Top History Movies of the Past Year
Ranked by 1-Year Buzz Score, Television Stats' measure of online audience engagement across the last 365 days, for the year ending May 20, 2026.
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Movie
1 Year Buzz Score
1
Hamnet
16.1Good
2
Nuremberg
10.4Good
3
The Smashing Machine
8.7Good
4
Oppenheimer
8.2Good
5
Kingdom of Heaven
4.9Good
6
Schindler's List
4.3Good
7
Killers of the Flower Moon
4.1Good
8
Blue Moon
4.0Good
9
The Lost Bus
4.0Good
10
The Testament of Ann Lee
3.8Good
11
Christy
3.7Good
12
Green Book
3.5Good
13
Hacksaw Ridge
3.4Good
14
The Iron Claw
3.4Good
15
Saving Private Ryan
3.3Good
16
Ford v Ferrari
3.2Good
17
Gangs of New York
3.1Good
18
The Irishman
3.1Good
19
Apocalypto
3.1Good
20
Troy
2.9Quiet
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21
Black Hawk Down
2.7Quiet
22
12 Years a Slave
2.7Quiet
23
The Zone of Interest
2.6Quiet
24
Braveheart
2.6Quiet
25
Amadeus
2.5Quiet
26
The Imitation Game
2.4Quiet
27
The Apprentice
2.1Quiet
28
David
2.0Quiet
29
The Last of the Mohicans
2.0Quiet
30
1917
1.9Quiet
31
Les Misérables
1.9Quiet
32
The Alto Knights
1.9Quiet
33
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1.9Quiet
34
The Patriot
1.9Quiet
35
I Swear
1.9Quiet
36
Spotlight
1.9Quiet
37
Apollo 13
1.9Quiet
38
The Last Duel
1.8Quiet
39
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
1.8Quiet
40
The King's Speech
1.7Quiet
41
Empire of the Sun
1.7Quiet
42
Elvis
1.7Quiet
43
Nouvelle Vague
1.6Quiet
44
Lincoln
1.6Quiet
45
Dallas Buyers Club
1.6Quiet
46
Raging Bull
1.6Quiet
47
Napoleon
1.6Quiet
48
Pearl Harbor
1.6Quiet
49
The Death of Stalin
1.6Quiet
50
Munich
1.5Quiet
51
Memoirs of a Geisha
1.5Quiet
52
Madden
1.5Quiet
53
Cold Mountain
1.5Quiet
54
Coach Carter
1.5Quiet
55
The Thin Red Line
1.4Quiet
56
The Untouchables
1.4Quiet
57
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1.4Quiet
58
Mona Lisa Smile
1.4Quiet
59
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
1.3Quiet
60
Out of Africa
1.3Quiet
61
Midway
1.3Quiet
62
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1.3Quiet
63
The Impossible
1.3Quiet
64
Shakespeare in Love
1.3Quiet
65
The Last Emperor
1.3Quiet
66
Glory
1.2Quiet
67
Sully
1.2Quiet
68
Judas and the Black Messiah
1.2Quiet
69
First Man
1.2Quiet
70
Tetris
1.2Quiet
71
Gandhi
1.2Quiet
72
The Duchess
1.2Quiet
73
Ferrari
1.2Quiet
74
The Post
1.2Quiet
75
The Luckiest Man in America
1.2Quiet
76
Chariots of Fire
1.2Quiet
77
Malcolm X
1.1Quiet
78
JFK
1.1Quiet
79
The Count of Monte Cristo
1.1Quiet
80
Black Mass
1.1Quiet
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81
Marie Antoinette
1.1Quiet
82
Rudy
1.1Quiet
83
Ghosts of Mississippi
1.1Quiet
84
Dumb Money
1.1Quiet
85
Good Night, and Good Luck.
