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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 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 10 -1

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
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    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 15 -1

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 19 -1

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 32 -

    The Big Short

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 9 +1

    Hacksaw Ridge

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
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    Straight Outta Compton

    2015, in 4 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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    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 12 -1

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 43 -1

    Becket

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
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