5 of the best historical films of all time

Receiving too many emails? I would like less mail

Our Movie Editor’s Favorite Historical Films

ARTS & CULTURE

H istorical movies are often as notable for their factual inaccuracies as they are for their emotional truths, a tension that continues to define the genre. But the best of them — such as the films on this list — strike a delicate balance somewhere in the middle, offering insights that no other medium can deliver in the same way.