Top Historical Movies


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

211. The Egyptian

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Peter Ustinov, Edmund Purdom

212. Unconquered

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Henry Wilcoxon, Ward Bond

213. Last Days in Vietnam

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rory Kennedy

214. The Hiding Place

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James F. Collier
Actors: Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Rietty, Pamela Sholto, Paul Henley
Plot: A Dutch family risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during WWII.

215. Is Paris Burning? ( Paris brûle-t-il? )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clément
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakiris, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford

216. The Virgin Queen

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy

217. Caravaggio

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Derek Jarman
Actors: Noam Almaz, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton

218. See How They Run

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom George
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo
Plot: A Hollywood producer, desperate for a hit, sets about turning a popular stage play into a film only to run into trouble when members of the production start turning up dead. The world-weary Inspector Stoppard is joined by rookie Constable Stalker into to unravel this mystery.

219. The Far Horizons

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, Herbert Heyes, William Demarest

220. In Fabric

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Gwendoline Christie, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Caroline Catz, Julian Barratt, Hayley Squires

Are you sure you want to delete this comment?