Best History Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These history films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

  1. Valley Uprising (2014) — Q 9.5
  2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Q 9
  3. Schindler's List (1993) — Q 9
  4. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Q 9
  5. Troy (2004) — Q 9
  6. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Q 9
  7. Ford v Ferrari (2019) — Q 8.5
  8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — Q 8.5
  9. 12 Years a Slave (2013) — Q 8.5
  10. Hamilton (2020) — Q 8.5
  11. Harakiri (1962) — Q 8.5
  12. The Battle of Chernobyl (2007) — Q 8.5
  13. Twenty Years Later (1984) — Q 8.5
  14. Das Boot (1981) — Q 8.5
  15. The Untold History Of The United States (2012) — Q 8.5
  16. Shoah (1985) — Q 8.5
  17. The Best of Youth (2003) — Q 8.5
  18. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) — Q 8.5
  19. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — Q 8.5
  20. Amadeus (1984) — Q 8.5
  21. Night and Fog (1956) — Q 8.5
  22. I Swear (2025) — Q 8.5
  23. One Life (2023) — Q 8
  24. Breaker Morant (1980) — Q 8
  25. Hotel Rwanda (2004) — Q 8
  26. Society of the Snow (2023) — Q 8
  27. Ben-Hur (1959) — Q 8
  28. The Zone of Interest (2023) — Q 8
  29. JFK (1991) — Q 8
  30. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Q 8

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