61. The Beast, The aka Beast of War
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Steven Bauer, Stephen Baldwin, Don Harvey, Kabir Bedi
Plot: During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical
officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of
Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. A unique look at the Soviet
'Vietnam' experience sympathetically told for both sides.
62. Night and Fog ( Nuit et brouillard )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher, Reinhard Heydrich
Plot: Alain Resnais presents a chilling history lesson - the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. With color footage and vintage news reel, and allies' footage as well - it's not just about the camps, but a reminder of how inhumane humanity can be.
63. Why We Fight
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Actors: Dan Rather, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle, John McCain, Ken Adelman, Joseph Cirincione
Plot: A documentary detailing the rise of the military-industrial complex.
64. Woodstock
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Actors: Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Who
Plot: Filmmakers document the1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY featuring musical performances and a candid look at some of the 500,000 concertgoers, the organizers and townspeople who were all a part of the historic event.
65. Conspiracy
Year of Release: 0
Overall Rating: 3.1 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.
66. The Young Victoria
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Actors: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Thomas Kretschmann
Plot: The film follows on the life of the young Queen Victoria, focusing on her early reign and romance with Prince Albert in the 1830s.
67. The Trial of the Chicago 7
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
68. How to Survive a Plague
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David France
Actors: Peter Staley, Mark Harrington, David Barr, Larry Kramer, Ray Navarro, Iris Long
Plot: As the AIDS epidemic reached a fever point, two coalitions -ACT UP and TAG combined activism and innovation to turn something to fear into something to control.
69. The Tuskegee Airmen
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Markowitz
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, Andre Braugher, Christopher McDonald
Plot: HBO film about the WWII African American fighter pilot group the "Tuskegee Airman" who overcame the harassment and prejudice of the time to prove themselves in combat and shatter racial barriers in the process.
70. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Nelson
Actors: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton, Hue Fortson Jr., Garrett Lambrev
