51. Selma
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ava DuVernay
Actors: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Common
Plot: Civil right icon Martin Luther King Jr. leads the charge for equal voting rights for all people - and the campaign of peace is marred by terror and violence. But he will not be shut down, and it all leads to an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Meanwhile, President Lyndon B. Johnson deals with the movement, leading up to his decision to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
52. In Cold Blood
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart
Plot: Two poverty stricken men set a plan to murder a rich Kansas family to take their money and escape to Mexico as the law catches up with them. Based on a true story.
53. Chariots of Fire
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Ian Charleson, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud
Plot: During the 1924 Olympics a Jewish boy and a Christian boy compete heavily.
54. All the King's Men
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Rosse
Actors: Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, John Derek, Will Wright
Plot: A "hick" from a small town is double crossed into thinking he is running for mayor when his campaign help finally informs him he is only there to split the vote. He takes vengeance and finally speaks his mind. Once he wins an election he will stop at nothing to give what he believes to be right to his people all the while instilling corruption and bribery in virtually every aspect of the law and the government.
55. 4 Little Girls
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr., Carole C. Smitherman
Plot: This is about the fatal bombing of a Birmingham church on a Sunday morning in September, 1963 that killed four innocent little girls, ages 11 to 14.
56. When We Were Kings
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leon Gast
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King, Spike Lee
Plot: A documentary detailing the "rumble in the jungle" between Ali and Foreman.
57. A Night to Remember
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Honor Blackman, Tucker McGuire, Michael Goodliffe, Frank Lawton
Plot: the story of the Titanic's fateful voyage, based on the accounts of the survivors
58. United 93
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Christian Clemenson ., David Alan Basche, Trish Gates, Cheyenne Jackson, Lewis Alsamari, Omar Berdouni
Plot: The historic telling of the events that happened on Flight United 93 during the September 11th attacks.
59. Valkyrie
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Fry
Plot: The mysterious plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during WWII with the lead assassin as the star.
60. Conspiracy
Year of Release: 0
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Pierson
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Peter Sullivan, Ben Daniels, Colin Firth, Ian McNeice
Plot: A dramatic reenactment of the infamous 1942 gathering of the top Nazi officials in Wannsee. This meeting would result the Final Solution phase of the Holocaust and would set into motion events that would end in the deaths of millions of people. The film is based on the only surviving record of the meeting.