1.1Quiet
86
Robin Hood
1.1Quiet
87
Public Enemies
1.1Quiet
88
Hotel Rwanda
1.1Quiet
89
The Woman King
1.0Quiet
90
Straight Outta Compton
1.0Quiet
91
October Sky
1.0Quiet
92
Heaven's Gate
1.0Quiet
93
The Return
1.0Quiet
94
Das Boot
1.0Quiet
95
War Horse
1.0Quiet
96
Milk
1.0Quiet
97
Operation Mincemeat
1.0Quiet
98
We Were Soldiers
1.0Quiet
99
Enemy at the Gates
1.0Quiet
100
Charlie Wilson's War
0.9Quiet
101
Amistad
0.9Quiet
102
Just Mercy
0.9Quiet
103
Hotel Mumbai
0.9Quiet
104
The Straight Story
0.9Quiet
105
Richard Jewell
0.9Quiet
106
The Lost City of Z
0.9Quiet
107
Desert Warrior
0.9Quiet
108
King Arthur
0.9Quiet
109
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
0.9Quiet
110
The Killing Fields
0.9Quiet
111
Anna Karenina
0.9Quiet
112
Casualties of War
0.9Quiet
113
Society of the Snow
0.9Quiet
114
Maria
0.9Quiet
115
Hamilton
0.9Quiet
116
Thirteen Lives
0.9Quiet
117
The Good Shepherd
0.9Quiet
118
Miracle
0.8Quiet
119
Serpico
0.8Quiet
120
The 13th Warrior
0.8Quiet
121
Grey Gardens
0.8Quiet
122
K-19: The Widowmaker
0.8Quiet
123
Back to Black
0.8Quiet
124
Alexander
0.8Quiet
125
Reds
0.8Quiet
126
Elizabeth
0.8Quiet
127
Lee
0.8Quiet
128
The Right Stuff
0.8Quiet
129
Brooklyn
0.8Quiet
130
Ed Wood
0.8Quiet
131
Man on the Moon
0.8Quiet
132
Patton
0.8Quiet
133
All the Money in the World
0.8Quiet
134
Free State of Jones
0.7Quiet
135
Unfrosted
0.7Quiet
136
Cinderella Man
0.7Quiet
137
Mary Queen of Scots
0.7Quiet
138
Invictus
0.7Quiet
139
Seven Years in Tibet
0.7Quiet
140
Harriet
0.7Quiet
141
Queen of the Ring
0.7Quiet
142
The Other Boleyn Girl
0.7Quiet
143
Flamin' Hot
0.7Quiet
144
Temple Grandin
0.7Quiet
145
September 5
0.7Quiet
146
Reagan
0.7Quiet
147
Saving Mr. Banks
0.7Quiet
148
We Are Marshall
0.7Quiet
149
Young Woman and the Sea
0.7Quiet
150
The New World
0.7Quiet
151
Alive
0.7Quiet
152
The Ghost and the Darkness
0.7Quiet
153
Gettysburg
0.7Quiet
154
The Doors
0.7Quiet
155
Evita
0.6Quiet
156
Outlaw King
0.6Quiet
157
The Two Popes
0.6Quiet
158
Selena
0.6Quiet
159
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
0.6Quiet
160
Jai Bhim
0.6Quiet
161
Newsies
0.6Quiet
162
Flags of Our Fathers
0.6Quiet
163
World Trade Center
0.6Quiet
164
Kundun
0.6Quiet
165
Quiz Show
0.6Quiet
166
Battle of the Sexes
0.6Quiet
167
Finding Forrester
0.6Quiet
168
J. Edgar
0.6Quiet
169
The Dig
0.6Quiet
170
The Boys in the Boat
0.6Quiet
171
Seabiscuit
0.6Quiet
172
The Crucible
0.6Quiet
173
Selma
0.6Quiet
174
Michael Collins
0.6Quiet
175
The Burial
0.6Quiet
176
Invincible
0.6Quiet
177
A Million Miles Away
0.5Quiet
178
Bob Marley: One Love
0.5Quiet
179
Lions for Lambs
0.5Quiet
180
Judy
0.5Quiet
181
Snowden
0.5Quiet
182
Glory Road
0.5Quiet
183
Ben-Hur
0.5Quiet
184
Rob Roy
0.5Quiet
185
Original Sin
0.5Quiet
186
Gods and Generals
0.5Quiet
187
The Hill
0.5Quiet
188
The Bounty
0.5Quiet
189
United 93
0.5Quiet
190
Gorillas in the Mist
0.5Quiet
191
W.
0.5Quiet
192
Ip Man
0.5Quiet
193
Nixon
0.5Quiet
194
Defiance
0.5Quiet
195
Waterloo
0.5Quiet
196
The Iron Lady
0.5Quiet
197
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
0.5Quiet
198
Jobs
0.5Quiet
199
A Great Awakening
0.5Quiet
200
1492: Conquest of Paradise
0.5Quiet