Top Historical Movies


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

171. Paragraph 175

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel
Plot: Paragraph 175 tells of a gap in the historical record and reveals the lasting consequences, as told through personal stories of gay men and women who lived through it, including: Karl Gorath; Gad Beck, the half-Jewish resistance fighter who spent the war helping refugees escape Berlin; Annette Eick, the Jewish lesbian who escaped to England with the help of a woman she loved; Albrecht Becker, German Christian photographer, who was arrested and imprisoned for homosexuality, then joined the army on his release because he "wanted to be with men"; and Pierre Seel, the French Alsatian teenager, who watched as his lover was eaten alive by dogs in the camps.

172. Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon ( Saam gwok dzi gin lung se gap )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Lee
Actors: Andy Lau, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Maggie Q, Vanness Wu

173. Winter War, The ( Talviota )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pekka Parikka
Actors: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen

174. Warrior, The ( Musa )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sung-su Kim
Actors: Woo-sung Jung, Ziyi Zhang, Sung-kee Ahn, Jin-mo Ju

175. Elvis & Nixon

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Liza Johnson
Actors: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville
Plot: December, 1970, the King of Rock n Roll shows up on the White House lawn with a request to meet the most powerful man in the world - President Nixon. This look into the untold true story behind the most unique meeting leading into one of the most iconic photos of all time (and the most requested in the National Archives).

176. Cheyenne Autumn

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo

177. Once Upon a Time in China II ( Wong Fei Hung II: Nam yi dong ji keung )

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Donnie Yen, Xin Xin Xiong

178. Count of Monte Cristo, The ( comte de Monte Cristo, Le )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josée Dayan
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi

179. The King of Kings

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut

180. Wild Nights with Emily

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Madeleine Olnek
Actors: Molly Shannon, Amy Seimetz, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman
Plot: Based on poet Emily Dickinson's private letters, the film shows another side of her - and her relationship with sister-in-law Susan.

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