Best Historical/ Historical Fiction Movies

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Well for me

Glory
The Great Raid
Flags of Our Fathers
Midway
Broken Arrow (1950)


I still have to see
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Letter from Iwo Jima
Dance with Wolves

Kagemusha (1980)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
300 (2006)
Andrey Rublyov (1969)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Glory (1989)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Gettysburg (1993)
JFK (1991)
Fist of Legend (1994)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Munich (2005)
Schindler's List (1993)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Spartacus (1960)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Geki Totsu: The Insanity of Emperor Iemitsu/or Shogun's Shadow (1989)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Excalibur (1981)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Yojimbo (1961)
Ran (1985)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
High Noon (1952)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Boot, Das (1981)
The Untouchables (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Patton (1970)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Three Kings (1999)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Hidalgo (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Miss Potter (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
Blood Diamond (2006)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Gallipoli (1981)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
A Little Princess (1995)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Eastern Condors (1986)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Platoon (1986)
The Great Raid (2005)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Raging Bull (1980)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Frida (2002)
Goodfellas (1990)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
City of God (2002)

I'll stop now.

wow, what a list . I would like to add Braveheart, because its wicked awesome. Also, Three Amigos is like the funniest movie ever.

Dances With Wolves

only counting history from before 1950

braveheart aswell
also bridge on river kwai and
gladiator
excalibur if myth counts as historical, and
laurence of arabia

Gone With the Wind

Les Visiteurs ( original version, of first one in trilogy ONLY!)

Braveheart
Gone With the Wind
Patton
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Glory
Gladiator
Dances With Wolves
Schindlers List
The Patriot
Last of the Samurai

Do biopics count?

Schindler's List
Lawrence of Arabia
Braveheart
Master and the Commander
Gettysburg
Thirteen Days

Eleni

Amistad

Black Rain
Grave of the Fireflies

(Both about Japanese civilians in and after WW2)

The Last Emperor
Amazing Grace
The Four Feathers
Gallipoli

Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Empire of the Sun
Munich
Pearl Harbor
The Ten Commandments
Bravehart
Gladiator
The Last Legion
Kingdom of Heaven
King Arthur
Black Hawk Down
A Bridge too Far
Bridge on the River Kwai
In Harm's Way
Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Raid
Casablanca
The Patriot
We Were Soldiers
Flags of Our Fathers
Elizabeth
The Great Escape
Forrest Gump
300
Spartacus
Ben-Hur
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
The Untouchables
The Godfather
The Pianist

I could go on, but I think I'll stop.

Those that immediately entered my mind were:
Braveheart
Dances With Wolves
The Patriot
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
I agree with what most others said, in those epic lists. I kept thinking, "Oh yeah...that was really good too." I also really enjoyed A Very Long Engagement. It is definitely historical, and it's more from a first-person stance. I'm a sucker for Audrey Tautou!

I want to add Good Morning Vietnam. Humor carries people at times like that. I'll think of more.

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