The 30 best History movies of the 2000s

1. 1

   The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

   directed by Mark Herman · 94 min · 7.8 7,813 votes

2. 2

   Downfall (2004)

   directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel · 156 min · 7.9 4,435 votes

3. 3

   Ip Man (2008)

   directed by Wilson Yip · 106 min · 7.8 4,236 votes

4. 4

   Apocalypto (2006)

   directed by Mel Gibson · 138 min · 7.7 6,644 votes

5. 5

   Hotel Rwanda (2004)

   directed by Terry George · 122 min · 7.7 3,264 votes

6. 6

   Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

   directed by Rob Marshall · 146 min · 7.6 3,449 votes

7. 7

   Coach Carter (2005)

   directed by Thomas Carter · 136 min · 7.6 3,387 votes

8. 8

   The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

   directed by Kevin Reynolds · 131 min · 7.7 2,103 votes

9. 9

   Cinderella Man (2005)

   directed by Ron Howard · 144 min · 7.6 2,479 votes

10. 10

    Black Hawk Down (2001)

    directed by Ridley Scott · 145 min · 7.4 6,561 votes

11. 11

    Hero (2002)

    directed by Yimou Zhang · 120 min · 7.5 2,583 votes

12. 12

    Enemy at the Gates (2001)

    directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 131 min · 7.4 4,164 votes

13. 13

    Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

    directed by Kang Je-kyu · 148 min · 8.0 794 votes

14. 14

    Gangs of New York (2002)

    directed by Martin Scorsese · 168 min · 7.3 7,396 votes

15. 15

    Prayers for Bobby (2009)

    directed by Russell Mulcahy · 89 min · 8.1 653 votes

16. 16

    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

    directed by Julian Schnabel · 111 min · 7.6 1,312 votes

17. 17

    The Best of Youth (2003)

    directed by Marco Tullio Giordana · 367 min · 8.0 619 votes

18. 18

    The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

    directed by Roger Donaldson · 126 min · 7.7 922 votes

19. 19

    One Hundred Steps (2000)

    directed by Marco Tullio Giordana · 114 min · 7.8 746 votes

20. 20

    The Patriot (2000)

    directed by Roland Emmerich · 165 min · 7.2 4,465 votes

21. 21

    Invictus (2009)

    directed by Clint Eastwood · 133 min · 7.2 4,424 votes

22. 22

    Milk (2008)

    directed by Gus Van Sant · 126 min · 7.2 2,483 votes

23. 23

    Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

    directed by Ridley Scott · 144 min · 7.1 5,202 votes

24. 24

    Frost/Nixon (2008)

    directed by Ron Howard · 122 min · 7.3 1,344 votes

25. 25

    Joyeux Noel (2005)

    directed by Christian Carion · 116 min · 7.4 952 votes

26. 26

    Munich (2005)

    directed by Steven Spielberg · 164 min · 7.1 3,083 votes

27. 27

    Glory Road (2006)

    directed by James Gartner · 118 min · 7.4 821 votes

28. 28

    We Were Soldiers (2002)

    directed by Randall Wallace · 139 min · 7.1 2,353 votes

29. 29

    Hunger (2008)

    directed by Steve McQueen · 96 min · 7.2 1,253 votes

30. 30

    Sword of the Stranger (2007)

    directed by Masahiro Ando · 103 min · 7.6 482 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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