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Top 100 Classic Historical Movies

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . Ben-Hur (1959)Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd score
2 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander score
3 . The Black Swan (1942)Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell score
4 . Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins score
5 . Anastasia (1956)Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff score
6 . Spartacus (1960)Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton score
7 . The Ten Commandments (1956)Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson score
8 . The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Miles Mander, William Austin score
9 . Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin score
10 . Quo Vadis (1951)Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov score
11 . Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson score
12 . Billy the Kid (1941)Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Gene Lockhart score
13 . Brigham Young (1940)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy score
14 . Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson score
15 . Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich score
16 . The Birth of a Nation (1915)Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden score
17 . The Buccaneer (1938)Fredric March, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame, Walter Brennan score
18 . Becket (1964)Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Paolo Stoppa score
19 . Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Minor Watson score
20 . The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut score
21 . The Toast of New York (1937)Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie score
22 . The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews score
23 . Allegheny Uprising (1939)Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy score
24 . Destination Tokyo (1943)Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale Sr., John Ridgely score
25 . The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp score
26 . Queen Christina (1933)Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone score
27 . Suez (1938)Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg score
28 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
29 . Raffles (1939)David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dudley Digges, Gilbert Emery score
30 . Julius Caesar (1953)Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern score
31 . The Sign of the Cross (1932)Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton score
32 . Marie Antoinette (1938)Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley score
33 . Abraham Lincoln (1930)Lucille La Verne, Walter Huston, Edgar Dearing, Una Merkel score
34 . A Tale of Two Cities (1935)Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen score
35 . A Man for All Seasons (1966)Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw score
36 . Prince of Foxes (1949)Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane score
37 . Cleopatra (1934)Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut score
38 . The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone score
39 . Inherit the Wind (1960)Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York score
40 . Tower of London (1939)Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter score
41 . A Woman Rebels (1936)Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Elizabeth Allan, Donald Crisp score
42 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
43 . Conquest (1937)Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal score
44 . The Fighting Sullivans (1944)Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Trudy Marshall score
45 . Alexander Hamilton (1931)George Arliss, Dudley Digges, Montagu Love, Ralf Harolde score
46 . The Great Escape (1963)Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald score
47 . Salome (1953)Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson score
48 . Mary of Scotland (1936)Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, John Carradine score
49 . Wilson (1944)Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell score
50 . Call Northside 777 (1948)James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Moroni Olsen score
51 . Alexander the Great (1956)Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux score
52 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
53 . The Lion in Winter (1968)Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle score
54 . That Hamilton Woman (1941)Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper score
55 . The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)Max von Sydow, Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Victor Buono score
56 . 55 Days at Peking (1963)Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson score
57 . Until They Sail (1957)Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie score
58 . They Died with Their Boots On (1941)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Grapewin score
59 . Cleopatra (1963)Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown score
60 . Forever and a Day (1943)Kent Smith, Reginald Gardiner, Victor McLaglen, Billy Bevan score
61 . Compulsion (1959)Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman score
62 . I Shot Jesse James (1949)Preston Foster, John Ireland, J. Edward Bromberg, Victor Kilian score
63 . The Affairs of Cellini (1934)Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Fay Wray score
64 . Henry V (1944)Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer, Robert Helpmann, Nicholas Hannen score
65 . The Far Horizons (1955)Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale score
66 . The Egyptian (1954)Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Bella Darvi score
67 . This Is My Affair (1937)Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy score
68 . Lloyd's of London (1936)Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Tyrone Power, C. Aubrey Smith score
69 . The Howards of Virginia (1940)Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal score
70 . Samson and Delilah (1949)Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury score
71 . Hudson's Bay (1941)Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Vincent Price score
72 . The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)Preston Foster, Alan Hale Sr., Basil Rathbone, Louis Calhern score
73 . Johnny Tremain (1957)Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer, Walter Sande score
74 . Seven Angry Men (1955)Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, James Best score
75 . A Night to Remember (1958)Kenneth More, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell score
76 . Christopher Columbus (1949)Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Linden Travers score
77 . Plymouth Adventure (1952)Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn score
78 . Captain Kidd (1945)Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland score
79 . The Oklahoma Kid (1939)James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Edward Pawley score
80 . Rasputin and the Empress (1932)John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Diana Wynyard score
81 . Disraeli (1929)George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence score
82 . Clive of India (1935)Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister score
83 . The Beginning or the End (1947)Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Audrey Totter, Hume Cronyn score
84 . Scaramouche (1952)Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer score
85 . The Wet Parade (1932)Dorothy Jordan, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Walter Huston score
86 . The Sundowners (1950)Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs score
87 . Daniel Boone (1936)George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Clarence Muse score
88 . Richard III (1955)Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson score
89 . The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Paul Birch, Paul Brinegar score
90 . Juarez (1939)Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains score
91 . The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods score
92 . Frontier Marshal (1939)Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes score
93 . Solomon and Sheba (1959)Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan score
94 . Little Old New York (1940)Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce score
95 . Virginia City (1940)Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart score
96 . The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason score
97 . The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Harry Carey score
98 . The Baron of Arizona (1950)Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff, Beulah Bondi score
99 . The Beloved Rogue (1927)John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Slim Summerville score
100 . Young Bill Hickok (1940)Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, John Miljan, Monte Blue score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.