Best History Plot 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 Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. Valley Uprising (2014) — Q 9.5
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Q 9
3. Braveheart (1995) — Q 9
4. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Q 9
5. Schindler's List (1993) — Q 9
6. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Q 9
7. Troy (2004) — Q 9
8. Ford v Ferrari (2019) — Q 8.5
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — Q 8.5
10. 12 Years a Slave (2013) — Q 8.5
11. The Battle of Chernobyl (2007) — Q 8.5
12. I Swear (2025) — Q 8.5
13. The Untold History Of The United States (2012) — Q 8.5
14. Das Boot (1981) — Q 8.5
15. Twenty Years Later (1984) — Q 8.5
16. The Best of Youth (2003) — Q 8.5
17. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — Q 8.5
18. Night and Fog (1956) — Q 8.5
19. Harakiri (1962) — Q 8.5
20. Shoah (1985) — Q 8.5
21. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) — Q 8.5
22. Hamilton (2020) — Q 8.5
23. Amadeus (1984) — Q 8.5
24. One Life (2023) — Q 8
25. Breaker Morant (1980) — Q 8
26. Hotel Rwanda (2004) — Q 8
27. Downfall (2004) — Q 8
28. Society of the Snow (2023) — Q 8
29. Ben-Hur (1959) — Q 8
30. The Zone of Interest (2023) — Q 8

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