5 Best Historical Movies

5 Best Historical Movies

1.The Pianist

This film was closely based on an autobiographical book by pianist and Holocaust survivor Vladislav Spielman. However, director Roman Polanski had additional motivation to respect the history, on which the pianist draws, as he himself survived the Holocaust in Krakow. This story of one talented man struggled to survive in the warsaw ghetto is heartbreaking and poignant and a testament to Polanski's effort to recreate the setting in every detail from the oppression of the ghetto streets to specific songs Spielman played. The pianist is a haunting vision of suffering made more disturbing by the beauty of the music.

2. 12 years a slave

Based on the 1853 biography of freed ex-slave Solomon Northup, this film was praised by historians and critics alike for its brutal depiction of the reality of slavery in Louisiana. Steve McQueen's distinct directorial style and the unforgettable performances of Chiwetel Ejiofor and others helped to bring the cruelty and barbarity of slavery to horrific life. 12 years of slave vividly portrays the social and historical realities of a past where men and women were used and abused as chattel while emphasizing Solomon northup's astonishing achievements.

3. Schindler’s List

Oskar Schindler is a vain, transcendent and avaricious German specialist who turns out to be far-fetched helpful in the midst of the primitive Nazi rule when he feels constrained to transform his industrial facility into an asylum for Jews. In light of the genuine story of Oskar Schindler who figured out how to spare around 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz death camp. A testament for the positive qualities within each one of us.

4. Lincoln

Historians and critics gave a warm reception to this painstaking recreation of President Lincoln's fight to have the 13th amendment pass in the closing months of the American Civil War. The film was shot in Richmond, Fredericksburg and Petersburg in Virginia, where historical architecture from the period remains today. Daniel Day-Lewis received widespread accolades for his masterful performance as President Lincoln, paying attention to key character details like the president's unexpectedly high voice and propensity as a master storyteller. Tommy Lee Jones was also praised for his performance as Thaddeus Stevens, a nineteenth-century master of insults and sarcastic wit.

5. Gandhi

In 1983, Gandhi is thrown off from a South African train for being an Indian and going in a first class compartment. Gandhi understands that the laws are one-sided against Indians and chooses to begin a peaceful challenge battle for the privileges of all Indians in South Africa. After various captures and the undesirable consideration of the world, the legislature at long last yields by perceiving rights for Indians, however not for the local blacks of South Africa. After this triumph, Gandhi is welcomed back to India, where he is presently thought about something of a national saint. He is asked to take up the battle for India's autonomy from the British Empire. Gandhi concurs, and mounts a peaceful non-collaboration battle of phenomenal scale, organizing a huge number of Indians across the nation.