Top Historical Movies


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

341. British Agent

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, Irving Pichel, J. Carrol Naish

342. Carnival in Flanders ( kermesse héroique, La )

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Feyder
Actors: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet, Lyne Clevers, Micheline Cheirel

343. Brigham Young

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell, John Carradine

344. King Richard and the Crusaders

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Butler
Actors: Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Michael Pate

345. Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress ( Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin )

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Marischka
Actors: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Uta Franz, Walter Reyer

346. Winter Soldier

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: The Collective
Actors: Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro, Kenneth Campbell, Scott Camil, John Kerry

347. Wisconsin Death Trip

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe, Marilyn White, John Schneider
Plot: Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century.

348. Inchon

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune, Richard Roundtree, David Janssen

349. The Divine Lady

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, Evelyn Hall

350. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wayne Wang
Actors: Bingbing Li, Vivian Wu, Hugh Jackman, Gianna Jun, Archie Kao, Wu Jiang
Plot: Two stories play out generations apart: In 19th century China, two girls who have become laotong - essentially lifetime companions, develop a secret code to communicate with each other using a silk fan. In present-day China two women who have grown apart over the years discover the ancient fan and must decipher its meaning and save a crumbling relationship.

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