian bishop police chief monk tense chilling gripping thrilling museum bank mansion paris scotland temple death secret society deception religion
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Documentary
Belgium|France
2015
115 Minutes
filmmaker survivor holocaust survivor mother historian emotional melodramatic intense touching disturbing brooding france belgium informing holocaust interview documentary filmmaking world war ii survival discovery
Chantal Akerman films her mother, an old woman of Polish origin who is short lifetime, in her apartment in Brussels. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and sharing memories, ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
David Tomlinson Helen Cherry Margaret Rutherford Barbara Kelly A.E. Matthews Patricia Dainton Ewan Roberts Brian Oulton Clive Morton
earl assistant historian divorcée ghost government official engaging amusing crafty castle scotland bed and breakfast estate bedroom haunting land dispute heritage tourism relationships business
The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
History, War, Drama
USA|Germany
2014
118 Minutes
George Clooney Matt Damon Bill Murray John Goodman Jean Dujardin Bob Balaban Hugh Bonneville Dimitri Leonidas Cate Blanchett Justus von Dohnányi Holger Handtke
art expert historian expert nazi adolf hitler soldier bleak brooding chilling amusing powerful nazi germany art gallery museum apartment school old city art theft preservation nazis
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
Documentary
Netherlands
2018
70 Minutes
Anouk Pluijm
woman psychologist scientist historian young woman older woman confident engaging fascinating positive powerful united states interview room womanhood women's issues feminine sexuality feminism sex gender bias discovery
The film explores the the scientific, historical, biological and social aspects behind the female sex drive and female gaze.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Belgium
2006
113 Minutes
Arielle Dombasle James Wilby Dany Verissimo Farid Chopel Marie Espinosa Farida Khelfa Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni Asmaa Bouafia
historian painter girl suspenseful fantasy world morocco reputation lost visions transformation
An orientalist professor researching Delacroix's North African work becomes entangled in an S&M waking dream in Morocco.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2015
90 Minutes
Robbie Kay Faran Tahir Aqueela Zoll Trista Robinson Meredith Thomas Jason Wesley Angie Dick Mike Quirk
historian pilot corporal soldier german officer brash striking unrestrained wild outlandish france alternate history world war iii time travel nazism survival adventure discovery escape pursuit
After Flight 42 travels through a storm they find themselves in France, 1940, during World war II.
Documentary
2002
58 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Michael Kloft
historian film critic nazi fascinating disturbing hollywood, calif. england germany charlie chaplin adolf hitler cinema history world war ii rivalry rise 1930s
Charles Chaplin's spoof of Adolf Hitler in the film "The Great Dictator" provokes both hilarity and horror. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
Adventure
2014
95 Minutes
Richard Burgi Wendy Glenn David Rintoul Sam Redford Julian Kostov Hugh Fraser Hristo Mitzkov Iliana Lazarova Velislav Pavlov Sadie Katz Roxanne Pallett
scientist historian archeologist adventurer fascinating gripping engaging temple mexico mayan culture history historical events future adventure science search quest adventure discovery quest
Scientists explore a Mayan temple, searching for 12 ancient skulls that hold the key to preventing the destruction of the Earth.
Documentary, Drama, History
2005
75 Minutes
Elie Lison Roger May Steve Driesen Tshilombo Imhotep Annette Kelly
king soldier african native historian bleak frightening solemn belgian congo village greed death historical events rubber business king leopold ii ivory trade wretched excess pursuit 1920s
In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.
Romance
2020
90 Minutes
Katrina Norman Tilky Jones Alina Alcantara Duncan Bahr Mike Benitez Morgan Christiansen Tanya Christiansen Lawrence H. Collins
historian art dealer art expert girlfriend guide airy cheeky charming emotional heartwarming playful tropical island archaeology jewel smuggling affair emotion island life heartbreak lying cheating
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
84 Minutes
Eric Mabius Kristin Booth Crystal Lowe Geoff Gustafson Mark Valley Zak Santiago Megan Charpentier William B. Davis Karin Konoval Jill Teed Fred Henderson
prisoner investigator historian amusing witty united states letter writing survival prisoners of war code freedom escape discovery 2010s
The Postables (Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth) race against time to reunite a soldier in Afghanistan with her family.
Other, Drama, Romance
2019
84 Minutes
Elizabeth Henstridge Ryan Paevey Bruce Davison Julia Duffy Karen Holness David Lafontaine Nelson Wong Wanda Cannon Adam Hurtig Emilea Wilson Tom Young
historian decorator career woman professor ex-girlfriend concierge charming endearing heartwarming new york city plaza hotel hotel decorating christmas love love interest misunderstanding love triangle discovery love
When historian Jessica is hired to create the Plaza's Christmas display, she finds more than facts while teaming up with handsome decorator Nick to bring the display to life.
Documentary
2006
107 Minutes
Oreet Rees
tyrant slave explorer historian soldier brutal frenetic shocking belgium belgian congo mass murder destruction colonization dictatorship king leopold ii wretched excess 1900s
Filmmakers Pippa Scott and Oreet Rees document the exploitation of the Congo by Belgium's King Leopold II.
Sci-Fi
2010
90 Minutes
Misha Collins Hill Harper Peter Wingfield Torri Higginson David Lewis Tina Milo Milivojevic Michael Kopsa Brent Stait
archeologist mysterious man human historian american thrilling gripping engaging intense united states egypt pyramid fighting danger ancient egypt egyptian mythology pyramids adventure discovery quest
Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge accidentally activate an ancient piece of machinery underneath the bedrock that could end the world.