Top Historical Movies


The Top Historical Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Historical List". Lists are calculated daily.

91. The Corporation

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Actors: Michael Moore, Mikela J. Mikael, Ray Anderson, Noam Chomsky
Plot: A documentary that mentions big name corporations that hamper the environment and human conditions. It informs the viewers of the corporate responsibilities aside from the income generating business side. Various instances from polluting rivers, a certain company threatening factual journalism and the like.

92. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel
Plot: Lawman Pat Garrett pursues his friend, Billy the Kid, whose life has diverged from the former's after years of camaraderie.

93. The Greatest Game Ever Played

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bill Paxton
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Sinelnikoff, Justin Ashforth, Len Cariou
Plot: The true story of a 20-year old golfer in the 1913 U.S. Open.

94. Gettysburg

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Actors: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels
Plot: A made for TV movie based on Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels; a balanced approach to the Civil War's most critical battle.

95. For All Mankind

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Al Reinert
Actors: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins
Plot: A nice documentary about the U.S. Apollo program told by the astronauts themselves. Only video footage from the era is used, and the astronauts do voice-over work detailing what happened and how they felt during the missions.

96. Beyond the Gates ( Shooting Dogs )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney

97. Jezebel

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay
Plot: Prior to the Civil War a high-spirited Southern belle flouts convention and behaves in an unlady-like manner. As a result she drives away the man she loves. However, the war comes along, the young man gets yellow fever and she redeems herself by risking her life to nurse him.

98. Best of Enemies

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Actors: John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammer, Gore Vidal, Dick Cavett

99. The Zone of Interest

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam, Ralph Herforth
Plot: Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz, does his best to provide a perfect home for his wife, Hedwig and their children in an idyllic spot right next to the camp.

100. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ( Tini zabutykh predkiv )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Actors: Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Spartak Bagashvili
Plot: Taking place in a Carpathian village, the film follows Ivan as he finds love and tragedy - while the lively village changes with the seasons, holidays and events around them.

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