131. The Celluloid Closet
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Armistead Maupin, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Gore Vidal
132. September 5
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Actors: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich
Plot: An American sports broadcasting crew suddenly finds itself covering the 1972 hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
133. War and Peace
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka
Plot: In 1812, Napoleon has conquered much of Europe and sets his sites on Russia, one of the few countries not yet under his control. Against this invasion, we follow the lives of two intertwined aristocratic families.
134. Emperor
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Webber
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Kaori Momoi, Aaron Jackson, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida
Plot: As WWII draws to a close, General Bonner Fellers is charged with deciding whether Japanese Emperor Hirohito will be hanged for war crimes. Even as the decision weighs heavy in his mind, he searches for Aya, an exchange student from his past.
135. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Actors: Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, William H. Macy, Cybill Shepherd
136. The Fall of the Roman Empire
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Omar Sharif
137. Rosewood
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Singleton
Actors: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Robert Patrick
138. Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The ( giardino dei Finzi Contini, Il )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Actors: Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Barbara Pilavin, Helmut Berger
139. The Woman King
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors: Lashana Lynch, Viola Davis, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger, Jayme Lawson
Plot: Inspired by true events, the historical epic follows General Nanisca, leader of the Agojie, an all-female group of warriors for the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s whose fierce skills are put to the test by an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
140. The Man in the Iron Mask
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale, Walter Kingsford
Plot: Twin brothers are born to the royal family. One becomes king, the other a peasant.
