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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. 27 -

    A Night to Remember

    1958, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 26 -

    The Lion in Winter

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 46 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 29 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 30 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 10 -

    Hacksaw Ridge

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 15 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 42 -

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 36 -

    Pride

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 44 -

    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 49 -

    Argo

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 1 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 8 -

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 48 -

    Apollo 13

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 35 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 37 -

    Glory

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 18 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 40 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 43 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 19 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 17 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 12 -

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 31 -

    Tombstone

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 47 -

    Black Hawk Down

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 20 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 45 -

    Becket

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    Changeling

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  32. 28 -

    In Cold Blood

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 14 -

    Inherit the Wind

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 4 -

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 2 -

    Ningen no jôken

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