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A Man of His Time
A Man of His Time (Notre Salut) is a 2026 French-Belgian drama by Emmanuel Marre, starring Swann Arlaud as the director's great-grandfather, a Vichy civil servant; it won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2026.
A Melody to Remember (오빠생각)
A Melody to Remember (오빠생각) is a 2016 South Korean war drama by Lee Han, starring Im Si-wan and Ko A-sung, about an officer forming a children's choir with Korean War orphans; based on real wartime choirs, it drew about 1.07 million admissions and won the Udine audience award.
A Night to Remember (1958 film)
A Night to Remember (1958) is a British docudrama directed by Roy Ward Baker, adapted by Eric Ambler from Walter Lord's 1955 book, starring Kenneth More as Second Officer Lightoller in the Titanic sinking.
A Passage to India (film)
A Passage to India (1984) is David Lean's final film, adapted from E.M. Forster's 1924 novel and Santha Rama Rau's play, starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, and Oscar winner Peggy Ashcroft, with 11 Academy Award nominations.
A Royal Affair
A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) is Nikolaj Arcel's 2012 Danish historical drama starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard about Struensee, Queen Caroline Mathilde, and King Christian VII; it won two Berlin Silver Bears and earned Oscar and Golden Globe foreign-language film nominations.
A Taxi Driver (택시 운전사)
A Taxi Driver (택시 운전사, Taeksi Woonjunsa) is Jang Hoon's 2017 South Korean historical drama starring Song Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann, based on German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter and driver Kim Sa-bok during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising; it sold over 12 million admissions and was South Korea's Oscar submission.
Madfabulous
Madfabulous is a 2026 British historical comedy-drama directed by Celyn Jones, written by Lisa Baker, starring Callum Scott Howells as Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, with Ruby Stokes and Rupert Everett; premiered at BFI Flare, released 5 June 2026.
Magellan (film)
Magellan (Magalhães/Magallanes) is Lav Diaz's 2025 historical drama starring Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan; premiered at Cannes 2025, won Valladolid's Golden Spike, and is the Philippines' Oscar entry.
Man of Iron
Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) is Andrzej Wajda's 1981 Polish drama, sequel to Man of Marble, about the Gdańsk Shipyard strikes and Solidarity's birth; it won the 1981 Palme d'Or and was Oscar-nominated.
Mandingo (film)
Mandingo (1975) is a Richard Fleischer drama produced by Dino De Laurentiis, adapted from Kyle Onstott's novel, starring James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, and boxer Ken Norton as slave fighter Mede; a box office hit condemned by critics.
Marketa Lazarova
Marketa Lazarová (Markéta Lazarová) is František Vláčil's 1967 Czechoslovak medieval epic, freely adapted from Vladislav Vančura's 1931 novel, shot over three years in Šumava exteriors, and voted the best Czech film of all time in a 1998 critics' poll.
Matewan
Matewan (1987) is John Sayles' independent drama about the 1920 Matewan Massacre in West Virginia's Mine Wars, starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, and Will Oldham, Oscar-nominated for Haskell Wexler's cinematography and added to the National Film Registry in 2023.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス, Furyo) is Nagisa Ōshima's 1983 Japanese-British-New Zealand POW drama set on Java, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, with Sakamoto's BAFTA-winning theme and the single Forbidden Colours.
Mientras Dure la Guerra
Mientras dure la guerra (While at War) is Alejandro Amenábar's 2019 Spanish-Argentine historical drama starring Karra Elejalde as Miguel de Unamuno in Salamanca, 1936; it premiered at San Sebastián, drew over two million Spanish viewers, and won five Goya awards.
Moulin (2026 film)
Moulin is a 2026 French historical drama biopic by László Nemes, his French-language debut, written by Olivier Demangel. Gilles Lellouche plays Resistance leader Jean Moulin opposite Lars Eidinger's Klaus Barbie; it premiered in Cannes competition on 17 May 2026 and opened in France on 28 October.
