Top Historical Movies


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

391. Crucible, The ( sorcières de Salem, Les )

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond Rouleau
Actors: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Alfred Adam, Pierre Larquey, Coutan-Lambert

392. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Connie Field
Actors: Wanita Allen, Gladys Belcher, Lyn Childs, Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

393. Old Gringo

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Puenzo
Actors: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Gabriela Roel

394. 1991: The Year Punk Broke

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Markey
Actors: David Grohl, Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Kurt Cobain

395. The Last September

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Deborah Warner
Actors: Michael Gambon, Tom Hickey, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant, Richard Roxburgh, Maggie Smith

396. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst ( aka Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Stone
Actors: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove, Ludlow Kramer, John Lester

397. Ballets Russes

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Actors: Marian Seldes, Alicia Markova, Yvonne Craig, Nathalie Krassovska, Tania Riabouchinskaya, Frederick Franklin

398. Shake Hands with the Devil

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake, James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Robert Lalonde, John Sibi-Okumu
Plot: In the early 1990s Canadian General Romeo Dallaire is appointed by the U.N. to lead troops into Rwanda. By 1994 there is a full-scale genocide taking place and Gen. Dallaire, despite his best efforts, cannot stop the massacre in large part due to the lack of support from the Western World.

399. 17 Miracles

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: T.C. Christensen
Actors: Jasen Wade, Jason Celaya, Natalie Blackman, Bruce Newbold, Savanna Kylie Lewis, Caitlin E.J. Meyer

400. Hecho en México

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Duncan Bridgeman
Actors: Rubén Albarrán, Don Cheto, Amandititita, Diego Luna, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Julieta Venegas
Plot: Duncan Bridgeman's documentary explores the state of contemporary Mexico by examining the top performers, artists and musicians who call the country their home.

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