41. Judgment at Nuremberg
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, William Shatner
Plot: After World War II, an American appointed court tries Nazi German judges on war crimes committed during World War II.
42. Andrey Rublyov ( Andrei Rublev )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Raush, Nikolai Burlyayev
Plot: Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece about the great 15th century Russian icon painter.
43. City of Life and Death ( Nanjing! Nanjing! )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chuan Lu
Actors: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Yiyan Jiang, Di Yao
Plot: Chuan Lu's look in the 1937 invasion of Nanking by Japanese forces and the atrocities that followed.
44. K-19: The Widowmaker
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Stebbings, Joss Ackland, Sam Redford, Peter Sarsgaard
45. Eight Men Out
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.
46. The New World
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Jonathan Pryce, David Thewlis
Plot: The story of John Smith as he and his men meet against some of the Native Americans, while creating a friendship with others.
47. Julius Caesar
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien
Plot: Caesar is murdered by some of the men closest to him - who worried his ambition would lead to tyranny. Yet a moving speech by Antony divides the empire into two factions - those supporting the conspirators and those supporting Antony.
48. Quiz Show
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria
Plot: In the 1950s TV quiz shows ruled the airwaves and no one was more popular than Charles Van Doren. Week after week on Twenty-One he astounded audiences by answering the most obscure questions and winning each time. Then, disgruntled contestant Herbert Stempel contacted a young lawyer, starting an investigation leading to the downfall of "fixed" quiz shows.
49. Royal Affair, A ( kongelig affære, En )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Alicia Vikander, David Dencik, Trine Dyrholm, Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Plot: A queen married to a king fallen to madness finds solace in the arms of her physician. But their relationship will spark a revolution - one that will change a nation forever.
50. The Great Debaters
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Denzel Washington
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise, Jermaine Williams, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker
Plot: Inspired by the true story of the first debate team of a small college in Texas which eventually went on to battle Harvard for the national title.
