Best History Dramas

Pulse of Cinema's history drama catalogue holds 1809 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are Schindler's List, Harakiri, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, a good place to start.

8.6

Schindler's List

1993

8.4

Harakiri

1962

8.4

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

8.2

Saving Private Ryan

1998

8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

8.0

Amadeus

1984

8.1

Das Boot

1981

8.0

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

7.8

Pather Panchali

1955

8.6

The Message

1976

8.2

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

8.0

Ran

1985

8.0

Andrei Rublev

1966

8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

8.0

The Elephant Man

1980

8.0

Barry Lyndon

1975

8.2

Samurai Rebellion

1967

8.0

Mirror

1975

8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

8.0

The Best of Youth

2003

7.9

Braveheart

1995

7.9

The Battle of Algiers

1966

7.6

War and Peace

1968

7.9

Raging Bull

1980

7.9

The Virgin Spring

1960

7.9

Army of Shadows

1969

7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

8.3

I Swear

2025

7.9

Downfall

2004

7.9

Ben-Hur

1959

7.9

Throne of Blood

1957

7.8

Napoleon

1927

7.7

Hamilton

2025

7.6

Quo Vadis, Aida?

2021

7.5

Iruvar

1997

8.3

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

2010

8.1

The Voice of Hind Rajab

2025

8.0

1917

2019

8.0

Oppenheimer

2023

7.9

12 Years a Slave

2013

7.9

I'm Still Here

2024

7.9

Grand Illusion

1937

7.8

The Heiress

1949

7.7

Hamnet

2025

7.6

JFK

1991

7.4

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972

8.2

Hacksaw Ridge

2016

8.2

Green Book

2018