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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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The King's Speech
2010, in 13 top lists Check -
21 -9
Hotel Rwanda
2004, in 10 top lists Check -
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Der Untergang
2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check -
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12 Years a Slave
2013, in 22 top lists Check -
28 -10
Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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Band of Brothers
2001, in 5 top lists Check -
31 -9
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Persepolis
2007, in 7 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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Dunkirk
2017, in 8 top lists Check -
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Glory
1989, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Big Short
2015, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Ten Commandments
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
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Tombstone
1993, in 2 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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Hacksaw Ridge
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
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1917
2019, in 13 top lists -
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The Killing Fields
1984, in 12 top lists Check -
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Hidden Figures
2016, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Right Stuff
1983, in 13 top lists Check -
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Straight Outta Compton
2015, in 4 top lists Check -
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Kaze tachinu
2013 — a.k.a. The Wind Rises, in 4 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 28 top lists Check -
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Oppenheimer
2023, in 12 top lists -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Pacific
2010, in 4 top lists Check -
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Kagemusha
1980, in 10 top lists Check -
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Inherit the Wind
1960, in 4 top lists Check -
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In Cold Blood
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Lion in Winter
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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Hamilton
2020, in 6 top lists -
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Chernobyl
2019, in 4 top lists -
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Roots
1977, in 3 top lists Check -
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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
2011, in 5 top lists Check -
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Pride
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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John Adams
2008, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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Jesus of Nazareth
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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A Night to Remember
1958, in 3 top lists Check -
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Vredens dag
1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 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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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 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 -
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Deadwood
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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Ningen no jôken
1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Ningen no jôken
1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check -
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I, Claudius
1976, in 5 top lists Check
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