251. Emperor & the Assassin, The ( Jing ke ci qin wang )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kaige Chen
Actors: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen
252. Inside Deep Throat
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Gerard Damiano, John Waters, Larry Flynt, Erica Jong, Ruth Westheimer
Plot: Examines the goings on behind the porn film that grew to become an icon.
253. The Gorgeous Hussy
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clarence Brown
Actors: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas, James Stewart
254. Free State of Jones
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gary Ross
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell, Sean Bridgers, Christopher Berry
Plot: As the Civil War divides a nation, MIssissippi farmer Newt Knight defies the South by opposing both slavery and succession. He himself succeeds and forms his own "Free State of Jones" with the help of fellow like-minded farmers. The group lead their own rebellion against the South - one that continued long after the war as Knight marries a former slave, essentially former the first mixed-race community in the region.
255. Wells Fargo
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan, Henry O'Neill, Johnny Mack Brown
256. Gate of Hell ( Jigokumon )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa, Kôtarô Bandô, Jun Tazaki
Plot: During an attempted coup on the royal family, a loyal samurai spirits away one of the ladies in waiting. When the coup fails, the samurai asks to have the woman's hand in marriage - but after the lord grants his request, it is discovered she is already betrothed to another. The samurai and his stubborn nature refuses to let go of the woman and tragedy ensues.
257. Princess Yang Kwei-fei ( Yôkihi )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Sugimura
258. Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Anker
Actors: Gene Hackman, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Lumet, Liam Neeson, Steven Spielberg
259. The Black Rose
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Herbert Lom, Robert Blake
260. Heaven's Gate
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Jeff Bridges
Plot: Sweeping western epic depicting life in 1890s Wyoming as a marshal deals with encroaching wealthy cattle interests intent on displacing, and murdering, local immigrant farmers, over use of the land. He also deals with a hired gun who is in love with the same woman as him. Ideals about the great American dream will be shattered as both stories come to a head.
