251. Virginia City
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale
Plot: Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
252. 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
253. 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.
254. The Scarlet Empress
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon
255. 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
256. 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
257. 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.
258. 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
259. 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
260. 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
