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Top History Movies - Pre-1980

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Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952 · Elia Kazan

BiographyDramaHistory
Silver
The Emigrants

The Emigrants

1971 · Jan Troell

WorldDramaHistory
Silver
Chimes at Midnight

Chimes at Midnight

1965 · Orson Welles

IndieComedyDramaHistory
Silver
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962 · Ken Annakin

ActionDramaHistory
Silver
Spartacus

Spartacus

1960 · Stanley Kubrick

AdventureBiographyDrama
Silver
Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967 · John Schlesinger

DramaHistoryRomance
Bronze
Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973 · Norman Jewison

DramaHistoryMusical
Bronze
Ludwig

Ludwig

1973 · Luchino Visconti

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
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Macbeth

Macbeth

1971 · Roman Polanski

DramaHistory
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Waterloo

Waterloo

1970 · Sergey Bondarchuk

ActionBiographyDrama
Bronze
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky

IndieWorldBiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz

BiographyDramaHistory
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Captain Blood

Captain Blood

1935 · Michael Curtiz

ActionAdventureHistory
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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956 · Cecil B. DeMille

AdventureDramaFamily
Bronze
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943 · Sam Wood

AdventureDramaHistory
Bronze
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · Franklin J. Schaffner

BiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
The Gospel According to St. Matthew

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1964 · Pier Paolo Pasolini

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
The Travelling Players

The Travelling Players

1975 · Theodoros Angelopoulos

WorldDramaHistoryMusic
Bronze
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