Top Historical Movies


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

191. Sometimes in April

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Peck
Actors: Idris Elba, Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero, Carole Karemera

192. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen ( Jing mo fung wan: Chen Zhen )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wai-keung Lau
Actors: Donnie Yen, Qi Shu, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yasuaki Kurata
Plot: Seven years ago Chen Zhen was shot after discovering who was behind his teacher's murder in Shanghai. Yet he did not die and returns to infiltrate the local mob while fighting crime by night as a caped fighter. He will not stop until everyone responsible has been dealt with.

193. Cleopatra

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut

194. Antony and Cleopatra

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charlton Heston
Actors: Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle

195. Aftershock ( Tangshan dadizhen )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Actors: Jingchu Zhang, Daoming Chen, Chen Li, Guoqiang Zhang
Plot: Shows the extraordinary lengths that a family will go through in the face of tragedy when China is rocked by the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that caused the deaths of 240,000 people.

196. The Time That Remains

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Hebrew
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Suleiman
Actors: Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Avi Kleinberger
Plot: One man's journey using the backdrop of the history of Israel from its formation in 1948 through present day.

197. October - Ten Days That Shook the World ( Oktyabr )

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Actors: Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Boris Livanov

198. The Real Glory

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Broderick Crawford

199. Lady and the Duke, The ( anglaise et le duc, L' )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry

200. Beyond the Edge

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leanne Pooley
Actors: Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa, John Wraight, Joshua Rutter

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