Top Historical Movies


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

151. Padmaavat

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Actors: Deepika Padukone, Anupriya Goenka, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh

152. Get on the Bus

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Richard Belzer, De'aundre Bonds, Charles S. Dutton, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Bernie Mac, Isaiah Washington
Plot: A disparate group rides a bus to the Million Man March in Washington, DC.

153. The Mill and the Cross

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lech Majewski
Actors: Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York, Joanna Litwin, Oskar Huliczka
Plot: Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "The Way to Calvary" is brought to life on screen as the story behind the painting is explored.

154. Pretty Baby

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Antonio Fargas, Diana Scarwid, Frances Faye

155. The Crucible

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Jeffrey Jones
Plot: A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an
innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell
lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the
rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix
are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others'
land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-
Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen).

156. Einstein and Eddington

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philip Martin
Actors: David Tennant, Richard McCabe, Patrick Kennedy, Ben Uttley, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
Plot: The film shows the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and how British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington experiment worked to prove Einstein's theory.

157. Daniel Deronda

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Hugh Bonneville, Jodhi May, Jamie Bamber, Edward Fox
Plot: Based on George Eliot's masterpiece, it is a story about an adopted gentleman in seek of his own ancestors and a woman whose vanity and desire for financial security lead her to the selfdestruction.

158. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Stellan SkarsgÄrd

159. Bloody Sunday

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: James Nesbitt, Allan Gildea, Gerard Crossan, Christopher Villiers, Mary Moulds, Carmel McCallion
Plot: A depiction of the events of the infamous bloody massacre which took place on Sunday, January 30, 1972 when 27 civilians were gunned down by the British Army in the streets of Northern Ireland.

160. The Scarlet and the Black

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerry London
Actors: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley, Julian Holloway

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