Accurate historical movies in chronological order. Movies with smart main characters. Movies for intellectuals and intelligent people.
No historical movie is 100% accurate, therefore included movies in this list follow these guidelines:
• Main characters must have existed in reality.
• The more important events must have existed in reality.
• Main or second characters must have been rulers or had critical thinking (be very rational and not make decisions based on feelings).
• All characters' personalities must be realistic (if no one in history would think and behave like that character, under all the same exact circumstances as in the movie, then it is not realistic).
• The whole story must be realistic (there can be 1-2 rare events, but otherwise events should unfold realistically within the historic constraints, without multiple rare events (with low chance of happening), like bad decisions followed by lucky outcomes).
1194BC - 1184BC: Troy (2004)
_356BC - _285BC: Alexander (2004)
_349BC - _323BC: Alexander the Great (1956)
__52BC - __30BC: Rome (2005)
_391CE - _415CE: Agora (2009)
1172CE - 1196CE: Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
1184CE - 1187CE: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
1280CE - 1314CE: Braveheart (1995)
1464CE - 1485CE: The White Queen (2013)
1485CE - 1496CE: The White Princess (2017)
1492CE - 1497CE: The Borgias (2011)
1492CE - 1499CE: 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
1502CE - 1502CE: Apocalypto (2006)
1509CE - 1547CE: The Tudors (2007)
1558CE - 1569CE: Elizabeth(1998)
1585CE - 1588CE: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
1654CE - 1676CE: The Admiral (2015)
1764CE - 1796CE: Catherine the Great(2019)
1766CE - 1772CE: A Royal Affair (2012)
1770CE - 1826CE: John Adams (2008)
1788CE - 1789CE: The Madness of King George (1994)
1865CE - 1865CE: Lincoln (2012)
1879CE - 1879CE: Zulu (1964)
1904CE - 1913CE: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
1908CE - 1987CE: The Last Emperor (1987)
1923CE - 1958CE: The Brothers Warner (2007)
1925CE - 1939CE: The King's Speech (2010)
1939CE - 1941CE: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
1939CE - 1954CE: The Imitation Game (2014)
1940CE - 1940CE: The Battle of Britain (1969)
1942CE - 1945CE: Downfall (2004)
1943CE - 1945CE: Patton (1970)
1947CE - 1963CE: The Right Stuff (1983)
1961CE - 1969CE: JFK (1991)
1970CE - 1970CE: Apollo 13 (1995)
1974CE - 2001CE: Jobs (2013)
1986CE - 1986CE: Chernobyl (2019)
List bellow is sorted by the start year.
• Main characters must have existed in reality.
• The more important events must have existed in reality.
• Main or second characters must have been rulers or had critical thinking (be very rational and not make decisions based on feelings).
• All characters' personalities must be realistic (if no one in history would think and behave like that character, under all the same exact circumstances as in the movie, then it is not realistic).
• The whole story must be realistic (there can be 1-2 rare events, but otherwise events should unfold realistically within the historic constraints, without multiple rare events (with low chance of happening), like bad decisions followed by lucky outcomes).
1194BC - 1184BC: Troy (2004)
_356BC - _285BC: Alexander (2004)
_349BC - _323BC: Alexander the Great (1956)
__52BC - __30BC: Rome (2005)
_391CE - _415CE: Agora (2009)
1172CE - 1196CE: Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
1184CE - 1187CE: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
1280CE - 1314CE: Braveheart (1995)
1464CE - 1485CE: The White Queen (2013)
1485CE - 1496CE: The White Princess (2017)
1492CE - 1497CE: The Borgias (2011)
1492CE - 1499CE: 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
1502CE - 1502CE: Apocalypto (2006)
1509CE - 1547CE: The Tudors (2007)
1558CE - 1569CE: Elizabeth(1998)
1585CE - 1588CE: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
1654CE - 1676CE: The Admiral (2015)
1764CE - 1796CE: Catherine the Great(2019)
1766CE - 1772CE: A Royal Affair (2012)
1770CE - 1826CE: John Adams (2008)
1788CE - 1789CE: The Madness of King George (1994)
1865CE - 1865CE: Lincoln (2012)
1879CE - 1879CE: Zulu (1964)
1904CE - 1913CE: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
1908CE - 1987CE: The Last Emperor (1987)
1923CE - 1958CE: The Brothers Warner (2007)
1925CE - 1939CE: The King's Speech (2010)
1939CE - 1941CE: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
1939CE - 1954CE: The Imitation Game (2014)
1940CE - 1940CE: The Battle of Britain (1969)
1942CE - 1945CE: Downfall (2004)
1943CE - 1945CE: Patton (1970)
1947CE - 1963CE: The Right Stuff (1983)
1961CE - 1969CE: JFK (1991)
1970CE - 1970CE: Apollo 13 (1995)
1974CE - 2001CE: Jobs (2013)
1986CE - 1986CE: Chernobyl (2019)
List bellow is sorted by the start year.
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