Top Historical Movies


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

261. 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

262. Come See the Paradise

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Colm Meaney, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi, Stan Egi
Plot: An Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman fall in love and marry during the 1930s. When World War Two breaks out, he is drafted into the Army, and she and their daughter are forced into an internment camp.

263. 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

264. 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

265. 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

266. 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

267. 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

268. 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.

269. 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.

270. Video Games: The Movie

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeremy Snead
Actors: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Cliff Bleszinski, Hideo Kojima, Peter Molyneux, Randy Pitchford
Plot: Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring some of the biggest names in gaming history (past and present) Video Games: The Movie explores the birth and evolution of gaming - and gamers - from Pong to E-Sports, Mario to Angry Birds - if you are a game fan or not, this is a primer on the medium.

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