The 13th Warrior (1999)
Rating: ★★★
Vikings vs Neanderthals/Michael Crichton Adaptation
Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Sven Wollter, Diane Venora
Category: Science Fiction
Anastasia (1997)
Rating: ★★★
Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer, …
Category: Fantasy
Apocalypto (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Mayan Culture Adventure
Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Tacarena, Delia Hernandez, …
Category: Fantasy
Bathory (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
Actors: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Hans Mathieson, Vincent Regan, …
Category: Horror
The Beguiled (2017)
Rating: ★★½
Southern Gothic
Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, …
Category: Horror
The Bloody Judge (1970)
Rating: ★★
Historical Horror
Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Christopher Lee, Maria Rohm, Leo Genn, Margaret Lee, …
Category: Horror
The Book Thief (2013)
Rating: ★★
Growing Up in Nazi Germany/Death Personified
Director: Brian Percival
Actors: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer, …
Category: Fantasy
Burke & Hare (1972)
Rating: ★★
19th Century Grave Robbers
Director: Vernon Sewell
Actors: Derren Nesbitt, Glynn Edwards, Harry Andrews, Joan Carol, …
Category: Horror
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Rating: ★★★
19th Century Medical Experiments
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …
Category: Horror
The Countess (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
Director: Julie Delpy
Actors: Julie Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Blomberg, …
Category: Horror
De Sade (1969)
Rating: ★★
Marquis de Sade Biopic
Director: Cy Endfield
Actors: Keir Dullea, John Huston, Lilli Palmer, Senta Berger, …
Category: Horror
The Deceivers (1988)
Rating: ★★
Indian Thuggee Cults
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, David Robb
Category: Horror
The Devils (1971)
Rating: ★★★★
Historical Witch Persecution
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton, …
Category: Horror
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
Rating: ★★★★
Fantasticised Historical Biography
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Margareth Clementi, Daniel Emilfork, …
Category: Fantasy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Rating: ★★★★★
Deformity/Historical Romance
Director: William S. Dieterle
Category: Horror
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1956)
Rating: ★★★
Deformity/Historical Romance
Director: Jean Delannoy
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Gina Lollobrigida, Alain Cuny
Category: Horror
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
Inuit Culture and First Meeting with Europeans
Director: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk
Actors: Natar Ungalaaq, Kim Bodnia, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Category: Fantasy
The King and I (1999)
Rating: ★
Animation
Director: Richard Rich
Actors: Miranda Richardson, Ian Richardson, Darrell Hammond, Adam Wylie, …
Category: Fantasy
King Arthur (2004)
Rating: ★★
Arthurian Legends
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffud, Ray Winstone, …
Category: Fantasy
Labyrinth (2012)
Rating: ★★
Cross-Historical Search for the Holy Grail
Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Vanessa Kirby, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Katie McGrath, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy
Lady of Csejte (2015)
Rating: ★★
Countess Bathory Film
Director: Andrei Konst
Actors: Isabelle Allen, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Lucas Bond, Claudiu Trandafir, …
Category: Horror
The Last Legion (2007)
Rating: ★★½
Historical Adventure/Arthurian Origins
Director: Doug Lefler
Actors: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Thomas Sangster, …
Category: Fantasy
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Rating: ★★
Marquis De Sade Biopic
Director: Gwyneth Gibby
Actors: Nick Mancuso, John Rhys-Davies, Janet Gunn
Category: Horror
Matthew Hopkins – Witchfinder General (1968)
Rating: ★★★½
Historical Witch Persecutions
Director: Michael Reeves
Actors: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Rupert Davies, …
Category: Horror
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: ★★
Historical Epic
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, …
Category: Fantasy
The Miracle (1959)
Rating: 0
Statue of the Virgin Mary Comes to Life/Catholic Historical Romance
Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, …
Category: Fantasy
The Monk (2011)
Rating: ★★
Monk’s Temptation by the Devil
Director: Dominik Moll
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Deborah Francois, Frederic Noaille, Roxane Duran, …
Category: Horror
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
Rating: ★★
Real-Life Grand Guignol Theatre
Director: Franck Ribiere
Actors: Anna Mouglalis, Niels Schneider, Jean-Michel Balthazar, Michel Fau, …
Category: Horror
The Northman (2022)
Rating: ★★★★
Viking Film
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, …
Category: Fantasy
Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Director: Roger Christian
Actors: Tcheky Karyo, Julia Ormond, F. Murray Abraham, Assumpta Serna, …
Category: Fantasy
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England
Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Actors: Irene Bedard, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, …
Category: Fantasy
Princess of the Sun (2007)
Rating: ★★★½
Ancient Egypt Adventure/Animation
Director: Philippe Leclerc
Category: Fantasy
Quills (2000)
Rating: ★★★
The Marquis de Sade Story
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Joqauin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Kate Winslet, …
Category: Horror
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Hammer Historical Horror Film
Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, …
Category: Horror
River Queen (2005)
Rating: ★★
Maori Wars Historical Epic/Precognitive Dream
Director: Vincent Ward
Actors: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, …
Category: Fantasy
Russian Ark (2002)
Rating: ★★★★
Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dreiden
Category: Fantasy
Tower of London (1962)
Rating: ★★★
Richard III Historical Horror
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Joan Freeman, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, …
Category: Horror
Tristan + Isolde (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Romance
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David O'Hara, …
Category: Fantasy
Vlad the Impaler (1979)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Director: Doru Natase
Actors: Stefan Sileanu, Constantin Barbulescu
Category: Horror
Vlad the Impaler (2000)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Director: Joe Chappelle
Actors: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Peter Weller, Roger Daltrey, …
Category: Horror
The Water Diviner (2014)
Rating: ★★½
Post-World War I Drama/Magical Realism
Director: Russell Crowe
Actors: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Dylan Georgiades, …
Category: Fantasy
Waxworks (1924)
Rating: ★★★★
Historical Anthology/German Expressionism
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, John Gottowt
Category: Horror
The Weight of Water (2000)
Rating: ★★
Historical Murder Mystery
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, …
Category: Horror
The Witch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
Rating: ★★★★
Puritan Era Fear of Witches
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Category: Horror