Top Historical Movies


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

411. Heroes of the Alamo

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Actors: Earle Hodgins, Lane Chandler, Roger Williams, Rex Lease, Jack C. Smith, Bruce Warren

412. Sins of Rome ( Spartaco )

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Riccardo Freda
Actors: Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent, Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo Ninchi, Umberto Silvestri

413. Dunkirk

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leslie Norman
Actors: John Mills, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Nicholls, Bernard Lee

414. David and Goliath ( David e Golia )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Pottier
Actors: Orson Welles, Ivica Pajer, Hilton Edwards, Massimo Serato, Pierre Cressoy, Kronos

415. Valley of the Bees, The ( Údolí vcel )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Actors: Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer, Vera Galatíková, Zdenek Kryzánek, Miroslav Machácek, Josef Somr

416. A Brilliant Madness

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Samels
Actors: John Nash, Liev Schreiber, Martha Nash Legg, Sylvia Nasar, Paul Samuelson, Harold Kuhn
Plot: A Brilliant Madness is a documentary of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a descent into madness. At the age of 30, John Nash, a stunningly original and famously eccentric MIT mathematician, suddenly began claiming that aliens were communicating with him and that he was a special messenger.

417. The Pentagon Papers

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Holcomb
Actors: James Spader, Claire Forlani, Paul Giamatti, Alan Arkin, Kenneth Welsh, Sean McCann
Plot: A movie based on true events, about defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg who discovered secret Pentagon papers about the true nature of America's involvement in the war in Vietnam.

418. Hitlers Hitparade

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oliver Axer, Susanne Benze

419. Frozen Flower, A ( Ssang-hwa-jeom )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ha Yu
Actors: Jin-mo Ju, Ji-hyo Song, In-seong Jo, In-beom Ko, Tae-won Kwon, Ju-hwan Lim
Plot: A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty (based on a true story) and focused on the twisted, eventually tragic love triangle between a king, his male bodyguard and the queen.

420. Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rashid Ghazi

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