Top Historical Movies


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

381. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Murray Lerner
Actors: Ian Anderson, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison

382. The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Phil Grabsky

383. Defiant Requiem

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Doug Shultz
Actors: Bebe Neuwirth

384. Punk in Africa

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keith Jones, Deon Maas
Actors: Paulo Chibanga, Michael Fleck, Ivan Kadey, Ruben Rose, Warwick Sony, Lee Thomson

385. Generation War ( Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philipp Kadelbach
Actors: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte, Mark Waschke

386. Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arnaud des Pallières
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Denis Lavant

387. The Red Sea Diving Resort

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gideon Raff
Actors: Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Alona Tal, Michiel Huisman, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ben Kingsley

388. 12 Mighty Orphans

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ty Roberts
Actors: Luke Wilson, Robert Duvall, Vinessa Shaw, Martin Sheen, Wayne Knight, Treat Williams

389. City of Glass ( Boli zhi cheng )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Romance/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Law
Actors: Qi Shu, Daniel Wu, Leon Lai, Audrey Mak, Nicola Cheung, Eason Chan
Plot: City of Glass follows two romances: one in the past and one in the present. The present one is between Wooly Suzie (Nicola Cheung) and David (Daniel Wu), who first meet at the police station following the deaths of their parents in a car wreck. The kicker: the two were not married, and were carrying on an affair. As played by Leon Lai and Shu Qi, the two parents were star-crossed lovers in their youth who drifted as politics and distance drove a wedge in their burgeoning romance. Yet their love was apparently a stronger power because years later it drew them back together. Meanwhile, the present holds conflicts for Suzie and David. Unable to get along at first, they bond as both discover the little details they have in common.

390. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Bruce
Actors: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater, Alan Blinder, Tony Boeckh
Plot: Even though the Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, the workings of this institution - and the policies that shape our lives - are almost unknown to the common man. Money for Nothing takes a look inside the inner workings and how it shapes the world of finance - both for good and bad.

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