MOVIES
Critical Response - IMDb
Highest-Rated History Movies
This list features movies that are included in IMDB’s list of the top ranked historical movies.
RANK | FILMS | RATING | REVIEWS | YEAR |
1 | Schindler’s List | 9.0 | 1,500,000 | 1993 |
2 | Gladiator | 8.5 | 1,800,000 | 2000 |
3 | Oppenheimer | 8.3 | 903,000 | 2023 |
4 | Hamilton | 8.3 | 129,000 | 2020 |
5 | Braveheart | 8.3 | 1,100,000 | 1995 |
6 | I’m Still Here | 8.2 | 113,000 | 2024 |
7 | 12 Years a Slave | 8.1 | 767,000 | 2013 |
8 | Hacksaw Ridge | 8.1 | 642,000 | 2016 |
9 | Hotel Rwanda | 8.1 | 385,000 | 2004 |
10 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | 8.1 | 66,000 | 1928 |
11 | Inherit the Wind | 8.1 | 34,000 | 1960 |
12 | The King’s Speech | 8.0 | 723,000 | 2010 |
13 | JFK | 8.0 | 177,000 | 1991 |
14 | Gandhi | 8.0 | 244,000 | 1982 |
15 | Persepolis | 8.0 | 103,000 | 2007 |
16 | Spartacus | 7.9 | 149,000 | 1960 |
17 | All the President’s Men | 7.9 | 132,000 | 1976 |
18 | The Ten Commandments | 7.9 | 82,000 | 1956 |
19 | Togo | 7.9 | 59,000 | 2019 |
20 | The Leopard | 7.9 | 32,000 | 1963 |
21 | In Cold Blood | 7.9 | 31,000 | 1967 |
22 | A Taxi Driver | 7.9 | 36,000 | 2017 |
23 | Kagemusha | 7.9 | 40,000 | 1980 |
24 | A Night to Remember | 7.9 | 19,000 | 1958 |
25 | Tombstone | 7.8 | 183,000 | 1993 |
26 | The Big Short | 7.8 | 514,000 | 2015 |
27 | Hidden Figures | 7.8 | 276,000 | 2016 |
28 | Dunkirk | 7.8 | 777,000 | 2017 |
29 | The Irishman | 7.8 | 455,000 | 2019 |
30 | Society of the Snow | 7.8 | 163,000 | 2023 |
31 | The Insider | 7.8 | 187,000 | 1999 |
32 | Straight Outta Compton | 7.8 | 228,000 | 2015 |
33 | Glory | 7.8 | 150,000 | 1984 |
34 | The Right Stuff | 7.8 | 68,000 | 1983 |
35 | The Wind Rises | 7.8 | 107,000 | 2013 |
36 | Letters from Iwo Jima | 7.8 | 174,000 | 2006 |
37 | The Killing Fields | 7.8 | 62,000 | 1984 |
38 | Pride | 7.8 | 64,000 | 2014 |
39 | The Lion in Winter | 7.8 | 36,000 | 1968 |
40 | Breaker Morant | 7.8 | 15,000 | 1980 |
41 | Black Hawk Down | 7.7 | 441,000 | 2001 |
42 | Argo | 7.7 | 654,000 | 2012 |
43 | Apollo 13 | 7.7 | 327,000 | 1995 |
44 | The Last Emperor | 7.7 | 116,000 | 1987 |
45 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | 7.7 | 201,000 | 2020 |
46 | Malcolm X | 7.7 | 107,000 | 1992 |
47 | Changeling | 7.7 | 271,000 | 2008 |
48 | The Longest Day | 7.7 | 61,000 | 1962 |
49 | A Man for All Seasons | 7.7 | 39,000 | 1966 |
50 | The Devils | 7.7 | 20,000 | 1971 |
51 | Missing | 7.7 | 25,000 | 1982 |
52 | There’s Still Tomorrow | 7.7 | 16,000 | 2023 |
53 | Zulu | 7.7 | 45,000 | 1964 |
54 | Intolerance | 7.7 | 17,000 | 1916 |
55 | Captain Blood | 7.7 | 17,000 | 1935 |
56 | Becket | 7.7 | 17,000 | 1964 |
57 | Sergeant York | 7.7 | 21,000 | 1941 |
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