Top History Movies of the Past Year
Ranked by 1-Year Attention Score, Television Stats' measure of online audience engagement across the last 365 days, for the year ending August 29, 2026.
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Movie
1-Year Attention Score1-Yr Attention
1
Nuremberg
11.7
2
Oppenheimer
9.7
3
The Smashing Machine
8.4
4
Troy
6.5
5
Kingdom of Heaven
5.0
6
Schindler's List
4.2
7
The Testament of Ann Lee
4.1
8
Blue Moon
4.0
9
Christy
3.8
10
Green Book
3.8
11
Killers of the Flower Moon
3.7
12
Saving Private Ryan
3.5
13
Hacksaw Ridge
3.4
14
Apocalypto
3.3
15
Pressure
3.2
16
The Irishman
3.1
17
I Swear
3.0
18
Gangs of New York
3.0
19
Ford v Ferrari
2.9
20
The Zone of Interest
2.8
21
The Iron Claw
2.7
22
Braveheart
2.6
23
12 Years a Slave
2.6
24
Amadeus
2.6
25
Young Washington
2.5
26
Black Hawk Down
2.5
27
David
2.5
28
The Imitation Game
2.2
29
1917
2.2
30
The Return
2.1
31
The Last Duel
2.1
32
The Last of the Mohicans
2.0
33
The Patriot
2.0
34
Les Misérables
2.0
35
The Impossible
1.9
36
Empire of the Sun
1.9
37
The Apprentice
1.9
38
Spotlight
1.9
39
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
1.8
40
Nouvelle Vague
1.7
41
Elvis
1.7
42
Apollo 13
1.7
43
Dallas Buyers Club
1.7
44
Lincoln
1.7
45
Napoleon
1.7
46
Pearl Harbor
1.6
47
Raging Bull
1.6
48
Madden
1.6
49
Desert Warrior
1.6
50
The Death of Stalin
1.6
51
The King's Speech
1.5
52
Munich
1.5
53
Mona Lisa Smile
1.5
54
I Play Rocky
1.5
55
The Untouchables
1.5
56
Memoirs of a Geisha
1.5
57
First Man
1.4
58
The Thin Red Line
1.4
59
Ghosts of Mississippi
1.4
60
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
1.4
61
Coach Carter
1.4
62
Out of Africa
1.4
63
Midway
1.4
64
The Last Emperor
1.4
65
Cold Mountain
1.3
66
Tetris
1.3
67
The Post
1.3
68
Shakespeare in Love
1.3
69
Glory
1.3
70
The Alto Knights
1.3
71
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1.2
72
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1.2
73
Sully
1.2
74
Robin Hood
1.2
75
Ferrari
1.2
76
The Count of Monte Cristo
1.2
77
The Lost City of Z
1.2
78
Gandhi
1.2
79
Marie Antoinette
1.2
80
Judas and the Black Messiah
1.1
81
Malcolm X
1.1
82
JFK
1.1
83
Rudy
1.1
84
Chariots of Fire
1.1
85
The Woman King
1.1
86
Just Mercy
1.0
87
Das Boot
1.0
88
Hotel Rwanda
1.0
89
The Duchess
1.0
90
Richard Jewell
1.0
91
Public Enemies
1.0
92
Dumb Money
1.0
93
War Horse
1.0
94
Heaven's Gate
1.0
95
Amistad
1.0
96
Black Mass
1.0
97
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
1.0
98
Straight Outta Compton
1.0
99
We Were Soldiers
1.0
100
Operation Mincemeat
1.0
101
The Good Shepherd
1.0
102
Thirteen Lives
1.0
103
Hotel Mumbai
0.9
104
Enemy at the Gates
0.9
105
Hamilton
0.9
106
Milk
0.9
107
Charlie Wilson's War
0.9
108
Alexander
0.9
109
Back to Black
0.9
110
Casualties of War
0.9
111
Miracle
0.9
112
The Killing Fields
0.9
113
The 13th Warrior
0.9
114
Anna Karenina
0.9
115
Society of the Snow
0.9
116
By Any Means
0.9
117
King Arthur
0.9
118
Invictus
0.8
119
Elizabeth
0.8
120
Cinderella Man
0.8
121
Serpico
0.8
122
Reds
0.8
123
October Sky
0.8
124
The Luckiest Man in America
0.8
125
K-19: The Widowmaker
0.8
126
The Right Stuff
0.8
127
The Uprising
0.8
128
Maria
0.8
129
Ed Wood
0.8
130
Patton
0.8
131
Man on the Moon
0.8
132
All the Money in the World
0.7
133
Free State of Jones
0.7
134
Flamin' Hot
0.7
135
Seven Years in Tibet
0.7
136
Lee
0.7
137
The Other Boleyn Girl
0.7
138
Mary Queen of Scots
0.7
139
Gettysburg
0.7
140
Air
0.7
141
The New World
0.7
142
A Great Awakening
0.7
143
Temple Grandin
0.7
144
Harriet
0.7
145
Togo
0.7
146
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
0.7
147
Young Woman and the Sea
0.7
148
Saving Mr. Banks
0.7
149
Unfrosted
0.7
150
Outlaw King
0.7
151
Finding Forrester
0.7
152
The Ghost and the Darkness
0.7
153
Brooklyn
0.7
154
Alive
0.6
155
We Are Marshall
0.6
156
The Brink of War
0.6
157
Selena
0.6
158
Reagan
0.6
159
Grey Gardens
0.6
160
World Trade Center
0.6
161
The Two Popes
0.6
162
Jai Bhim
0.6
163
Flags of Our Fathers
0.6
164
Newsies
0.6
165
The Boys in the Boat
0.6
166
Snowden
0.6
167
Seabiscuit
0.6
168
A Million Miles Away
0.6
169
Good Night, and Good Luck.
0.6
170
Quiz Show
0.6
171
Evita
0.6
172
Kundun
0.6
173
J. Edgar
0.6
174
Bob Marley: One Love
0.6
175
Invincible
0.6
176
Queen of the Ring
0.6
177
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
0.6
178
Selma
0.6
179
Battle of the Sexes
0.6
180
Gods and Generals
0.6
181
The Dig
0.6
182
The Elephant Man
0.5
183
Rob Roy
0.5
184
September 5
0.5
185
Original Sin
0.5
186
Ip Man
0.5
187
Glory Road
0.5
188
Michael Collins
0.5
189
The Crucible
0.5
190
Ben-Hur
0.5
191
A Passage to India
0.5
192
The Burial
0.5
193
The Iron Lady
0.5
194
Judy
0.5
195
Defiance
0.5
196
United 93
0.5
197
King Richard
0.5
198
Dolemite Is My Name
0.5
199
Lions for Lambs
0.5
200
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
0.5