Top Historical Movies


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

391. The Edge of the World

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell
Actors: John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry, Kitty Kirwan, Finlay Currie, Niall MacGinnis

392. Tomahawk

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sherman
Actors: Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol, Preston Foster, Jack Oakie, John War Eagle

393. Crucible, The ( sorcières de Salem, Les )

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond Rouleau
Actors: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Alfred Adam, Pierre Larquey, Coutan-Lambert

394. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Connie Field
Actors: Wanita Allen, Gladys Belcher, Lyn Childs, Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

395. Old Gringo

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Puenzo
Actors: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Gabriela Roel

396. 1991: The Year Punk Broke

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Markey
Actors: David Grohl, Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Kurt Cobain

397. The Last September

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Deborah Warner
Actors: Michael Gambon, Tom Hickey, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant, Richard Roxburgh, Maggie Smith

398. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst ( aka Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Stone
Actors: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove, Ludlow Kramer, John Lester

399. Ballets Russes

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Actors: Marian Seldes, Alicia Markova, Yvonne Craig, Nathalie Krassovska, Tania Riabouchinskaya, Frederick Franklin

400. Shake Hands with the Devil

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake, James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Robert Lalonde, John Sibi-Okumu
Plot: In the early 1990s Canadian General Romeo Dallaire is appointed by the U.N. to lead troops into Rwanda. By 1994 there is a full-scale genocide taking place and Gen. Dallaire, despite his best efforts, cannot stop the massacre in large part due to the lack of support from the Western World.

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