Classic historical Movies
# Kingdom of Heaven
ปี: 2005 | ประเทศ: Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
ผู้กำกับ: Ridley Scott
นักแสดง: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson
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After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
# 300
ปี: 2007 | ประเทศ: GB
ผู้กำกับ: Zack Snyder
นักแสดง: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan
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Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
# Spartacus
ปี: 1960 | ประเทศ: US
ผู้กำกับ: Stanley Kubrick
นักแสดง: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
# Cleopatra
ปี: 1963 | ประเทศ: GB
ผู้กำกับ: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
นักแสดง: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole
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Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
# Darkest Hour
ปี: 2017 | ประเทศ: GB
ผู้กำกับ: Joe Wright
นักแสดง: Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn
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In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
# Ben-Hur
ปี: 1959 | ประเทศ: US
ผู้กำกับ: William Wyler
นักแสดง: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
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In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
# Lawrence of Arabia
ปี: 1962 | ประเทศ: GB
ผู้กำกับ: David Lean
นักแสดง: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
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The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
# Hotel Rwanda
ปี: 2004 | ประเทศ: Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
ผู้กำกับ: Terry George
นักแสดง: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix
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Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru
# Braveheart
ปี: 1995 | ประเทศ: US
ผู้กำกับ: Mel Gibson
นักแสดง: Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.