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver (1942) is William Wyler's MGM drama starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as an English family in wartime, based on Jan Struther's novel; it won six Oscars including Best Picture and was famously called propaganda worth a hundred battleships.
Musa (무사) (2001 film)
Musa (무사, Musa the Warrior) is a 2001 South Korean historical action epic directed by Kim Sung-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Joo Jin-mo, Ahn Sung-ki, and Zhang Ziyi, about Goryeo envoys stranded in 1375 China; then the most expensive Korean film and a box-office failure.
My Love Has Been Burning
My Love Has Been Burning (Waga koi wa moenu, aka Flame of My Love) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1949 Shochiku feminist melodrama starring Kinuyo Tanaka as Eiko Hirayama, based on feminist pioneer Hideko Kageyama's autobiography, set in 1880s Meiji Japan.
Nagabonar
Nagabonar (Naga Bonar), 1986/1987 Indonesian comedy-drama by M.T. Risyaf, written by Asrul Sani, starring Deddy Mizwar as a pickpocket turned self-appointed general; won six 1987 FFI Citra Awards including Best Film.
New Tales of the Taira Clan
New Tales of the Taira Clan (新・平家物語, Shin Heike Monogatari; also Taira Clan Saga) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 Daiei Kyoto color film, first of a trilogy adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel, with Raizo Ichikawa as young Taira no Kiyomori.
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆, Welcome to the Loong Restaurant) is a 2026 Chinese anti-war drama by Wen Muye starring Shen Teng as chef Xu Fu in a fictional Middle Eastern city during an Iraq-like war; it grossed over $318 million and was released internationally from September 2026.
One Second (一秒钟)
One Second (一秒钟, Yi miao zhong) is Zhang Yimou's 2020 Chinese drama set during the Cultural Revolution, in which an escaped convict, an orphan girl, and a projectionist fight over a film reel; pulled from Berlin 2019, released November 2020.
Panther
Panther (1995 film), directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Melvin Van Peebles from his novel, dramatizes the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland; released May 1995 by Gramercy Pictures, grossing $6.8 million and sparking accuracy disputes.
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory (Les Sentiers de la gloire) is Stanley Kubrick's 1957 anti-war film starring Kirk Douglas, adapted from Humphrey Cobb's 1935 novel about a French World War I court-martial, withheld from French cinemas until 1975 and added to the National Film Registry in 1992.
Peterloo
Peterloo: massacre of 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged about 60,000 pro-democracy protesters led by Henry Hunt at St Peter's Field, Manchester, killing 15-18 and inspiring the Manchester Guardian.
Polytechnique (film)
Polytechnique is Denis Villeneuve's 2009 black-and-white Quebec drama about the December 6, 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, told through fictional students Valérie and Jean-François; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and won nine Genie Awards.
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (楊貴妃)
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (楊貴妃, Yokihi) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 color historical drama, the first Japanese-Hong Kong co-production (Daiei and Shaw Brothers), retelling the Tang story of Emperor Xuanzong and consort Yang Guifei with Machiko Kyō and Masayuki Mori.
Queen Margot
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) is Patrice Chéreau's 1994 French historical drama adapted from Alexandre Dumas's novel, starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, and Virna Lisi; it depicts the 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and won the Cannes Jury Prize and five Césars.
Quilombo
Quilombo (1984) is a Brazilian historical drama by Carlos Diegues about the Quilombo dos Palmares, the largest community of escaped slaves in colonial Brazil, led by Ganga Zumba and Zumbi, with music by Gilberto Gil, shown in competition at Cannes 1984.
Red Rain (2025 film)
Red Rain (Mưa đỏ) is a 2025 Vietnamese war drama directed by Đặng Thái Huyền about the 81-day 1972 defense of Quảng Trị Citadel; it became Vietnam's highest-grossing film and its 98th Oscars submission.