Best History Movies of the 1990s

1. 1
   Schindler's List 1993

   Directed by Steven Spielberg
   8.6

   8.6 · 18K votes
2. 2
   Saving Private Ryan 1998

   Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 18K votes
3. 3
   Braveheart 1995

   Directed by Mel Gibson · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   7.9

   7.9 · 12K votes
4. 4
   Paris Is Burning 1991

   Directed by Jennie Livingston · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
   7.8

   8.0 · 574 votes
5. 5
   Selena 1997

   Directed by Gregory Nava · Streaming on HBO Max, Tubi TV
   7.6

   7.7 · 1.3K votes
6. 6
   October Sky 1999

   Directed by Joe Johnston · Streaming on BYUtv, YouTube Free
   7.6

   7.7 · 1.5K votes
7. 7
   JFK 1991

   Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on Howdy
   7.5

   7.6 · 2.5K votes
8. 8
   Red Dawn 1990

   Directed by Jorge Fons
   7.5

   8.3 · 165 votes
9. 9
   Malcolm X 1992

   Directed by Spike Lee · Streaming on YouTube TV, YouTube Free, Starz
   7.5

   7.6 · 2K votes
10. 10
    Apollo 13 1995

    Directed by Ron Howard · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.4

    7.5 · 6.2K votes
11. 11
    Ed Wood 1994

    Directed by Tim Burton
    7.4

    7.5 · 2.6K votes
12. 12
    The Thin Red Line 1998

    Directed by Terrence Malick
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.5K votes
13. 13
    The Last of the Mohicans 1992

    Directed by Michael Mann · Streaming on YouTube Free
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.6K votes
14. 14
    Rudy 1993

    Directed by David Anspaugh · Streaming on The Roku Channel, TNT, TBS
    7.2

    7.4 · 795 votes
15. 15
    Cyrano de Bergerac 1990

    Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
    7.2

    7.3 · 856 votes
16. 16
    Stalingrad 1993

    Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier · Streaming on myfilmfriend
    7.2

    7.3 · 663 votes
17. 17
    Quiz Show 1994

    Directed by Robert Redford · Streaming on Hoopla
    7.2

    7.2 · 1K votes
18. 18
    Seven Years in Tibet 1997

    Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.2 · 3.2K votes
19. 19
    The Long Walk Home 1990

    Directed by Richard Pearce · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, The Roku Channel
    7.1

    7.7 · 168 votes
20. 20
    Elizabeth 1998

    Directed by Shekhar Kapur
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.5K votes
21. 21
    Les Misérables 1998

    Directed by Bille August · Streaming on Tubi TV, Howdy
    7.1

    7.2 · 719 votes
22. 22
    Land and Freedom 1995

    Directed by Ken Loach · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Fawesome
    7.1

    7.3 · 311 votes
23. 23
    Queen Margot 1994

    Directed by Patrice Chéreau · Streaming on Kanopy, Cohen Media
    7.0

    7.2 · 444 votes
24. 24
    Amistad 1997

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube Free
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.5K votes
25. 25
    Four Days in September 1997

    Directed by Bruno Barreto
    7.0

    7.5 · 146 votes
26. 26
    Europa Europa 1990

    Directed by Agnieszka Holland · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.2 · 292 votes
27. 27
    Ulysses' Gaze 1995

    Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
    6.9

    7.5 · 135 votes
28. 28
    What's Love Got to Do with It 1993

    Directed by Brian Gibson · Streaming on Starz
    6.9

    7.1 · 386 votes
29. 29
    Alive 1993

    Directed by Frank Marshall
    6.9

    6.9 · 1.7K votes
30. 30
    The Last Days 1998

    Directed by James Moll · Streaming on Netflix
    6.8

    7.4 · 107 votes
31. 31
    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story 1993

    Directed by Rob Cohen
    6.8

    6.9 · 829 votes
32. 32
    The Ghost and the Darkness 1996

    Directed by Stephen Hopkins · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.9 · 1.2K votes
33. 33
    Gettysburg 1993

    Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
    6.8

    7.0 · 347 votes
34. 34
    Shakespeare in Love 1998

    Directed by John Madden · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.8 · 3.3K votes
35. 35
    Character 1997

    Directed by Mike van Diem
    6.8

    7.3 · 123 votes
36. 36
    The Visual Bible: Matthew 1993

    Directed by Regardt van den Bergh · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Pluto TV
    6.8

    8.8 · 31 votes
37. 37
    All the Mornings of the World 1991

    Directed by Alain Corneau · Streaming on Kanopy
    6.8

    7.1 · 201 votes
38. 38
    Savior 1998

    Directed by Predrag Antonijević · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home Free, Plex
    6.8

    7.1 · 194 votes
39. 39
    The Celluloid Closet 1996

    Directed by Rob Epstein · Streaming on The Roku Channel
    6.8

    7.3 · 123 votes
40. 40
    Michael Collins 1996

    Directed by Neil Jordan · Streaming on Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV
    6.7

    6.9 · 543 votes
41. 41
    How Did I Come to Fall in Love With You? 1990

    Directed by Sergio Olhovich
    6.7

    8.8 · 28 votes
42. 42
    The Barber of Siberia 1998

    Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
    6.7

    7.1 · 166 votes
43. 43
    Anna and the King 1999

    Directed by Andy Tennant
    6.7

    6.8 · 844 votes
44. 44
    An Angel at My Table 1990

    Directed by Jane Campion · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.0 · 195 votes
45. 45
    Center Stage 1991

    Directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-pang · Streaming on Kanopy, Film Movement Plus
    6.7

    7.3 · 95 votes
46. 46
    Blackadder: Back & Forth 1999

    Directed by Paul Weiland
    6.7

    7.0 · 191 votes
47. 47
    The Tuskegee Airmen 1995

    Directed by Robert Markowitz · Streaming on HBO Max, History Vault
    6.7

    7.1 · 139 votes
48. 48
    The 13th Warrior 1999

    Directed by John McTiernan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.7

    6.7 · 2.2K votes
49. 49
    Kundun 1997

    Directed by Martin Scorsese
    6.7

    6.8 · 520 votes
50. 50
    Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall 1995

    Directed by Gavin Taylor
    6.7

    8.8 · 25 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   Vajont 9 ottobre '63 1997
   6.6

   9.3 · 17 votes
2. 2
   Roaring Across the Horizon 1999

   Directed by Chen Guoxing
   6.5

   8.5 · 17 votes
3. 3
   Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi Shenyang Campaign 1991

   Directed by Li Jun
   6.4

   8.0 · 18 votes
4. 4
   The Last Bolshevik 1994

   Directed by Chris Marker · Streaming on OVID
   6.4

   7.6 · 22 votes
5. 5
   Sharpe's Waterloo 1997

   Directed by Tom Clegg
   6.4

   7.3 · 32 votes
6. 6
   Decisive Engagement: Beiping-Tianjin Campaign 1992

   Directed by Li Jun
   6.3

   8.0 · 12 votes
7. 7
   The Money Masters 1996

   Directed by Bill Still
   6.3

   7.5 · 19 votes
8. 8
   Perfumed Ball 1997

   Directed by Lírio Ferreira
   6.3

   7.3 · 26 votes
9. 9
   Sharpe's Siege 1996

   Directed by Tom Clegg
   6.4

   7.2 · 32 votes
10. 10
    Mother Dao, the Turtlelike 1995

    Directed by Vincent Monnikendam
    6.3

    7.8 · 12 votes