The best history films

The 50 highest-scoring history films on MoviePedia, ranked by the MoviePedia score. Schindler's List (1993) leads with 91, followed by Oppenheimer (2023).

  1. Schindler's List (1993)
  2. Oppenheimer (2023)
  3. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  4. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  5. Hamilton (2020)
  6. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  7. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
  8. The Leopard (1963)
  9. The King's Speech (2010)
  10. I'm Still Here (2024)
  11. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
  12. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
  13. Dunkirk (2017)
  14. Downfall (2004)
  15. Apollo 11 (2019)
  16. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
  17. Tosun Pasha (1976)
  18. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
  19. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  20. The Insider (1999)
  21. All the President's Men (1976)
  22. Andrei Rublev (1966)
  23. 13th (2016)
  24. The Fog of War (2003)
  25. The Foster Brothers (1976)
  26. Argo (2012)
  27. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
  28. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
  29. Gandhi (1982)
  30. Quiz Show (1994)
  31. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
  32. The Normal Heart (2014)
  33. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
  34. Apollo 13 (1995)
  35. Hidden Figures (2016)
  36. The Zone of Interest (2023)
  37. Glory (1989)
  38. United 93 (2006)
  39. Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)
  40. Pather Panchali (1955)
  41. Inherit the Wind (1960)
  42. Bloody Sunday (2002)
  43. Saban, Son of Saban (1977)
  44. Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
  45. Shoah (1985)
  46. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
  47. Mastaney (2023)
  48. Bridge of Spies (2015)
  49. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
  50. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

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