Top Historical Movies


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

211. The Charge of the Light Brigade

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Richardson
Actors: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings

212. See How They Run

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom George
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo
Plot: A Hollywood producer, desperate for a hit, sets about turning a popular stage play into a film only to run into trouble when members of the production start turning up dead. The world-weary Inspector Stoppard is joined by rookie Constable Stalker into to unravel this mystery.

213. Unconquered

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Henry Wilcoxon, Ward Bond

214. Last Days in Vietnam

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rory Kennedy
Actors: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Stuart Herrington, Juan Valdez, Frank Snepp, Graham Martin

215. The Hiding Place

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James F. Collier
Actors: Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Rietty, Pamela Sholto, Paul Henley
Plot: A Dutch family risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during
WWII.

216. Is Paris Burning? ( Paris brûle-t-il? )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clément
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakiris, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford

217. The Virgin Queen

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy

218. The Far Horizons

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, Herbert Heyes, William Demarest

219. In Fabric

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Gwendoline Christie, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Caroline Catz, Julian Barratt, Hayley Squires

220. Caravaggio

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Derek Jarman
Actors: Noam Almaz, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton

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