History Films
Pattern Statistics
379
Movies
6.6
Avg Arcplot
131
Avg Runtime
1915-2024
Year Range
7.0
Avg IMDb
72%
Avg RT
66
Avg Metacritic
$20736M
Total Box Office
364
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
History Films - Story Architecture Study
This catalog of 379 history films displays flexible handling of narrative structure typical within the genre. Representing works from 1915 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 suggests a balance between convention and innovation.
Within this genre, 0% of films reach scores above 8.0, indicating that genre boundaries remain flexible. Standout films include Sunshine (8.0), Emperor (7.9), and The Return (7.8).
Length Conventions
History films in this collection average 2 hours and 11 minutes, reflecting standard feature film conventions.
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12 Strong
2018
12 Years a Slave
2013
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
303 Squadron
2018
7 Days in Entebbe
2018
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
A Bridge Too Far
1977
A Hidden Life
2019
A Man for All Seasons
1966
A Passage to India
1984
A Royal Affair
2012
A Taxi Driver
2017
A United Kingdom
2016
Air
2023
Airlift
2016
All Eyez on Me
2017
All the Money in the World
2017
Amelia
2009
American Pop
1981
Amistad
1997
Angelique
1964
Angelique and the King
1966
Anna and the King
1999
Anna Karenina
2012
Anthropoid
2016
Antwone Fisher
2002
Apocalypto
2006
Apollo 13
1995
Argentina 1985
2022
At Eternity's Gate
2018
Ayla: The Daughter of War
2017
Back to Black
2024
Balloon
2018
Barabbas
1961
Battle of the Bulge
1965
Becket
1964
Bel Ami
2012
Belfast
2021
Ben-Hur
2016
Black Hawk Down
2001
Black Mass
2015
BlacKkKlansman
2018
Blitz
2024
Bodyguards and Assassins
2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
Border
1997
Bridge of Spies
2015
Brooklyn
2015
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
Burke & Hare
2010
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
Cadillac Records
2008
Caligula
1979
Centurion
2010
Chappaquiddick
2018
Chariots of Fire
1981
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Che: Part Two
2008
Chernobyl: Abyss
2021
Child 44
2015
Cinderella Man
2005
City of Life and Death
2009
Cleopatra
1963
Coach Carter
2005
Colette
2018
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Consent
2023
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
Dark Waters
2019
Darkest Hour
2017
Days of Glory
2006
Death Defying Acts
2007
Decoded
2024
Defiance
2008
Delicious
2021
Detroit
2017
Downfall
2004
Dragon Blade
2015
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
Dumb Money
2023
Dunkirk
2017
Eddie the Eagle
2016
Eiffel
2021
Eight Men Out
1988
El Cid
1961
Elizabeth
1998
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Elvis
2022
Emperor
2012
Enemy at the Gates
2001
Europa Europa
1990
Evita
1996
Farewell, My Queen
2012
Ferrari
2023
Finding Forrester
2000
First Man
2018
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
Flame & Citron
2008
Flyboys
2006
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Foxcatcher
2014
Frantz
2016
Free State of Jones
2016
Frost/Nixon
2008
Full River Red
2023
Gallipoli
1981
Gandhi
1982
Gardens of Stone
1987
Genius
2016
Get on Up
2014
Gettysburg
1993
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Glory
1989
Glory Road
2006
Gods and Generals
2003
Goemon
2009
Golda
2023
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
Goya's Ghosts
2006
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Hamilton
2020
Hamlet
1990
Hansan: Rising Dragon
2022
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Heaven & Earth
1993
Henry V
1989
Hidden Blade
2023
Hidden Figures
2016
His Only Son
2023
Hotel Mumbai
2019
Hotel Rwanda
2004
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
I'm Still Here
2024
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
In the Valley of Elah
2007
In This Corner of the World
2016
Invictus
2009
Invincible
2006
Ip Man
2008
Ip Man 4: The Finale
2019
Ironclad
2011
Ivanhoe
1952
J. Edgar
2011
Jakob the Liar
1999
Jeanne du Barry
2023
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973
Jesus Revolution
2023
JFK
1991
Jimmy's Hall
2014
Jobs
2013
Jodhaa Akbar
2008
Joy
2024
Joyeux Noel
2005
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
Just Mercy
2019
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Katyn
2007
Kill the Messenger
2014
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
King Naresuan Part: 1
2007
Kingdom
2019
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Kingmaker
2022
Labyrinth of Lies
2014
Lee
2024
Lincoln
2012
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
Lions for Lambs
2007
Little Boy
2015
Little Buddha
1993
Love & Mercy
