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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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  1. 1 new

    Band of Brothers

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Chernobyl

    2019, in 4 top lists
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  3. 3 -2

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    I, Claudius

    1976, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 5 -3

    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    Deadwood

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  7. 7 new

    Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

    2011, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 8 new

    Jesus of Nazareth

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 10 -6

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    John Adams

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 12 new

    Roots

    1977, in 3 top lists Check
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    Oppenheimer

    2023, in 12 top lists
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  14. 14 new

    The Pacific

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 15 -9

    Hamilton

    2020, in 6 top lists
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  16. 16 -9

    1917

    2019, in 13 top lists
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  17. 17 -9

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 18 -9

    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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    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 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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    Inherit the Wind

    1960, in 4 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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    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 26 -9

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 27 -8

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 28 -10

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    Persepolis

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 28 top lists Check
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    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
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    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
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    In Cold Blood

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
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    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Lion in Winter

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
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    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
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    A Night to Remember

    1958, in 3 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 40 -9

    Tombstone

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Big Short

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hidden Figures

    2016, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dunkirk

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 44 -9

    Glory

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 45 -8

    Straight Outta Compton

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 47 -11

    Pride

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 48 new

    Kaze tachinu

    2013 — a.k.a. The Wind Rises, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
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