Top Historical Movies


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

311. 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.

312. Winter in Wartime ( Oorlogswinter )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Actors: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry, Melody Klaver, Anneke Blok

313. 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

314. Uncle Tom's Cabin

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harry A. Pollard
Actors: James B. Lowe, George Siegmann, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Margarita Fischer, Gertrude Howard, Virginia Grey

315. Comic Book Confidential

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Mann
Actors: Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, William M. Gaines, Jack Kirby
Plot: For those who consider comics for kids, this documentary takes a serious look into the artistic merit of the comic book medium, including interviews with the many talented authors and artists behind these tales.

316. Medieval

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Petr Jákl
Actors: Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Møller, Matthew Goode
Plot: Based on the true life of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka - who was undefeated on the field of battle, including fighting against both the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

317. Titanic

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert Selpin
Actors: Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Karl Schönböck, Otto Wernicke

318. A Tale of Two Cities

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Paul Guers, Marie Versini, Ian Bannen, Cecil Parker

319. Suez

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Allan Dwan
Actors: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Henry Stephenson, Miles Mander

320. Waterloo

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Historical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Actors: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Dan O'Herlihy, Virginia McKenna

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