2015
Loving Vincent
2017
Luther
2003
Macbeth
2015
Made in Dagenham
2010
Malcolm X
1992
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Mao Zedong 1949
2019
Marie Antoinette
2006
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Michael Collins
1996
Midway
1976
Midway
2019
Miles Ahead
2016
Milk
2008
Miracle
2004
Missing
1982
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
Mr. Turner
2014
Munich
2005
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
My Grandfather's People
2011
Napoleon
2023
Never Look Away
2018
Newsies
1992
Nixon
1995
No Man's Land
2001
Notorious
2009
Of Gods and Men
2010
On the Basis of Sex
2018
One Life
2023
One Night with the King
2006
One Second
2020
Operation Chromite
2016
Operation Finale
2018
Oppenheimer
2023
Out of Africa
1985
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
Patriots Day
2016
Patton
1970
Pharaoh
1966
Pollock
2000
Pompeii
2014
Pope Joan
2009
Quiz Show
1994
Quo Vadis
1951
Race
2016
Reagan
2024
Red Cliff
2008
Red Cliff II
2009
Red Tails
2012
Reds
1981
Respect
2021
Richard Jewell
2019
Risen
2016
Rob Roy
1995
Robin Hood
2010
Rosewood
1997
Rudy
1993
Russian Ark
2002
Ryan's Daughter
1970
Samson and Delilah
1949
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Schindler's List
1993
Seabiscuit
2003
Seize Them!
2024
Selena
1997
Selma
2014
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018
Shakespeare in Love
1998
She Said
2022
Silence
2016
Silkwood
1983
Small Things Like These
2024
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962
Solomon and Sheba
1959
Southside with You
2016
Spartacus
1960
Spencer
2021
Spotlight
2015
Stockholm Bloodbath
2024
Straight Outta Compton
2015
Sunshine
1999
Tetris
2023
The 12th Man
2017
The 13th Warrior
1999
The 33
2015
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
2014
The Alamo
1960
The Alamo
2004
The Apprentice
2024
The Assassin
2015
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
The Attacks Of 26/11
2013
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
The Battalion
2015
The Battleship Island
2017
The Beguiled
2017
The Birth of a Nation
2016
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Borgia
2006
The Bounty
1984
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
The Boys in the Boat
2023
The Clan
2015
The Conspirator
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
The Courier
2020
The Crucible
1996
The Current War
2018
The Damned
1969
The Death of Stalin
2017
The Devils
1971
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
The Duchess
2008
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
The Favourite
2018
The Finest Hours
2016
The Flowers of War
2011
The Fortress
2017
The Founder
2016
The Front Line
2011
The Good Shepherd
2006
The Grandmaster
2013
The Great Battle
2018
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Imitation Game
2014
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
The Impossible
2012
The Iron Claw
2023
The Iron Lady
2011
The King and I
1956
The King's Choice
2016
The King's Speech
2010
The Last Duel
2021
The Last Emperor
1987
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2002
The Lost Bladesman
2011
The Lost City of Z
2017
The Magdalene Sisters
2002
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
The Mission
1986
The New World
2005
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
The Patriot
2000
The Peasants
2023
The Physician
2013
The Post
2017
The Professor and the Madman
2019
The Queen
2006
The Railway Man
2013
The Return
2024
The Right Stuff
1983
The Robe
1953
The Round Up
2010
The Silk Road
1988
The Six Triple Eight
2024
The Spacewalker
2017
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
2014
The Ten Commandments
1956
The Thin Red Line
1998
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
2023
The Throne
2015
The Tiger
2015
The Tin Drum
1979
The Treacherous
2015
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
The Untouchables
1987
The Walk
2015
The Water Diviner
2014
The Way Back
2010
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
The World's Fastest Indian
2005
The Young Victoria
2009
The Zone of Interest
2023
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
There's Still Tomorrow
2023
Till
2022
Tom Jones
1963
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
True Story
2015
Tulip Fever
2017
United 93
2006
Untamable Angelique
1967
Valkyrie
2008
Vermiglio
2024
Viceroy's House
2017
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Vincere
2009
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2009
W.
2008
War of the Arrows
2011
Warrior Queen
1987
We Are Marshall
2006
We Were Soldiers
2002
While at War
2019
Woodlawn
2015
World Trade Center
2006
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
Zulu
1964