This historical drama is an adaptation of Solomon Northup’s slave narrative, Twelve Years a Slave. Read More: Best Police Corruption Movies of All Time 6. Richard Attenborough’s direction came in for critical praise, but the limelight was stolen by his mercurial lead actor, Ben Kingsley, who won universal plaudits and gave cinema its most memorable performance till date. The film is still considered one of the most historically significant films ever made, ruling the Oscars with a towering eight wins including the Best Picture.
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The epic historical drama chronicles the journey of the Nation’s Father, MK Gandhi and his painstaking endeavors to free India from colonial British rule. Read More: Best Spoof Movies of All Time 7. The film truly moved me, and is in part based on the book Team of Rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincoln, also one of my favorite books. Directed by the master raconteur Steven Spielberg, the film stars (the greatest ever) Daniel Day Lewis in the titular role and boasts a stellar supporting crew with names like Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, and Joseph Gordon-Lewitt. It follows his political genius unwrapping and unshackling chains to pass the emancipation proclamation and end slavery once and for all. The film is about my personal idol Abraham Lincoln’s tumultuous last four months of his second term as the President of the United States of America. Read More: Best War Movies of All Time 8. The film is credited to have rekindled the interest in films centered around ancient Greek and Roman culture. The film went on to win five Oscars, including the Best Picture. The film was universally lauded for its authenticity, the battling scenes and the overall use of aesthetic violence. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises from the ashes like a phoenix through battling and defeating death in the Gladiatorial arena. The film was inspired by the bravado of the virtuoso Hispano-Roman general, sobriquet Maximus in the film, against the evil son Commodus of King Marcus Aurelius, whom he murdered and seized the throne. This is truly Ridley Scott’s magnum opus. The film set new land marks in terms of the magnanimity of the sets and use of thousands of on-set extras. The film is said to be inspired by Blind Harry’s epic poem, ‘The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Compiun Schir William Wallace’. The film opened to critical acclaim, getting eight Academy nominations and going on to win five, including Best Picture. Mel Gibson’s epic war drama followed the journey of William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.
Some of these good historical movies on Netflix or Amazon Prime or Hulu. Many on the list are historical romance movies, while other are historical fiction movies. The following list (tries to) canvasses the top historical movies ever, which remain the best not only in the genre, but also in cinematic history.
Master visionary auteurs like Steven Spielberg and Richard Attenborough took the responsibility to show the way and nurture this genre.
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