41. Judgment at Nuremberg
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, William Shatner
Plot: After World War II, an American appointed court tries Nazi German judges on war crimes committed during World War II.
42. Andrey Rublyov ( Andrei Rublev )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Raush, Nikolai Burlyayev
Plot: Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece about the great 15th century Russian icon painter.
43. City of Life and Death ( Nanjing! Nanjing! )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chuan Lu
Actors: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Yiyan Jiang, Di Yao
Plot: Chuan Lu's look in the 1937 invasion of Nanking by Japanese forces and the atrocities that followed.
44. K-19: The Widowmaker
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Stebbings, Joss Ackland, Sam Redford, Peter Sarsgaard
45. The New World
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Jonathan Pryce, David Thewlis
Plot: The story of John Smith as he and his men meet against some of the Native Americans, while creating a friendship with others.
46. Eight Men Out
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.
47. Quiz Show
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria
Plot: In the 1950s TV quiz shows ruled the airwaves and no one was more popular than Charles Van Doren. Week after week on Twenty-One he astounded audiences by answering the most obscure questions and winning each time. Then, disgruntled contestant Herbert Stempel contacted a young lawyer, starting an investigation leading to the downfall of "fixed" quiz shows.
48. Julius Caesar
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien
Plot: Caesar is murdered by some of the men closest to him - who worried his ambition would lead to tyranny. Yet a moving speech by Antony divides the empire into two factions - those supporting the conspirators and those supporting Antony.
49. The Great Debaters
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Denzel Washington
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise, Jermaine Williams, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker
Plot: Inspired by the true story of the first debate team of a small college in Texas which eventually went on to battle Harvard for the national title.
50. Royal Affair, A ( kongelig affære, En )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Alicia Vikander, David Dencik, Trine Dyrholm, Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Plot: A queen married to a king fallen to madness finds solace in the arms of her physician. But their relationship will spark a revolution - one that will change a nation forever.
