The Last Command (1928), Scarface (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), Queen Christina (1933), The Greatest Showman (2017), Fort Apache (1948), Official Secrets (2019), April and the Extraordinary World (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Historical Adaptation movies.
Storyline: The true story of Christopher Boyce, a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton; it can't last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.—Dan Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com>
Plot Keywords: spy, true story, cold war, double agent, 1980s, political thriller, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany listen to banned swing music from the U.S. Soon, dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices, as the Nazis begin tightening their grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Plot Keywords: musical, world war ii, nazi germany, jazz, historical drama, germany, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work's debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven's life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, music, drama, classical music, composer, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Early low budget version of the famous Gunfight at OK Corral with Scott as Wyatt Earp and Romero as Doc Holiday. Remade by John Ford as "My Darling Clementine" in 1946 and by John Sturges as "Gunfight at OK Corral" in 1957—<jbsports@li.net>
Plot Keywords: western, classic film, gunfight, historical adaptation, 19th century, bounty hunter, duel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she is unhappily in love with admiral Thomas Seymour, and dreams of building a navy to match the Portuguese and the Spanish.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: historical, biographical, drama, british, royalty, court, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Perry (Gregory Smith) falls in love with Leslie (Kristen Hager) while serving as a juror at her murder trial.
Plot Keywords: cult, murder, true story, crime, trial, 1960s, psychological thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Plot Keywords: musical biography, jazz, 1950s, hollywood, classic film, black and white, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights who would use their might for right.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, king arthur, chivalry, love triangle, medieval, sword and sorcery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An alternative version of the King Arthur legend. As a boy, Arthur is left orphaned after his father, King Uther Pendragon, and mother are killed in a war waged against them by Vortigern, who then assumes the throne. Arthur flees and is raised in a brothel, knowing very little of his birthright. Vortigern wants Arthur dead, to ensure there is no claimant to the throne. The legends foretell that only the next king will be able to draw Excalibur, Uther's sword, from the rock where it is lodged. So, in an effort to identify Arthur, Vortigern forces all the young men of Arthur's age to attempt to draw out the sword. Now it is Arthur's turn.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, fantasy, epic, king arthur, legend, medieval ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Flora Robson) is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age and how to foil those pesky Spanish who have far too much influence in England when her older sister Mary was on the throne, after their father Henry VIII was succeeded by their sickly half-brother. Elizabeth thinks Michael Ingolby (Sir Laurence Olivier) can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting, Cynthia (Vivien Leigh). Soon his mind is on survival when Elizabeth sends him on a voyage to Spain.—Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
Plot Keywords: history, war, adventure, drama, british, naval battle, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A fictionalized account of the life and death of Kawashima Yoshiko, the last princess of Manchuria and a spy for the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Plot Keywords: history, biography, war, romance, drama, royalty, female lead ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.—James D. Bozarth <janet@infohwy.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, historical, romance, drama, swordplay, royalty, england ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: historical, biographical, romance, war, france, 19th century, court ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, fantasy, mystery, historical, detective, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. But now, although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.—Ørnås
Plot Keywords: historical, biographical, war, costume, drama, british, medieval ...
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