Best 25 History Movies Highly Rated Released in 1948

The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark. See more about Day of Wrath / IMDB / YouTube

The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine. Learn about Joan of Arc / IMDB / YouTube

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest. More about The Fugitive / IMDB / YouTube

In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process. Look into Forever Amber / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada. Learn about The Iron Curtain / IMDB / YouTube

St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles. Details on Monsieur Vincent / IMDB / YouTube

Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark. Learn about Saraband / IMDB / YouTube

A hapless bellboy in a St. Louis hotel near the end of the Civil War is recruited by the Union secret service to impersonate a notorious Confederate spy. Look into A Southern Yankee / IMDB / YouTube

Young nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates. Info on The Black Arrow / IMDB / YouTube

In 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords. Read about Captain Boycott / IMDB / YouTube

In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne. See more about Bonnie Prince Charlie / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris. More about Tempesta su Parigi / IMDB / YouTube