Top Historical Movies


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

391. City of Glass ( Boli zhi cheng )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Romance/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Law
Actors: Qi Shu, Daniel Wu, Leon Lai, Audrey Mak, Nicola Cheung, Eason Chan
Plot: City of Glass follows two romances: one in the past and one in the present. The present one is between Wooly Suzie (Nicola Cheung) and David (Daniel Wu), who first meet at the police station following the deaths of their parents in a car wreck. The kicker: the two were not married, and were carrying on an affair. As played by Leon Lai and Shu Qi, the two parents were star-crossed lovers in their youth who drifted as politics and distance drove a wedge in their burgeoning romance. Yet their love was apparently a stronger power because years later it drew them back together. Meanwhile, the present holds conflicts for Suzie and David. Unable to get along at first, they bond as both discover the little details they have in common.

392. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Bruce
Actors: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater, Alan Blinder, Tony Boeckh
Plot: Even though the Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, the workings of this institution - and the policies that shape our lives - are almost unknown to the common man. Money for Nothing takes a look inside the inner workings and how it shapes the world of finance - both for good and bad.

393. The Edge of the World

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell
Actors: John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry, Kitty Kirwan, Finlay Currie, Niall MacGinnis

394. Crucible, The ( sorcières de Salem, Les )

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond Rouleau
Actors: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Alfred Adam, Pierre Larquey, Coutan-Lambert

395. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Connie Field
Actors: Wanita Allen, Gladys Belcher, Lyn Childs, Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

396. Old Gringo

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Puenzo
Actors: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Gabriela Roel

397. 1991: The Year Punk Broke

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Markey
Actors: David Grohl, Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Kurt Cobain

398. The Last September

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Deborah Warner
Actors: Michael Gambon, Tom Hickey, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant, Richard Roxburgh, Maggie Smith

399. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst ( aka Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Stone
Actors: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove, Ludlow Kramer, John Lester

400. Ballets Russes

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Actors: Marian Seldes, Alicia Markova, Yvonne Craig, Nathalie Krassovska, Tania Riabouchinskaya, Frederick Franklin

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