Greatest 24 History Movies Releases from 1957

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. Check out The Bridge on the River Kwai / IMDB / YouTube

A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack. Look into Paths of Glory / IMDB / YouTube

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing. Explore The Spirit of St. Louis / IMDB / YouTube

The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe. Details on Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin / IMDB / YouTube

A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War. See more about Raintree County / IMDB / YouTube

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British captain is sent to Spain to help prevent the French from stealing a powerful cannon. Look into The Pride and the Passion / IMDB / YouTube

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. Read about The Hunchback of Notre Dame / IMDB / YouTube

Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black. Read about Band of Angels / IMDB / YouTube

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers. Look into Night Ambush / IMDB / YouTube

A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War. Details on Battle Hymn / IMDB / YouTube

In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic. Info on Saint Joan / IMDB / YouTube

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history. More about The Crucible / IMDB / YouTube

In 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries. Check out Battle Hell / IMDB / YouTube

During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill. Details on Hell in Korea / IMDB / YouTube

Set in Australia's outback, young Aboriginal girl Jedda finds herself torn between her indigenous roots and the prejudiced white society, unable to fully embrace either culture. Look into Jedda the Uncivilized / IMDB / YouTube

Author Pierre Berton tells the history of his hometown of Dawson City at its heyday during the Klondike Gold Rush. Read about City of Gold / IMDB / YouTube

Obam finds himself caught in the middle of hostility between British colonists and African villagers who want to reclaim their land. He sets out to save his country before tensions get out of control. Get info on The Mark of the Hawk / IMDB / YouTube

Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's bush ranger gang in 19th Century Australia. Look into Robbery Under Arms / IMDB / YouTube

At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain. Find out about Raiders of Old California / IMDB / YouTube

American and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France. Read about Count Five and Die / IMDB / YouTube