History Through Film

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This list organizes films depicting historical events and our historical figures generally in chronological order (although some films have been grouped together by topic instead).

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    Noah

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    Exodus: Gods and Kings

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
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    Jesus of Nazareth

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Troy

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
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    Alexander

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
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    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
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    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
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    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Last Legion

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    King Arthur

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    El Cid

    1961, in 1 top list Check
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    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 15 top lists Check
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    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
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    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
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    Immortal Beloved

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    2003, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Patriot

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Lincoln

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Last Samurai

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
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    Michael Collins

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    J. Edgar

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    Public Enemies

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Imitation Game

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Reader

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    Pearl Harbor

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
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    Flags of Our Fathers

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
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    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
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