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100 All-Time Best Movies for History Buffs

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Ancient History

Quo Vadis (1951)

Gladiator (2000)

I, Claudius (1937)

Ben-Hur (1959)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Spartacus (1960)

300 (2007)

Intolerance (1916)

Troy (2004)

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Alexander (2004)

Cleopatra (1963)

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Medieval Times

El Cid (1961)

The Lion in Winter

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Henry V

Richard III (1955)

A Man for All Seasons

Elizabeth

Robin and Marian (1976)

Robin Hood (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Braveheart (1995)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Passion of Joan of Arc (2002)

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

Romeo and Juliet

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

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Exploration & Colonization

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

The New World (2006)

The Mission (1986)

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Zulu (1964)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

A Passage to India (1985)

Gandhi (1982)

The Last King of Scotland (2007)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Barry Lyndon (1965)

Amazing Grace (2007)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World... (2003)

Gunga Din (1939)

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The American Revolution

1776 (1972)

Revolution (1985)

The Crossing (2000)...

The Patriot (2000)

John Adams

The Howards of Virginia (1940)

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History isn’t marked by years, but events. Being a history buff means looking at the way major ideas or happenings played out and how they had an effect on everything from politics to the economy.
War, invention, discovery, love: the history of the world has been shaped by the way we deal with these things. The movies on this list are great ways to take a closer look at the moments that changed history.