Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan
Ranking: 77.30
Drama, Action, Thriller, History, War
(2017)
Tom Hardy, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance

Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson
Ranking: 78.58
Drama, Biography, History, War
(2016)
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer

O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman
Ranking: 75.78
Crime, Biography, History, Documentary
(2016)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen

Hidden Figures
Theodore Melfi
Ranking: 74.57
Drama, Biography, History
(2016)
Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe

The Big Short
Adam McKay
Ranking: 75.52
Drama, Biography, History, Comedy
(2015)
Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell

Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg
Ranking: 75.50
Drama, Thriller, History, War
(2015)
Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda

12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen
Ranking: 78.89
Drama, Biography, History
(2013)
Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender

The King's Speech
Tom Hooper
Ranking: 78.89
Drama, Biography, History
(2010)
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi

The Cove
Louie Psihoyos
Ranking: 75.90
Crime, Biography, History, Documentary
(2009)
Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff

Changeling
Clint Eastwood
Ranking: 76.41
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Biography, History, Mystery
(2008)
Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith

Ip Man
Wilson Yip
Ranking: 74.39
Drama, Action, Biography, History, War
(2008)
Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka-Tung Lam

Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood
Ranking: 76.32
Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War
(2006)
Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryô Kase

The Last King of Scotland
Kevin Macdonald
Ranking: 74.34
Drama, Thriller, Biography, History
(2006)
Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson

United 93
Paul Greengrass
Ranking: 74.03
Drama, Action, Thriller, History
(2006)
David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson

Munich
Steven Spielberg
Ranking: 74.31
Drama, Action, Thriller, History
(2005)
Ciarán Hinds, Eric Bana, Marie-Josée Croze, Daniel Craig

Downfall
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Ranking: 80.57
Drama, Biography, History, War
(2004)
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler

Hotel Rwanda
Terry George
Ranking: 78.27
Drama, Biography, History, War
(2004)
Joaquin Phoenix, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Xolani Mali

Black Hawk Down
Ridley Scott
Ranking: 75.52
Drama, Action, History, War
(2001)
Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett

The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick
Ranking: 74.42
Drama, History, War
(1998)
Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Kirk Acevedo

Braveheart
Mel Gibson
Ranking: 81.40
Drama, Biography, History, War
(1995)
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen

Apollo 13
Ron Howard
Ranking: 75.97
Drama, Adventure, History
(1995)
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon

Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg
Ranking: 87.22
Drama, Biography, History
(1993)
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall

JFK
Oliver Stone
Ranking: 78.84
Drama, Thriller, History
(1991)
Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Costner, Walter Matthau

Glory
Edward Zwick
Ranking: 76.50
Drama, Biography, History, War
(1989)
Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Denzel Washington

The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
Ranking: 74.99
Drama, Biography, History
(1987)
Peter O'Toole, John Lone, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying

The Killing Fields
Roland Joffé
Ranking: 75.15
Drama, Biography, History, War
(1984)
Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

The Right Stuff
Philip Kaufman
Ranking: 74.29
Drama, Adventure, Biography, History
(1983)
Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid

Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
Ranking: 78.47
Drama, Biography, History
(1982)
Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth

All the President's Men
Alan J. Pakula
Ranking: 78.51
Drama, Thriller, History
(1976)
Martin Balsam, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Werner Herzog
Ranking: 74.24
Drama, Action, Adventure, Biography, History
(1972)
Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro

In Cold Blood
Richard Brooks
Ranking: 74.67
Drama, Crime, Biography, History
(1967)
Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart

The Great Escape
John Sturges
Ranking: 81.73
Drama, Adventure, Thriller, History, War
(1963)
Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough

Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
Ranking: 79.77
Drama, Adventure, Biography, History, War
(1960)
Charles Laughton, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer
Ranking: 75.63
Drama, Biography, History
(1960)
Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Dick York

The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille
Ranking: 75.90
Drama, Adventure, History, Family
(1956)
Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner

Day of Wrath
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Ranking: 74.20
Drama, History
(1943)
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen

Mutiny on the Bounty
Frank Lloyd
Ranking: 74.18
Drama, Adventure, Romance, Biography, History
(1935)
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Ranking: 75.87
Drama, Biography, History
(1928)
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz

Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein
Ranking: 77.23
Drama, Thriller, History, War
(1925)
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov