iCM Forum's Top 250 Highest Rated History Movies

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Our highest rated genre films with 5+ votes from IMDb vote histories provided by iCM Forum members. Ties are sorted by highest number of votes.

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  1. 32 +3

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 159 +4

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 13 +1

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 167 +3

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 56 +5

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 79 +1

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 102 +13

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 12 -1

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  9. 59 -4

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 42 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 117 -1

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 140 -3

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 188 +12

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 108 +3

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 194 -13

    The Revenant

    2015, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 208 -2

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 57 -3

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 16 -3

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 125 -

    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 27 -8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 50 +3

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 203 -4

    Zero Dark Thirty

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 25 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 168 -6

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 118 -1

    The Big Short

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 14 -2

    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 101 +2

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 69 -4

    Ying xiong

    2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 195 -5

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 4 +2

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 28 -5

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 124 -5

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 68 -5

    Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

    2009 — a.k.a. The White Ribbon, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 111 -4

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 126 -5

    Mississippi Burning

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 200 -4

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 26 -

    The Favourite

    2018, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 196 -4

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 99 -4

    The Cove

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 154 -12

    Kaze tachinu

    2013 — a.k.a. The Wind Rises, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 66 -2

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 46 -2

    Kumonosu-jô

    1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 189 -4

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 45 -5

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 190 -4

    Quiz Show

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 83 +83

    Oppenheimer

    2023, in 12 top lists
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  47. 97 -9

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 19 -2

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 169 +28

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 112 -4

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
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