Top Historical Movies


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

421. Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Actors: Hodding Carter III, Frank De Felitta, Yvette Johnson, Leroy Jones, Senator David Jordan, Governor William Winter
Plot: In 1965 Frank De Felitta, a documentarian, provided a report for NBC news on the changing face of the American South. One of his interviews was an eye-opening piece by waiter Booker Wright, who worked in a "whites only" restaurant. His honest opinion was revealing and stunning - causing him to lose his job, face violence from the white community and become ostracized from his friends. Now, De Felitta's son Raymond, 45 years later, returns to the community to find out what lasting repercussions that one interview had on the family and community.

422. Honor Flight

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dan Hayes
Actors: Kenneth Holzer, Raymond Hasey, Sterling Hasey, Larry Parmalee, Bill Rossman, Charlie Sykes
Plot: A group of volunteers in the Midwest has one goal: to send every living WWII veteran on a trip to Washington D.C. to see the memorials built in their honor before they die. But this cause soon takes on a life of its own, and not just the volunteers and veterans are affected by this profound journey.

423. Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Schmidt
Actors: Patrick Sweeney
Plot: The film examines various aspects of life, the universe, spirituality and the natural unseen links between them.

424. Manhunt

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Greg Barker

425. Dark Avenger, The ( Warriors, The )

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Levin
Actors: Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Yvonne Furneaux, Michael Hordern, Noel Willman

426. Lady Godiva of Coventry

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Maureen O'Hara, George Nader, Victor McLaglen, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Eduard Franz

427. Sir Arne's Treasure ( Herr Arnes pengar )

Year of Release: 1921
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mauritz Stiller
Actors: Erik Stocklassa, Hjalmar Selander, Bror Berger, Richard Lund, Axel Nilsson, Concordia Selander

428. Bad Men of Missouri

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ray Enright
Actors: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris, Arthur Kennedy, Victor Jory, Alan Baxter

429. Elvira Madigan

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bo Widerberg
Actors: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen, Yvonne Ingdal

430. The Assisi Underground

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alexander Ramati
Actors: Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell, Karlheinz Hackl, Riccardo Cucciolla

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