Here are the ten best historical drama movies with great acting, ranked.
The love dynamic is complicated even further whenChristian Balemakes an appearance as the young suitor James Rolfe.
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
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A charming Irishman named Barry Lyndon ascends the ranks of 18th-century British society through cunning and opportunism.
The film also features strong work fromPaul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, andBrad Pitt.
Along with his father, who is also falsely accused, Gerry fights to clear their names.
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The film chronicles their harrowing legal battle and the emotional toll of their unjust imprisonment.
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The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
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A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
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After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
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A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
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A charming Irishman named Barry Lyndon ascends the ranks of 18th-century British society through cunning and opportunism. As he navigates the complexities of wealth, marriage, and social status, his ambitions lead to both success and personal downfall, portraying the rise and fall of a self-made man in a period drama.
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In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
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In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
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The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporary composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him.
