Best historical thrillers - Charts
Best historical thrillers
1. JFK (1991)
USA / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon
3. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
4. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
5. L'Echange (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
6. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
7. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
8. Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Herbig
Cast: Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch
9. Valkyrie (2008)
USA / Germany, War / Historical
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh
10. Never Look Away (2018)
Germany / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast: Tom Schilling, Paula Beer
11. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
12. Tetris (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf
13. Munich (2005)
USA / Canada, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig
14. Purge (2012)
Finland / Estonia, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Antti J. Jokinen
Cast: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt
15. Bridge of Spies (2015)
USA / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi
16. The King and the Clown (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joon-ik Lee
Cast: Jin-yeong Jeong, Joon-gi Lee
17. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
18. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
19. Colonia (2015)
Germany / Luxembourg, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Florian Gallenberger
Cast: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl
20. Anthropoid (2016)
UK / Czech Republic, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan
21. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
22. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Malta / Morocco, Action / Drama
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale
23. K-19 (2002)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson
25. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel
26. Thirteen Days (2000)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood
27. The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
East Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gerhard Klein
Cast: Hannjo Hasse, Herwart Grosse
28. Compulsion (1959)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi
31. Assassination (2015)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: Dong-hun Choi
Cast: Ji-hyun Jun, Jung-jae Lee
32. Blood Rain (2005)
South Korea, Thriller / Historical
Directed by: Dae-seung Kim
Cast: Seung-won Cha, Seong Ji
33. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke
34. The President's Last Bang (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Sang-soo Im
Cast: Suk-kyu Han, Yoon-shik Baek
35. The German Doctor (2013)
Argentina / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lucía Puenzo
Cast: Alex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro
36. The Post (2017)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks
37. Flame & Citron (2008)
Denmark / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Ole Christian Madsen
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thure Lindhardt
38. Letters from Marusia (1976)
Mexico, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Miguel Littin
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Diana Bracho
39. The Report (2019)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening
41. National Security (2012)
South Korea, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Ji-yeong Jeong
Cast: Won-sang Park, Kyoung-young Lee
42. Private Eye (2009)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Dae-min Park
Cast: Jeong-min Hwang, Deok-hwan Ryu
43. Executive Action (1973)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Miller
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan
44. Detroit (2017)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter
45. Reign of Terror (1949)
USA, Historical / Romance
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart
46. Violette Nozière (1978)
Canada / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran
47. Brotherhood of Blades (2014)
China, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Yang Lu
Cast: Chen Chang, Ethan Li
48. Hanzo The Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Japan, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Kō Nishimura
49. Rebellion (2011)
France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, Sylvie Testud
50. Shadows in the Palace (2007)
South Korea, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Mi-jeong Kim
Cast: Jin-hee Park, Nam-jin Kim
51. Firebrand (2023)
UK, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Jude Law, Alicia Vikander
52. Anonymous (2011)
UK / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Rhys Ifans
53. The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Gideon Raff
Cast: Chris Evans, Haley Bennett
54. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Israel / France, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Amos Gitai
Cast: Yaël Abecassis, Yariv Horowitz
55. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
56. Operation Finale (2018)
USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Chris Weitz
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley
57. 1971 (2014)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Johanna Hamilton
Cast: Lauren A. Kennedy, Marilyn Ness
58. The Royal Game (2021)
Germany / Austria, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Philipp Stölzl
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch
59. 31st October (2015)
India, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Shivaji Lotan Patil
Cast: Soha Ali Khan, Vir Das
60. Centurion (2010)
UK / France, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Neil Marshall
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West
61. Madras Cafe (2013)
India, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Shoojit Sircar
Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri
62. 6 Days (2017)
UK / New Zealand, Action / Drama
Directed by: Toa Fraser
Cast: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong
64. Boston Strangler (2023)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Matt Ruskin
Cast: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon
65. The Magician (2015)
South Korea, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Dae-seung Kim
Cast: Seung-ho Yoo, Ah-ra Go
66. Catch a Fire (2006)
France / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins
67. L'Odyssée du Hindenburg (1975)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft
68. Les Anarchistes (2015)
France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Elie Wajeman
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos
69. An Enemy to Die For (2012)
Sweden / Germany, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Peter Dalle
Cast: Allan Corduner, Tom Burke
70. Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)
India, Action / Drama
Directed by: Abhishek Sharma
Cast: John Abraham, Diana Penty
71. The Black Pimpernel (2007)
Sweden / Mexico, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Åsa Faringer, Ulf Hultberg
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Kate del Castillo
72. The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
Hungary, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Attila Szász
Cast: János Kulka, Tamás Szabó Kimmel
73. The Fatal Encounter (2014)
South Korea, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Jae-gyu Lee
Cast: Bin Hyun, Jae-yeong Jeong
74. Selma (2014)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Cast: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo
75. The Confidant (2011)
Slovakia / Poland, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Juraj Nvota
Cast: Jiří Mádl, Michaela Majerníková
76. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Peter Landesman
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane
77. Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2022)
Estonia, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
Cast: Johan Kristjan Aimla, Alo Kõrve
78. The Hessen Affair (2009)
Belgium / Canada, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Breuls
Cast: Billy Zane, Lyne Renee
79. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda
80. Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Teddy Chan
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xueqi Wang
81. Chappaquiddick (2017)
USA / Sweden, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: John Curran
Cast: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara
82. Tall Tales (2019)
Hungary, Historical / Romance
Directed by: Attila Szász
Cast: Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Vica Kerekes
83. The Finest Hours (2016)
USA, Historical / Action
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Chris Pine, Ben Foster
84. The Murder Farm (2009)
Germany / Switzerland, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bettina Oberli
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu
85. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
UK / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon
88. The Hero (2016)
Netherlands, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Fedja van Huêt
90. The Wrath (2018)
South Korea, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Young-seon Yoo
Cast: Yeong-hee Seo, Na-eun Son
91. The Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Luke Moran
Cast: Luke Moran, Sean Astin
92. Entebbe (2018)
UK / USA, Historical / Action
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl
93. The Last Witness (2018)
UK / Poland, Thriller / Historical
Directed by: Piotr Szkopiak
Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Robert Więckiewicz
95. The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
France / UK, Action / Biography
Directed by: Cédric Jimenez
Cast: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike
97. Schüsse in Marienbad (1973)
East Germany / Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ivo Toman
Cast: Václav Neužil st., Josef Abrhám
98. The Countess (2009)
France / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Julie Delpy
Cast: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl
99. Taboo (1999)
Japan / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ryūhei Matsuda
100. No Surrender - One Man vs. One Army (2018)
Egypt, War / Action
Directed by: Peter Mimi
Cast: Amir Karára, Scott Adkins