Best History Novelty in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These history films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Novelty, ranked by their overall Q score.

  1. Valley Uprising (2014) — Q 9.5
  2. Oppenheimer (2023) — Q 9
  3. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Q 9
  4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Q 9
  5. Ran (1985) — Q 9
  6. Troy (2004) — Q 9
  7. The Imitation Game (2014) — Q 8.5
  8. Shoah (1985) — Q 8.5
  9. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) — Q 8.5
  10. Night and Fog (1956) — Q 8.5
  11. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) — Q 8.5
  12. Twenty Years Later (1984) — Q 8.5
  13. The Untold History Of The United States (2012) — Q 8.5
  14. Spotlight (2015) — Q 8
  15. Ip Man (2008) — Q 8
  16. A Trip to the Moon (1902) — Q 8
  17. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) — Q 8
  18. Ennio (2022) — Q 8
  19. Lumière! (2016) — Q 8
  20. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) — Q 8
  21. The Message (1976) — Q 8
  22. Nuremberg (2025) — Q 8
  23. Babette's Feast (1987) — Q 8
  24. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) — Q 8
  25. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) — Q 8
  26. The Celluloid Closet (1996) — Q 8
  27. Triumph Over Violence (1965) — Q 8
  28. Hitler: A Career (1977) — Q 7.5
  29. WWII From Space (2012) — Q 7.5
  30. The Man Who Saved the World (2014) — Q 7.5

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