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Historical Movies I Have Watched

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  • Jackie Chan in 1911 (2011)

    1. 1911

    20111h 39mR37Metascore
    5.7 (6.7K)
    A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
    DirectorsTao HaiWei LiGuoqiang TangStarsJackie ChanWinston ChaoBingbing Li
  • Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)

    2. Valkyrie

    20082h 1mPG-1356Metascore
    7.1 (268K)
    A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
    DirectorBryan SingerStarsTom CruiseBill NighyCarice van Houten
  • Alan Arkin, Rutger Hauer, and Joanna Pacula in Escape from Sobibor (1987)

    3. Escape from Sobibor

    19872h 23mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.4 (10K)
    German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.
    DirectorJack GoldStarsAlan ArkinJoanna PaculaRutger Hauer
  • 300 (2006)

    4. 300

    20061h 57mR52Metascore
    7.6 (895K)
    In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid Wenham
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    5. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose comrades have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
  • Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

    6. Braveheart

    19952h 58mR68Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohan
  • Josh Hartnett in Black Hawk Down (2001)

    7. Black Hawk Down

    20012h 24mR74Metascore
    7.7 (443K)
    The story of one hundred and sixty elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom Sizemore
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

    8. The Longest Day

    19622h 58mG75Metascore
    7.7 (62K)
    The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard Burton
  • Rob Roy (1995)

    9. Rob Roy

    19952h 19mR55Metascore
    6.9 (48K)
    In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.
    DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsLiam NeesonJessica LangeJohn Hurt
  • Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau in The Warlords (2007)

    10. The Warlords

    20072h 6mR70Metascore
    7.0 (28K)
    China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing.
    DirectorsPeter Ho-Sun ChanWai-Man YipStarsJet LiAndy LauTakeshi Kaneshiro
  • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

    11. Once Upon a Time in China II

    19921h 53mR
    7.3 (11K)
    Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.
    DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanMok Siu-Chung
  • Ip Man 2 (2010)

    12. Ip Man 2

    20101h 48mR67Metascore
    7.5 (114K)
    Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
    DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenXiaoming HuangSammo Kam-Bo Hung
  • Donnie Yen in Ip Man (2008)

    13. Ip Man

    20081h 46mR59Metascore
    8.0 (239K)
    During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.
    DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenSimon YamLouis Fan
  • Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)

    14. Tombstone

    19932h 10mR50Metascore
    7.8 (184K)
    A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
    DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsKurt RussellVal KilmerSam Elliott
  • Das Boot (1981)

    15. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (281K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Daniel Craig in Defiance (2008)

    16. Defiance

    20082h 17mR58Metascore
    7.1 (159K)
    Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDaniel CraigLiev SchreiberJamie Bell
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)

    17. The Flowers of War

    20112h 26mR46Metascore
    7.5 (57K)
    An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
    DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChristian BaleNi NiXinyi Zhang
  • Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961)

    18. El Cid

    19613h 2mApproved79Metascore
    7.2 (17K)
    The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsCharlton HestonSophia LorenRaf Vallone
  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)

    19. Spartacus

    19603h 17mPG-1387Metascore
    7.9 (149K)
    The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
    DirectorsStanley KubrickAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierTony Curtis
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)

    20. Titanic

    19973h 14mPG-1375Metascore
    7.9 (1.3M)
    A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly Zane
  • Randolph Scott, Noah Beery Jr., Alan Curtis, Sam Levene, and J. Carrol Naish in 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)

    21. 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

    19431h 28mApproved
    6.0 (1.8K)
    The true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.
    DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottAlan CurtisNoah Beery Jr.
  • Spencer Tracy and Robert Young in Northwest Passage (1940)

    22. Northwest Passage

    19402h 6mApproved
    7.0 (4.2K)
    Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
    DirectorsKing VidorJack ConwayW.S. Van DykeStarsSpencer TracyRobert YoungWalter Brennan
  • Gérard Depardieu in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

    23. 1492: Conquest of Paradise

    19922h 34mPG-1347Metascore
    6.4 (34K)
    Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsGérard DepardieuArmand AssanteSigourney Weaver
  • 1900 (1976)

    24. 1900

    19765h 17mUnrated70Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
    DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsRobert De NiroGérard DepardieuDominique Sanda
  • Jackie Chan in 1911 (2011)

    25. 1911

    20111h 39mR37Metascore
    5.7 (6.7K)
    A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
    DirectorsTao HaiWei LiGuoqiang TangStarsJackie ChanWinston ChaoBingbing Li

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