The Top 50 Period Films of All Time

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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Citizen Kane

1941    Orson Welles    Not Rated

Drama    Period Film

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Seven Samurai

1954    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Drama    Ensemble Film    Foreign Language Film

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Yojimbo

1961    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Rashômon

1950    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Forrest Gump

1994    Robert Zemeckis    Rated PG13

Americana    Comedy Drama    Drama

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The Seventh Seal

1957    Ingmar Bergman    Not Rated

Drama    Fantasy    Foreign Language Film

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Days of Heaven

1978    Terrence Malick    Rated PG

Costume Romance    Drama    Period Film

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The Sting

1973    George Roy Hill    Rated PG

Buddy Film    Comedy    Con Artist / Hustler

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Aguirre: The Wrath of God

1972    Werner Herzog    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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14

Gladiator

2000    Ridley Scott    Rated R

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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Throne of Blood

1957    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Shakespeare

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The Untouchables

1987    Brian De Palma    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Gangster Film

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Ran

1985    Akira Kurosawa    Rated R

Action    Based-on-Shakespeare    Drama

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Braveheart

1995    Mel Gibson    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-a-True-Story

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Nosferatu

1922    F.W. Murnau    Not Rated

Costume Horror    Foreign Language Film    Gothic Film

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20

City of God

2002    Fernando Meirelles    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

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Sanjuro

1962    Akira Kurosawa    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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22

Fanny and Alexander

1982    Ingmar Bergman    Rated R

Childhood Drama    Drama    Family Drama

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Amadeus

1984    Milos Forman    Rated PG

Based-on-a-True-Story    Based-on-Theatre    Biopic

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The Prestige

2006    Christopher Nolan    Rated PG13

Mindbender    Period Film    Psychological Thriller

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The Hidden Fortress

1958    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Adventure    Costume Adventure    Foreign Language Film

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Barry Lyndon

1975    Stanley Kubrick    Rated PG

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Drama    Period Film

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28

Pan's Labyrinth

2006    Guillermo del Toro    Rated R

Drama    Fairy Tales and Legends    Fantasy

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In the Mood for Love

2000    Wong Kar-Wai    Rated PG

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Period Film

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Jules and Jim

1962    François Truffaut    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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The Virgin Spring

1960    Ingmar Bergman    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920    Robert Wiene    Not Rated

Costume Horror    Gothic Film    Horror

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There Will Be Blood

2007    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Period Film

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Moonrise Kingdom

2012    Wes Anderson    Rated PG13

Childhood Drama    Comedy Drama    Drama

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Argo

2012    Ben Affleck    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Docudrama    Drama

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38

Boogie Nights

1997    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Ensemble Film

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Once Upon a Time in America

1984    Sergio Leone    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Harakiri

1962    Masaki Kobayashi    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Mystery

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Spartacus

1960    Stanley Kubrick    Not Rated

Costume Adventure    Epic    Historical Epic

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Dazed and Confused

1993    Richard Linklater    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Ensemble Film

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43

American Graffiti

1973    George Lucas    Rated PG

Americana    Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age

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44

The Lion in Winter

1968    Anthony Harvey    Rated PG

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Family Drama

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The Magnificent Ambersons

1942    Orson Welles    Rated PG

Drama    Family Drama    Period Film

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Ugetsu

1953    Kenji Mizoguchi    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Fantasy

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962    Robert Aldrich    Not Rated

Drama    Gothic Film    Horror

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The Natural

1984    Barry Levinson    Rated PG

Americana    Drama    Period Film

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Children of Paradise

1945    Marcel Carné    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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