Top Historical Movies


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

201. Never Look Away ( Werk ohne Autor )

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Actors: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Cai Cohrs

202. Geronimo: An American Legend

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi, Matt Damon, Stephen McHattie

203. Scandal

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland

204. Visions of Light

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Stuart Samuels
Actors: Conrad L. Hall, Robert Wise, Charles Lang, Haskell Wexler, Ernest R. Dickerson, Victor J. Kemper

205. German Doctor, The ( Wakolda )

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Historical/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lucía Puenzo
Actors: Natalia Oreiro, Àlex Brendemühl, Diego Peretti, Florencia Bado, Guillermo Pfening, Elena Roger
Plot: At the end of WWII, one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals, Josef Mengele, fled to Argentina. This is the story of a family who unknowingly sheltered him, and the woman who fell in love with one of the most notorious figures in history.

206. 12th Man, The ( Den 12. mann )

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harald Zwart
Actors: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Vegar Hoel, Håkon T. Nielsen

207. The Scarlet Letter

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Sjöström
Actors: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker, Marcelle Corday

208. The Concert for Bangladesh

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Saul Swimmer
Actors: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell

209. Copying Beethoven

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Joe Anderson, Ralph Riach, Nicholas Jones, Matthew Goode

210. A Field in England

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Wheatley
Actors: Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith, Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Ryan Pope, Sara Dee
Plot: England : 1648 AD. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by two men: O'Neil and Cutler. O'Neil, an alchemist, forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

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