The best history movies of 2022

Redeeming Love

Redeeming Love
6.7/10
A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

Adieu Monsieur Haffmann

Adieu Monsieur Haffmann
7/10
Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann. But faced with the German occupation, the two men will have no other choice but to conclude an agreement whose consequences, over the months, will upset the fate of our three characters.

The Kashmir Files

The Kashmir Files
8.6/10
The obscure saga and imprints of the painful exodus of Kashmiri hindus.

Simone, The Journey of the Century

Simone, The Journey of the Century
6.8/10
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.

Kira & El Gin

Kira & El Gin
7.9/10

新洗冤录

新洗冤录

The Delhi Files

The Delhi Files
Hiding truth, denying justice and no value of human life are blots on our democracy.

Hari Hara Veera Mallu

Hari Hara Veera Mallu
Plot is Unknown.

Thrilla in Manila

Thrilla in Manila
Ang Lee’s film about the iconic ‘Thrilla in Manila’ 1975 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier will push cinematic imagery to new levels. “The film will be 3D, shot at 120 frames per second, in 4K. Our actors in the ring will be matched with digital avatars and single-set edited. It will be a whole leap in sensorial [experience].”

December

December
In December of 1925, renowned American dancer Isadora Duncan arrives at the Soviet-Latvian border, where she makes arrangements for her lover Yesenin to flee from the USSR. All he has to do is get on the train to Riga. The poet secretly travels from Moscow to snowy Leningrad, where he gets caught up in a crazy whirlwind of events. While trying to evade surveillance by secret services, he has a series of fateful encounters. He finds both solace and despair in the city’s criminal underground. Despite the many obstacles he faces along the way, he remains determined to reunite with Isadora.

Swastik Sanket

Swastik Sanket
5.5/10
Based on the best-selling Indian Bengali novel Narak Sanket written by Debarati Mukhopadhyay, hot Rudrani is invited to London by her publisher to inaugurate the international edition of her book on cryptography. She meets an elusive man, Schumacher, who requests her to decrypt the puzzles left behind by her grandfather — clues that can lead to a cure for cancer. While Rudrani, along with her engineer husband Priyam, takes on the challenge, what she doesn’t realise is that she is getting sucked into a pool of dangerous international conspiracy. In a race against time, Rudrani and Priyam must uncover the clues to the antidote of a dreaded virus that challenges the very existence of mankind. From 1943 Germany to the hidden secrets of Swastika, from secret societies to novel viruses, from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to Adolf Hitler, the adaptation is a mind-boggling adventure across the United Kingdom, Eskay Movies’ home away from home.

Aparajito

Aparajito
In Communist Anik Duttaʼs tribute to Satyajit Rayʼs Pather Panchali, the protagonist, Aparajito Ray, sets out to make a film called Pather Podaboli and in the process faces several hurdles.

Kırk Göktürk

Kırk Göktürk

Άνεμος Ελευθερίας 1821

Άνεμος Ελευθερίας 1821

Raghu Dakat

Raghu Dakat
Based on A bengali folklore.

Kimbadanti

Kimbadanti
A period piece that also includes elements of sci-fi, adventure, mythology and alternate history along with its core theme of the backdrop of World War 1.

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