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The Knot (云水谣)
The Knot, also known as 云水谣, is a 2006 Chinese romantic war epic directed by Yin Li, starring Chen Kun, Vivian Hsu, and Li Bingbing.
The Last Duel (2021 film)
The Last Duel (2021 film), Ridley Scott historical drama starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck; adapts Eric Jager's book on the 1386 French trial by combat; three-perspective structure, $30.6M gross on $100M budget.
The Last Full Measure (2019 film)
The Last Full Measure (2019) is Todd Robinson's war drama about Air Force pararescueman William H. Pitsenbarger, his posthumous 2000 Medal of Honor, and the veterans' campaign, starring Sebastian Stan and Samuel L. Jackson.
The Last Supper (王的盛宴) (2012 film)
The Last Supper (王的盛宴) is a 2012 Chinese historical drama directed by Lu Chuan about Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at the fall of the Qin dynasty.
The Legend of Suriyothai
The Legend of Suriyothai (สุริโยไท) is a 2001 Thai historical epic by Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol about the 16th-century Ayutthaya queen who died in battle against Burma; royal-funded, record-breaking Thai box office, recut by Coppola.
The Leopard (1963 film)
The Leopard (Il gattopardo), Luchino Visconti's 1963 Italian-French epic adapted from Lampedusa's 1958 novel, stars Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale; it won the unanimous 1963 Cannes Palme d'Or and ranks =90 in the 2022 Sight and Sound poll.
The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵) is Kunio Watanabe's 1958 Daiei color Daieiscope film of the Chushingura revenge legend, starring Kazuo Hasegawa as Oishi, distinct from Mizoguchi's 1941 version and the 2013 Hollywood 47 Ronin.
The Messenger (2009 film)
The Messenger (2009), Oren Moverman's directorial debut drama co-written with Alessandro Camon, stars Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, and Samantha Morton as casualty notification officers and a war widow; Berlin Silver Bear winner and double Oscar nominee.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a 1999 historical drama directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc opposite John Malkovich and Dustin Hoffman.
The New World (2005 film)
The New World (2005) is Terrence Malick's historical drama about John Smith, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe at Jamestown, starring Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, and Christian Bale, with reconstructed Virginia Algonquian, Lubezki cinematography, and 135/150/172-minute cuts.
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years (Al-Mummia, المومياء) is Shadi Abdel Salam's 1969 Egyptian drama, his only feature, about the Horabat tribe's tomb raiding and the 1881 Deir el-Bahari mummy cache; restored in 2009 and ranked among the greatest Arab films.
The Night Porter
The Night Porter (Il portiere di notte) is Liliana Cavani's 1974 Italian drama starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling as a former SS officer and camp survivor who resume a sadomasochistic relationship in 1957 Vienna; banned in Italy, savaged by US critics, later reassessed.
The Opium War (鸦片战争)
The Opium War (鸦片战争) is Xie Jin's 1997 Chinese historical epic about the First Opium War, Lin Zexu, and the cession of Hong Kong; a 100-million-RMB record production that won Golden Rooster Best Picture but lost money.
The Ottoman Lieutenant
The Ottoman Lieutenant is a 2017 Joseph Ruben war romance starring Hera Hilmar, Michiel Huisman, Josh Hartnett, and Ben Kingsley, set in 1914 Van; criticized for omitting the Armenian genocide and seen as Turkey's answer to The Promise.
The Painted Bird (film)
The Painted Bird (Nabarvené ptáče) is Václav Marhoul's 2019 black-and-white 169-minute Czech adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's 1965 novel, spoken largely in Interslavic, following a Jewish boy through wartime Eastern Europe; it premiered at Venice 2019 and won eight Czech Lions.
The Physician (2013 film)
The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical adventure film directed by Philipp Stölzl, based on Noah Gordon's novel, about an 11th-century English apprentice who travels to Persia to study medicine under Ibn Sina.
The President's Last Bang (그때 그사람들)
The President's Last Bang (그때 그사람들) is Im Sang-soo's 2005 South Korean black comedy on the October 26, 1979 assassination of Park Chung-hee, starring Han Suk-kyu and Baek Yoon-sik, famous for its defamation injunction and 2008 disclaimer settlement.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) is a Warner Bros. Technicolor historical romance directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bette Davis as Elizabeth I and Errol Flynn as Essex, based on Maxwell Anderson's play, with five Oscar nominations.
The Promise (2016 film)
The Promise (2016 film), directed by Terry George, is a US-Spanish historical drama starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and Christian Bale in a love triangle during the 1915 Armenian genocide; Metascore 49, released April 2017.
The Promised Land (1975 film)
The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) is Andrzej Wajda's 1974 Polish epic drama adapted from Reymont's novel about three friends building a textile factory in Łódź; premiered 21 February 1975, it won Golden Lions, a Golden Hugo, and a 1976 Oscar nomination.
The Promised Land (2023 film)
The Promised Land (Bastarden) is a 2023 Danish historical drama by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen as captain Ludvig Kahlen, who colonizes the 1755 Jutland heath; Venice premiere, Denmark's Oscar entry, 9 Robert Awards.
The Right Stuff (film)
The Right Stuff (1983) is Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book about Chuck Yeager and the Mercury Seven astronauts; a box-office flop that won four Oscars, earned a 96% Tomatometer, and became a classic.
The Samurai Trilogy
The Samurai Trilogy (宮本武蔵三部作) is Hiroshi Inagaki's three-part 1954-1956 Toho color series starring Toshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto, adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel; the first film won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
The Secret Path
The Secret Path (also Chasing Secrets) is a 1999 CBS TV drama directed by Bruce Pittman, based on Rose Mary Evans' memoir Childhood's Thief, starring Della Reese and Ossie Davis as a couple sheltering an abused white girl.
The Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross (1932) is Cecil B. DeMille's pre-Code Paramount epic from Wilson Barrett's 1895 play, starring Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, and Charles Laughton as Nero; notorious for its milk-bath and arena scenes, cut in 1935, restored in 1993.
The Sleeping Voice
The Sleeping Voice (La voz dormida) is Benito Zambrano's 2011 Spanish drama adapted from Dulce Chacón's novel, about sisters in Francoist Madrid in 1940; it won three Goyas and the San Sebastián Silver Shell for María León.
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Story of Dr. Wassell is Cecil B. DeMille's 1944 Paramount Technicolor WWII film starring Gary Cooper as Navy doctor Corydon Wassell, who evacuated twelve wounded sailors from Java; based on James Hilton's commissioned 1943 book, inspired by Roosevelt's radio broadcast.
The Swedish Connection
The Swedish Connection (Den svenska länken) is a 2026 Swedish WWII drama directed by Thérèse Ahlbeck and Marcus Olsson, starring Henrik Dorsin as bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, who saved Jews via legal loopholes; Netflix release February 19, 2026.
The Tasters
The Tasters (Le assaggiatrici) is Silvio Soldini's 2025 German-language Italian-Belgian-Swiss historical drama adapting Rosella Postorino's novel At the Wolf's Table about women forced to taste Hitler's food at the Wolf's Lair, inspired by Margot Wölk's disputed testimony.
The Throne (사도) (film)
The Throne (사도, Sado) is Lee Joon-ik's 2015 South Korean historical drama starring Song Kang-ho and Yoo Ah-in as King Yeongjo and Crown Prince Sado, depicting Sado's 1762 death in a rice chest; it drew 6.25 million admissions and was Korea's 2016 Oscar entry.