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Explore the best history movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Our current #1 pick is The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon). Browse 60 movies connected to History, with direct links to movie pages and matchup data.
TMDB currently lists History with origin country US.
The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon) (1996)
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Sink the Bismarck! (1996)
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The Astors: High Society (1996)
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The Middle Passage (1997)
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The Great Builders of Egypt (1999)
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The Twelve Apostles (1999)
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The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2000)
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Amityville: The Haunting (2000)
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Amityville: Horror or Hoax (2000)
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Circus Freaks and Sideshows (2000)
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Organized Crime: A World History (2001)
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Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)
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Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific (2003)
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The True Story of Black Hawk Down (2003)
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The True Story of Seabiscuit (2003)
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America on the Move 1876-2000 (2003)
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Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (2004)
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Quest for King Arthur (2004)
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Isaac's Storm (2004)
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First Invasion: The War of 1812 (2004)
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The French Revolution (2005)
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The True Story of Alexander the Great (2005)
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The Plague (2005)
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Saddam and the Third Reich (2005)
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Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India (2006)
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Ottoman Empire: The War Machine (2006)
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (2006)
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Sherman's March (2007)
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Einstein (2008)
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Life After People (2008)
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King (2008)
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Sniper: Deadliest Missions (2010)
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America: The Story of Us (2010)
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I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010)
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WWII in HD: The Air War (2010)
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Reagan (2011)
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Gettysburg (2011)
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Scammed (2011)
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Lee & Grant (2011)
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Nazi Titanic (2012)
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The Godfather Legacy (2012)
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Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live (2013)
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Miracle Rising: South Africa (2013)
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Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe (2013)
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JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide (2013)
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Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014)
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The Making of Trump (2015)
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15 Septembers Later (2016)
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Secrets in the Sky: The Untold Story of Skunk Works (2019)
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Cola Wars (2019)
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9/11: The Pentagon (2020)
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Titanic, au cœur de l’épave (2020)
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Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (2021)
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9/11: Life Under Attack (2021)
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9/11: I Was There (2021)
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Rise & Fall: The World Trade Center (2021)
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Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers (2022)
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After Jackie (2022)
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761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023)
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Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024)
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Quick Answers
What is the best history movie?
The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon) is currently the highest-ranked movie associated with History on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.
How many history movies are ranked here?
This page currently tracks 60 movies associated with History.
How often do the history rankings update?
The history rankings refresh whenever Movie Rankings recomputes global results. This page was last generated from site data on recently.
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