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Top 50 Best Picture Nominated Historical Movies

A list of my picks for the top fifty historical movies that received an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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required scores: 1, 12, 19, 30, 41 
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1
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
3
Sergeant York (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
4
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
5
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
6
Julius Caesar (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
8
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
9
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
11
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
12
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
13
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
14
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
15
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
Bound for Glory (1976)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
18
Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Express (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
19
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
20
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
22
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
23
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
Amadeus (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
25
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
26
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
27
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
28
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
29
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
JFK (1991)
JFK (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
31
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
33
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
34
Ray (2004)
Ray (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
35
The Aviator (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
36
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
37
The King's Speech (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
38
The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
39
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
40
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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