Top Rated "History" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.9Schindler's List (1993)400,430
2.8.7The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)1,343
3.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)236,013
4.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)61,412
5.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)396,504
6.8.5The Pianist (2002)207,682
7.8.5The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959/I)1,776
8.8.5The Lives of Others (2006)120,280
9.8.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)102,628
10.8.4Das Boot (1981)93,060
11.8.4The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959/II)1,329
12.8.4Once Upon a Time in America (1984)107,178
13.8.4Gladiator (2000)427,042
14.8.4The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)80,048
15.8.4Amadeus (1984)135,848
16.8.3Braveheart (1995)351,889
17.8.3Downfall (2004)124,294
18.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)84,421
19.8.3Ran (1985)44,596
20.8.3The Great Escape (1963)85,364
21.8.3Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)20,802
22.8.2The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)15,616
23.8.2Come and See (1985)13,475
24.8.2The Battle of Algiers (1966)19,939
25.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)134,536
26.8.2Andrei Rublev (1966)13,926
27.8.2The King's Speech (2010)177,796
28.8.2Fanny and Alexander (1982)21,296
29.8.2Platoon (1986)154,617
30.8.2Gone with the Wind (1939)112,578
31.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)81,436
32.8.1Z (1969)10,504
33.8.1Inherit the Wind (1960)13,223
34.8.1The Dawns Here are Quiet (1972)1,169
35.8.1All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)29,740
36.8.1Gandhi (1982)77,215
37.8.1Rang De Basanti (2006)18,679
38.8.1Battleship Potemkin (1925)22,958
39.8.1The Lion in Winter (1968)15,591
40.8.1Barry Lyndon (1975)53,961
41.8.1Ip Man (2008)47,152
42.8.0Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)23,026
43.8.0The Last Command (1928)1,277
44.8.0In Cold Blood (1967)12,696
45.8.0Patton (1970)50,917
46.8.0All the President's Men (1976)41,651
47.8.0The Message (1977)11,349
48.8.0Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)4,818
49.8.0JFK (1991)72,635
50.8.0The Leopard (1963)9,087

Bottom Rated "History" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.2.2Raza (1942)388
2.2.3Dreamtime's Over (2009/II)199
3.2.4The Conquest (1996)475
4.2.5The Disciple (2010)90
5.2.5Brother's War (2009)559
6.2.6Marquis de Sade (1996)427
7.2.7The Gaul (2001)3,605
8.2.7Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)4,408
9.2.8A Viking Saga (2008)296
10.2.8The Pagan Queen (2009)407

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

 weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C 
where:
  • R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
  • v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
  • m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 1000)
  • C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 1000 votes.