Top Historical Movies


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

301. Sissi: The Young Empress ( Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Marischka
Actors: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer, Walter Reyer

302. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery

303. Copenhagen

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Davies
Actors: Francesca Annis, Daniel Craig, Stephen Rea

304. Army of Crime, The ( armée du crime, L' )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Actors: Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lola Naymark, Yann Trégouët
Plot: A poet leads a group of the young and immigrants against the Nazi occupation. But their daring attacks soon catch the attention of Berlin.

305. Blame It on Fidel ( Faute à Fidel!, La )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julie Gavras
Actors: Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Benjamin Feuillet, Martine Chevallier, Olivier Perrier

306. The Howards of Virginia

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Anne Revere, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Carlson, Paul Kelly

307. America

Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: D.W. Griffith
Actors: Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Beggs, John Dunton, Arthur Donaldson

308. Above Us the Waves

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Michael Medwin, James Kenney

309. April Morning

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Delbert Mann
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Urich, Chad Lowe, Susan Blakely, Meredith Salenger, Rip Torn
Plot: Based on Howard Fast's retelling of the events that led to the beginning of American Revolution in 1775.

310. The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Graham
Actors: Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jack Laufer, Nicolas Surovy, Michael Laskin
Plot: Brilliant TV movie based on true events and people, about WWII war criminal Adolf Eichmann and the Israeli agents who finally managed to capture him.

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