261. Legend of Rita, The ( Stille nach dem Schuß, Die )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actors: Bibiana Beglau, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl, Harald Schrott, Alexander Beyer, Jenny Schily
262. Heaven's Gate
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Jeff Bridges
Plot: Sweeping western epic depicting life in 1890s Wyoming as a marshal deals with encroaching wealthy cattle interests intent on displacing, and murdering, local immigrant farmers, over use of the land. He also deals with a hired gun who is in love with the same woman as him. Ideals about the great American dream will be shattered as both stories come to a head.
263. Conquest
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clarence Brown
Actors: Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Dame May Whitty, Leif Erickson
264. Pope Joan ( Päpstin, Die )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sönke Wortmann
Actors: Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman, Iain Glen, Anatole Taubman, Lotte Flack
265. Sandakan 8 aka Brothel 8 ( Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kei Kumai
Actors: Komaki Kurihara, Yôko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Takiko Mizunoe, Eiko Mizuhara, Yoko Todo
266. Death of a Prophet
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Woodie King Jr.
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Ossie Davis, Sam Singleton, George Harris, Amiri Baraka
267. That Night in Varennes ( nuit de Varennes, La )
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ettore Scola
Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Andréa Ferréol
268. Before Stonewall
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
Actors: Rita Mae Brown, Ann Bannon, Allen Ginsberg, Harry Hay, Martin Duberman, Bruce Nugent
269. Los Angeles Plays Itself
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thom Andersen
Actors: Encke King
Plot: Has any city in the world played a bigger part in the movies than the City of Angels? L.A. has been depicted time and time again, and in this documentary director Thom Anderse explores the many aspects and facets of this phenomenal city. From history to real people to dark conspiracies - L.A. has it all - and much more.
270. Teenage
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matt Wolf
Actors: Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Alden Ehrenreich, Ben Rosenfield, Jessie Usher, Syrie Moskowitz
Plot: Today, a teenager is clearly defined - the area between childhood and adulthood but it wasn't always that way. Using archival material from the early 20th century, we find the voices of a new generation - one that struggles to find a balance between the adults around them, and the youthful nature they are trying to leave behind.
