THE REEL BIAS

History movies, rated left to right

Historical films reframe the past for the present. Vote on whose version of history each one tells.

72 films in this genre

Poster for 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Steve McQueen

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Poster for 13th

13th

2016 · Ava DuVernay

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Poster for 1900

1900

1976 · Bernardo Bertolucci

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Poster for A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Richard Attenborough

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Poster for A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · Fred Zinnemann

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Poster for All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

2022 · Edward Berger

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Poster for All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976 · Alan J. Pakula

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Poster for Amistad

Amistad

1997 · Steven Spielberg

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Poster for Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky

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Poster for Anna and the King

Anna and the King

1999 · Andy Tennant

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Poster for Apollo 13

Apollo 13

1995 · Ron Howard

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Poster for Argo

Argo

2012 · Ben Affleck

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Poster for Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015 · Steven Spielberg

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Poster for Caligula

Caligula

1979 · Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione

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Poster for Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Poster for Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

1990 · Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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Poster for Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

2017 · Joe Wright

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Poster for Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon

2016 · Peter Berg

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Poster for Downfall

Downfall

2004 · Oliver Hirschbiegel

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Poster for Dunkirk

Dunkirk

2017 · Christopher Nolan

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Poster for Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998 · Shekhar Kapur

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Poster for Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007 · Shekhar Kapur

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Poster for Evita

Evita

1996 · Alan Parker

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Poster for First Man

First Man

2018 · Damien Chazelle

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Poster for Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher

2014 · Bennett Miller

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Poster for Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

2008 · Ron Howard

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Poster for Gandhi

Gandhi

1982 · Richard Attenborough

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Poster for Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 · George Clooney

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Poster for Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016 · Mel Gibson

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Poster for Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

2016 · Theodore Melfi

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Poster for Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

2004 · Terry George

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Poster for Invictus

Invictus

2009 · Clint Eastwood

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Poster for JFK

JFK

1991 · Oliver Stone

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Poster for Joyeux Noël

Joyeux Noël

2005 · Christian Carion

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Poster for Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 · Stanley Kramer

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Poster for Katyń

Katyń

2007 · Andrzej Wajda

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Poster for Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023 · Martin Scorsese

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Poster for Lincoln

Lincoln

2012 · Steven Spielberg

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Poster for Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992 · Spike Lee

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Poster for Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

2006 · Sofia Coppola

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Poster for Michael

Michael

2026 · Antoine Fuqua

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Poster for Milk

Milk

2008 · Gus Van Sant

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Poster for Munich

Munich

2005 · Steven Spielberg

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Poster for Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023 · Christopher Nolan

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Poster for Reds

Reds

1981 · Warren Beatty

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Poster for Selma

Selma

2014 · Ava DuVernay

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Poster for Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love

1998 · John Madden

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Poster for Silence

Silence

2016 · Martin Scorsese

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Poster for Sully

Sully

2016 · Clint Eastwood

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Poster for The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior

1999 · John McTiernan

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Poster for The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin

2017 · Armando Iannucci

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Poster for The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

2006 · Robert De Niro

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Poster for The Impossible

The Impossible

2012 · J. A. Bayona

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Poster for The Insider

The Insider

1999 · Michael Mann

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Poster for The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

1984 · Roland Joffé

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Poster for The King's Speech

The King's Speech

2010 · Tom Hooper

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Poster for The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci

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Poster for The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

2006 · Kevin Macdonald

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Poster for The Leopard

The Leopard

1963 · Luchino Visconti

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Poster for The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

1968 · Anthony Harvey

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