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. 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. The Baron of Arizona
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff, Beulah Bondi, Reed Hadley, Robert Barrat
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. 47 Ronin, The aka Loyal 47 of the Genroku Era, The ( Genroku Chûshingura )
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa, Daisuke Katô, Chojuro Kawarasaki, Kunitaro Kawarazaki, Mantoyo Mimasu
266. 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
267. 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
268. 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
269. 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
270. 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.
