Top Historical Movies


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

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

132. 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
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.

133. 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
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.

134. 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

135. Rosewood

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Singleton
Actors: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill

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

137. 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

138. War and Peace ( Voyna i mir )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Actors: Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Boris Zakhava

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
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. Anna and the King

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Jodie Foster, Yun-Fat Chow, Bai Ling, Tom Felton

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