Top 30 History Movies Must-Watch Released in 1978

Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk. Find out about Jubilee / IMDB / YouTube

A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, which cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits, with only $58,000 recovered. Details on The Brink's Job / IMDB / YouTube

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Get info on Gray Lady Down / IMDB / YouTube

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel and devotes it to Julie and his other dead persons. Find out about The Green Room / IMDB / YouTube

In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair? See more about Despair / IMDB / YouTube

After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder. Look into The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / IMDB / YouTube

Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins). Explore Les Miserables / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the rise and fall of Alan Freed, the pioneering New York City radio disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll music in the 1950s. Explore American Hot Wax / IMDB / YouTube

In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator. See more about Caravans / IMDB / YouTube

Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, who grew up under Nazi tyranny, ruminates on good and evil and the rest of humanity's complicity in the horrors of the holocaust. Look into Hitler: A Film from Germany / IMDB / YouTube

In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public. Get info on Newsfront / IMDB / YouTube

When British Lieutenant Feversham resigns his commission rather than fight in the 1882 Sudan war, his army pals present him with the four white feathers of cowardice. See more about The Four Feathers / IMDB / YouTube

This is the story of The Forty-Seven Ronin. Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Read about The Fall of Ako Castle / IMDB / YouTube

On Jan and Dean's rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves Jan Berry incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of Dean and others, Jan slowly recovers, learning again to walk and talk. A comeback to the music industry seems impossible, but Jan's willingness to try and with Dean the duo aim for another chance. Get info on Deadman's Curve / IMDB / YouTube

Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War. More about The Memory of Justice / IMDB / YouTube

After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government. Learn about The Winds of Kitty Hawk / IMDB / YouTube

I saw this film when it came out in 1976, and I've always seen the wrong description on websites that sell this film. This film is about Fong Sai-yu going under cover as a servant in the villain's mansion. He is a famous fighter that fights for justice. While at the mansion he met the great Kow Lee played by Tao-Liang Tan also a great fighter that works there for the . Details on Chuan ji Fang Shi Yu / IMDB / YouTube