Audience
83.0
Critics
91.7
Award
96.6
🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Historical films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Audience Score 75+; ranked by Audience Score.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 13 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | O Christopher Nolan · United States; United Kingdom | 2023 | 96.7 | 83.0 | 91.7 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 180 min | |
| 2 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 3 | H Chloé Zhao · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 94.1 | 79.8 | 86.1 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, History | 125 min | |
| 4 | AQ Edward Berger · Germany | 2022 | 94.5 | 79.8 | 81.6 | 93.0 | 🏆BAFTA 2023●OSCAR 2023 | Drama, History, War | 148 min | |
| 5 | TP Nikolaj Arcel · Denmark; Germany; Sweden | 2023 | 89.6 | 79.2 | 83.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Drama, History | 127 min | |
| 6 | TT Aaron Sorkin · United States | 2020 | 93.6 | 79.1 | 81.3 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, History, Thriller | 129 min | |
| 7 | R Markus Schleinzer · Austria; Germany | 2026 | 90.0 | 78.4 | 91.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, History | 94 min | |
| 8 | TG Magnus von Horn · Denmark; Poland; Sweden | 2024 | 89.8 | 77.8 | 86.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 123 min | |
| 9 | KO Martin Scorsese · United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 206 min | |
| 10 | AT Laura Poitras · United States | 2022 | 94.9 | 76.0 | 92.8 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2022 | Biography, Documentary, History | 113 min | |
| 11 | F Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland; Germany; Italy; France | 2026 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 82 min | |
| 12 | TT Tran Anh Hung · France | 2023 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 89.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama, History, Romance | 135 min | |
| 13 | SF Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong | 2025 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 147 min |
This collection contains 13 historical films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. The History label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Every film has an Audience Score of at least 75. Audience Score combines audience ratings; it is not an individual IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes rating. Films are ranked by Audience Score.
Oppenheimer leads this Audience Score ranking with 83.0. Oppenheimer has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.0). All the Beauty and the Bloodshed has one of the highest known Critics scores (92.8). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Christopher Nolan · 2023 · 180 min
Audience 83.0 · Critics 91.7 · Total 96.7
BAFTA 2024: Winner (Best Film)
Oscar 2024: Winner (Best Picture)
Walter Salles · 2024 · 137 min
Audience 82.0 · Critics 89.2 · Total 94.2
Venice 2024: Main Competition
Oscar 2025: Nominee (Best Picture)
Chloé Zhao · 2025 · 125 min
Audience 79.8 · Critics 86.1 · Total 94.1
BAFTA 2026: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2026: Nominee (Best Picture)
Films are ordered by Audience Score. The 75-point minimum is applied before ranking. Audience Score combines audience ratings; it is not an individual IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes rating. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.