The Best 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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The Sting

1973    George Roy Hill    Rated PG

Buddy Film    Comedy    Con Artist / Hustler

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Days of Heaven

1978    Terrence Malick    Rated PG

Costume Romance    Drama    Period Film

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Aguirre: The Wrath of God

1972    Werner Herzog    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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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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City of God

2002    Fernando Meirelles    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

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