Best history films - Charts
Best history films
101. 1900 (1976)
Italy / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu
102. North Face (2008)
Germany / Switzerland, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Philipp Stölzl
Cast: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas
103. Battle of Britain (1969)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine
104. Nicky's Family (2011)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Jana Kepková
105. The Act of Killing (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
106. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut
107. Into the White (2012)
Norway / Sweden, Action / Drama
Directed by: Petter Næss
Cast: Florian Lukas, David Kross
108. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
USA / Japan, War / Action
Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Martin Balsam, Sō Yamamura
109. Black Thursday (2011)
Poland, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Antoni Krauze
Cast: Marta Honzatko, Michal Kowalski
110. The Secret of Blood (1953)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vladimír Ráž, Zdeněk Štěpánek
111. Michael Collins (1996)
UK / Ireland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Ian Hart, Julia Roberts
112. Korczak (1990)
Poland / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska
113. The Witness (1969)
Hungary, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Péter Bacsó
Cast: Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Őze
115. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
116. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1945)
Soviet Union, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov
117. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Italy / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
118. Lady Jane (1986)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes
119. American Hot Wax (1978)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Floyd Mutrux
Cast: Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher
120. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman
121. The Ten Commandments (1956)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner
122. The Physician (2013)
Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Philipp Stölzl
Cast: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård
123. The Reich Underground (2004)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Cast: Adolf Hitler
124. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
125. Tetris (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf
127. For All Mankind (1989)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Al Reinert
Cast: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart
128. Mattie, the Goose-Boy (1977)
Hungary, Animation / Historical
Directed by: Attila Dargay
Cast: András Kern, Péter Geszti
129. Munich (2005)
USA / Canada, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig
130. Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
France / Italy, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot
132. The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Martin Frič
133. A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story (2020)
Argentina, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Francisco Macri
134. Unknown Soldier (2017)
Finland / Belgium, War / Drama
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Cast: Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen
135. The Emigrants (1971)
Sweden, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
136. King of Devil's Island (2010)
Norway / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Marius Holst
Cast: Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen
137. October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928)
Soviet Union, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Cast: Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov
138. The Black Tulip (1964)
France / Italy, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Christian-Jaque
Cast: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi
139. Becket (1964)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Peter Glenville
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole
140. Samurai X: Reflection (2001)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Cast: Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Fujitani
141. Dunkirk (2017)
UK / Netherlands, Action / War
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy
142. Richard III (1955)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke
143. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
144. Dear Comrades! (2020)
Russia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cast: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Andrey Gusev
145. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Japan, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Kanemon Nakamura, Sachiko Hidari
146. Purge (2012)
Finland / Estonia, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Antti J. Jokinen
Cast: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt
148. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya
149. The King (2019)
UK / Hungary, Drama / Historical
Directed by: David Michôd
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton
150. Sunshine (1999)
Austria / Canada, Drama / Historical
Directed by: István Szabó
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris
151. Bridge of Spies (2015)
USA / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi
152. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton
153. Richard Jewell (2019)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell
155. The Captain (2017)
Germany / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel
156. The King and the Clown (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joon-ik Lee
Cast: Jin-yeong Jeong, Joon-gi Lee
157. Man versus Ruin (1989)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Štěpán Skalský
Cast: Josef Abrhám, Hana Maciuchová
158. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
159. Ozvěny lidické noci (2011)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Pavel Dražan
Cast: Stanislav Motl, Zdeněk Mahler
160. East/West (1999)
France / Bulgaria, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Régis Wargnier
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov
161. Za svobodné Brno (2016)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Pavel Jirásek
Cast: Pavel Doucek, Adolf Hitler
162. The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Poland, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Wojciech Jerzy Has
Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska
163. Henry V (1989)
UK, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh
164. The Jester's Tale (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Petr Kostka, Miloslav Holub
165. Miracle (2004)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
166. Honour and Glory (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Hynek Bočan
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Blanka Bohdanová
168. The Liberation of Auschwitz (1985)
West Germany, Documentary / Historical
169. Fortress of War (2010)
Belarus / Russia, Drama / Action
Directed by: Aleksandr Kott, Denis Skvortsov
Cast: Alexei Kopashov, Pavel Derevyanko
170. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
171. Colonia (2015)
Germany / Luxembourg, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Florian Gallenberger
Cast: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl
172. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
Germany / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lutz Hachmeister
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Udo Samel
174. Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
France / Italy, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Philippe Agostini
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli
175. The Taste of Things (2023)
France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Anh Hung Tran
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche
176. Quo Vadis (1951)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr
177. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
178. Habermann's Mill (2010)
Czech Republic / Germany, Drama / War
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Mark Waschke, Karel Roden
179. Giovanni's Island (2014)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mizuho Nishikubo
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukie Nakama
180. Hype! (1996)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Doug Pray
Cast: Calvin Johnson, Eddie Vedder
181. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
West Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast
182. Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
184. A Taxi Driver (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Action
Directed by: Hoon Jang
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Thomas Kretschmann
185. The Hangman (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Paľo Bielik
Cast: Vlado Müller, Štefan Kvietik
186. Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Sweden, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Mauritz Stiller
Cast: Concordia Selander, Bror Berger
187. Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
France / Italy, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard
188. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Carol Reed, Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
189. Fechtbuch: The Real Swordfighting behind Kingdom Come (2019)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Petr Špetla, Denisa Špetlová
Cast: Peter Koza, Robert Waschka
190. The Leopard (1963)
Italy / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
191. Hidden Figures (2016)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer
192. Operation Valkyríe (2009)
UK, Documentary / Historical
194. Rose (2011)
Poland, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Agata Kulesza
195. The Round-Up (1966)
Hungary, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Miklós Jancsó
Cast: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits
196. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1945)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
197. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, 鶴田浩二
198. Anthropoid (2016)
UK / Czech Republic, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan
199. Julius Caesar (1953)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason
200. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis