241. Origin
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ava DuVernay
Actors: Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Finn Wittrock
242. The Birth of a Nation
Year of Release: 1915
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: D.W. Griffith
Actors: Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis
Plot: During the civil war, a tale is told of the anarchy that ruled the south after the war. One of the first major motion pictures and the one that started "it" all. Silent.
243. Allonsanfan
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer, Laura Betti
244. Harvest of Empire
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez
Actors: Juan Gonzalez
Plot: Documentary released in conjunction with journalist Juan Gonzalez's book, Harvest of Empire explores the history between America's involvement in Latin America and how it correlates to the current immigration crisis in the U.S.
245. For Greater Glory
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dean Wright
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Oscar Isaac
Plot: When Mexican officials began a series of actions targeting the Roman Catholic population that led to the three-year Cristero War, as those who felt persecuted fought back.
246. Old Glory
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chuck Jones
Actors: Mel Blanc, John Deering, John Litel
247. Siberiade ( Sibiriada )
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Actors: Natalya Andrejchenko, Sergei Shakurov, Vitali Solomin, Vladimir Samojlov
248. Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Norman Zigrossi, Robert Sikma, Darelle 'Dino' Butler, Bob Robideau
249. The Revisionaries
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Thurman
Actors: Don McLeroy, Scott Thurman, Cynthia Dunbar
Plot: Don McLeroy is head of the Texas Board of Education - one of the most influential groups deciding the curriculum of our nation's schools. He is also an outspoken creationist and in 2009, his views on evolution and history became a polarizing subject.
250. Virginia City
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart
Plot: Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
