IMDb's History Top 50
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A genre of film that deals with a major historical event and the actual historical figures involved in it. Often great liberties are taken with the facts to facilitate a 2-hour running time or a particular political agenda. These films pay a great deal of attention to re-creating events that live mostly in our memories or in textbooks. Earlier historical films tended to concentrate on eras and political figures who were far from the present and put little emphasis on undermining the accepted mythologies of history. Some films dealing with historical past would fall into some other genres and types: westerns, musicals, fantasy, war dramas, biographies, etc.
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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Der Untergang
2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Hacksaw Ridge
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
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12 Years a Slave
2013, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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The King's Speech
2010, in 13 top lists Check -
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Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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Persepolis
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Big Short
2015, in 4 top lists Check -
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Straight Outta Compton
2015, in 4 top lists Check -
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Becket
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on May 16, 2024; source