Top Historical Movies


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

221. Peterloo

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith
Plot: The true story of a peaceful pro-democracy protest held in Manchester, England in 1819, where British forces attacked the gathered crowd in an incident soon to be known as the Peterloo Massacre.

222. I Shot Jesse James

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, Tom Tyler, Tommy Noonan
Plot: Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon
that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and
self disgust.

223. Once Upon a Time in China III ( Wong Fei Hung ji saam: Si wong jaang ba )

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xin Xin Xiong, Siu Chung Mok, Shun Lau, John Wakefield

224. Loose Change: Final Cut

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dylan Avery
Actors: Cynthia McKinney, John Feal, George Bush, Ray McGovern, Stephen Jones

225. Marseillaise, La

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Léon Larive, William Aguet, Elisa Ruis, Germaine Lefébure

226. The Sign of the Cross

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Arthur Hohl

227. The White Countess

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Natasha Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Daly, Madeleine Potter

228. Bang Rajan ( Legend of the Village Warriors )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Thai
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tanit Jitnukul
Actors: Jaran Ngamdee, Winai Kraibutr, Theerayut Pratyabamrung, Bin Bunluerit, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Chumphorn Thepphithak

229. The Birth of a Nation

Year of Release: 1915
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: D.W. Griffith
Actors: Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh
Plot: During the civil war, a tale is told of the anarchy that ruled the south after the war. One of the first major motion pictures and the one that started "it" all. Silent.

230. Glorious 39

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Actors: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Christopher Lee

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