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The Best Historical Movies of All Time are calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Historical List". The Top Historical Movies List is calculated daily.

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The Insider (1999)
The Insider (1999) 2.97/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer
Plot: A researcher about Tobacco companies comes under scrutiny as his life is threatened because he wants to tell the true story about how the tobacco industry deals with addiction.

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Eight Men Out (1988)
Eight Men Out (1988) 2.91/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.

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The Great Debaters (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007) 2.88/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Denzel Washington
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise
Plot: Inspired by the true story of the first debate team of a small college in Texas which eventually went on to battle Harvard for the national title.

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Quiz Show (1994)
Quiz Show (1994) 2.93/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes
Plot: In the 1950s TV quiz shows ruled the airwaves and no one was more popular than Charles Van Doren. Week after week on Twenty-One he astounded audiences by answering the most obscure questions and winning each time. Then, disgruntled contestant Herbert Stempel contacted a young lawyer, starting an investigation leading to the downfall of "fixed" quiz shows.

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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981) 2.83/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Sport/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell
Plot: During the 1924 Olympics a Jewish boy and a Christian boy compete heavily.

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When We Were Kings (1996)
When We Were Kings (1996) 2.87/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Leon Gast
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King
Plot: A documentary detailing the "rumble in the jungle" between Ali and Foreman.

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Gallipoli (1981)
Gallipoli (1981) 2.93/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr
Plot: Follows a group of young Australian men as they live their various lives behind in order to fight in WWI. The men are sent to Gallipoli where they will face the might of the Turkish army.

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The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1968) 2.83/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Anthony Harvey
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Peter O'Toole
Plot: After Henry II brings Eleanor of Aquitaine out of prison, Christmastide 1183, power grabs and treacherous plots are hatched amongst the couple and their three sons, but with little real intent to alter the status quo.

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New World, The (2005)
New World, The (2005) 2.63/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: R
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Q'Orianka Kilcher
Plot: The story of John Smith as he and his men meet against some of the Native Americans, while creating a friendship with others.

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The Reader (2008)
The Reader (2008) 2.84/4 Add to movie list

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA rating: R
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Alexandra Maria Lara
Plot: A teenager in post WWII Germany is nursed back to health by Hanna, a woman twice his age. He discovers she like to be read to, and as their bond and passion deepen, they begin an affair until she suddenly disappears. Years later as a law student at the Nazi criminal trials, Hanna comes back into his life, as a defendant at the proceedings.

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