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Best History Movies of the 20th Century
Schindler's List (1993)
RBiography, Drama, History3h15In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Amadeus (1984)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h40The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Braveheart (1995)
RBiography, Drama, History2h58Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
The Great Escape (1963)
ApprovedAdventure, Drama, History2h52Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not RatedDrama, Fantasy, History1h36A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Barry Lyndon (1975)
PGAdventure, Drama, History3h05An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Ben-Hur (1959)
GAdventure, Drama, History3h32After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
GDrama, History, Romance3h58A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Gandhi (1982)
PGBiography, Drama, History3h11The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
JFK (1991)
RDrama, History, Thriller3h09New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
PassedDrama, History2h09A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
All the President's Men (1976)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h18"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Glory (1989)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h02Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Mississippi Burning (1988)
RCrime, Drama, History2h08Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
The Killing Fields (1984)
RBiography, Drama, History2h21A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
The Longest Day (1962)
GAction, Drama, History2h58The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Empire of the Sun (1987)
PGAction, Drama, History2h33A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Malcolm X (1992)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History3h22Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h43The story of the final Emperor of China.
Apollo 13 (1995)
PGAdventure, Drama, History2h20NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Quiz Show (1994)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h13A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
PGDrama, History, War2h55Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
Elizabeth (1998)
RBiography, Drama, History2h04The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
The Mission (1986)
PGAdventure, Drama, History2h05Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Amistad (1997)
RBiography, Drama, History2h35In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
RComedy, Drama, History2h03The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Cleopatra (1963)
GBiography, Drama, History3h12Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
RComedy, History, Musical1h32Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Anna and the King (1999)
PG-13Drama, History, Romance2h28The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
The 13th Warrior (1999)
RAction, Adventure, History1h42A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.