181. Richard III
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Laurence Olivier
Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Mary Kerridge, Ralph Richardson
Plot: Shakespeare's epic comes to life - while Richard III has helped his brother Edward ascend to the throne of England, his resentment leads him to seek the throne for himself. His plan is a twisted, lengthy plot of deception, manipulation and murder - but his prowess on the battlefield, and the fairer sex, could lead to success but at what cost to England?
182. Warlords, The ( Tau ming chong )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip
Actors: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu, Bo Zhou, Xiaodong Guo
183. Farewell, My Queen ( adieux à la reine, Les )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Actors: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Michel Robin
Plot: In the waning days of the reign of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette revolution is in the air. At the palace the queen and one of her readers, a lower class woman of the court who entertains the queen, begin a relationship and we get a glimpse of the darker side of palace life.
184. Sorrow and the Pity, The ( chagrin et la pitié, Le )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Actors: Marcel Ophüls, Edward Spears, Henri Rochat, Pierre Mendès-France, Claude Levy, Georges Bidault
185. The Special Relationship
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Hope Davis, Helen McCrory, Adam Godley, Mark Bazeley
Plot: HBO Films presents a dramatization of UK's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his relationship with President Bill Clinton during the national and world events of the late 90s.
186. Sauna
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Historical/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila
Actors: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk, Kari Ketonen, Sonja Petäjäjärvi
187. 55 Days at Peking
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews
188. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bill Couturié
Actors: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, Robert De Niro, Michael J. Fox, Willem Dafoe, Robert Downey Jr.
189. 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, Tony Curtis, Cleophas Kabasita
190. September 5
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 2.6 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.
