Top Historical Movies


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

81. King and the Clown, The ( Wang-ui namja )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jun-ik Lee
Actors: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-yeong Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-ki Lee

82. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Historical/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Actors: Aliya, Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun, Bayertsetseg Erdenebat
Plot: The early story of Genghis Khan, the legend that nearly conquered the world including Russia in the early 13th century. It covers his young child hood through his life as a brave and ambitious conquerer. Much is filmed on location.

83. That Hamilton Woman

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Henry Wilcoxon

84. Even the Rain ( También la lluvia )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Historical/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Raúl Arévalo
Plot: A Spanish director on a tight budget decides to film his biopic on Christopher Columbus in Bolivia, in order to hire local actors on the cheap. Everything seems to be going smoothly, until a battle erupts over the privatization of the water supply - and one of his lead actors leads the protest movement.

85. Detroit

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: John Krasinski, Kaitlyn Dever, John Boyega, Will Poulter
Plot: For five days in Detroit, in the summer of 1967, the city faces one of the largest citizen uprisings in modern history following a police raid.

86. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Abbie Cornish, Jordi Mollà
Plot: The story of Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh - the relationship between the queen and the explorer.

87. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Butler
Actors: Liam Neeson, Simon Prebble, Paul Ricketts, David Cale

88. Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer ( Ningen no joken III )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Taketoshi Naitô
Plot: The final part in the trilogy: Kaji and his remaining men flee following a Russian defeat as he plans to lead his men back home. But behind enemy lines, he faces new dangers and, ultimately, winds up as a POW - prisoner of the Russians whose communist ideals he once held are far different than what he ever expected.

89. Sebastiane

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
Actors: Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Leonardo Treviglio, Richard Warwick
Plot: In 300 A.D. the Roman Sebastianus is exiled and sent to a remote outpost - one populated by only men. A lustful centurion makes him the target of his desires even as much of the rest of the outpost has likewise fallen to homosexuality.

90. Les misérables

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Actors: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson

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