Award-Winning History Films at the Oscars
444 history films have been recognised at the Oscars, and 159 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Ben-Hur (11 wins), The Last Emperor (9 wins) and Amadeus (8 wins). The films span 1928 to 2025.
Genres come from each film's catalogue data, so a film can appear under more than one genre. Every title links to its complete record at all four awards.
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Ben-Hur(1959)11 won · 12 nom.
The Last Emperor(1987)9 won · 9 nom.
Amadeus(1984)8 won · 11 nom.
Gandhi(1982)8 won · 11 nom.
Oppenheimer(2023)7 won · 13 nom.
Shakespeare in Love(1998)7 won · 13 nom.
Schindler's List(1993)7 won · 12 nom.
Out of Africa(1985)7 won · 11 nom.
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)7 won · 10 nom.
Patton(1970)7 won · 10 nom.
7 won · 8 nom.
A Man for All Seasons(1966)6 won · 8 nom.
Saving Private Ryan(1998)5 won · 11 nom.
Braveheart(1995)5 won · 10 nom.
The King and I(1956)5 won · 9 nom.
The King's Speech(2010)4 won · 12 nom.
Tom Jones(1963)4 won · 10 nom.
Cleopatra(1963)4 won · 9 nom.
The Heiress(1949)4 won · 8 nom.
The Right Stuff(1983)4 won · 8 nom.
Anthony Adverse(1936)4 won · 7 nom.
Barry Lyndon(1975)4 won · 7 nom.
Chariots of Fire(1981)4 won · 7 nom.
Spartacus(1960)4 won · 6 nom.
Reds(1981)3 won · 12 nom.
1917(2019)3 won · 10 nom.
The Life of Emile Zola(1937)3 won · 10 nom.
12 Years a Slave(2013)3 won · 9 nom.
Joan of Arc(1948)3 won · 8 nom.
Les Misérables(2012)3 won · 8 nom.
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)3 won · 8 nom.
The Killing Fields(1984)3 won · 7 nom.
The Lion in Winter(1968)3 won · 7 nom.
Dallas Buyers Club(2013)3 won · 6 nom.
Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)3 won · 6 nom.
Glory(1989)3 won · 5 nom.
Green Book(2018)3 won · 5 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
Lincoln(2012)2 won · 12 nom.
A Passage to India(1984)2 won · 11 nom.
Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)2 won · 11 nom.
Sergeant York(1941)2 won · 11 nom.
Mank(2020)2 won · 10 nom.
Apollo 13(1995)2 won · 9 nom.
JFK(1991)2 won · 8 nom.
Milk(2008)2 won · 8 nom.
Raging Bull(1980)2 won · 8 nom.
Darkest Hour(2017)2 won · 6 nom.
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)2 won · 6 nom.
In Old Chicago(1938)2 won · 6 nom.
2 won · 6 nom.
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)2 won · 6 nom.
Spotlight(2015)2 won · 6 nom.
Samson and Delilah(1949)2 won · 5 nom.
The Good Earth(1937)2 won · 5 nom.
The Hindenburg(1975)2 won · 5 nom.
The Miracle Worker(1962)2 won · 5 nom.
The Robe(1953)2 won · 5 nom.
The Zone of Interest(2023)2 won · 5 nom.
Black Hawk Down(2001)2 won · 4 nom.
Ford v Ferrari(2019)2 won · 4 nom.
Ryan's Daughter(1970)2 won · 4 nom.
Topsy-Turvy(1999)2 won · 4 nom.
Born Free(1966)2 won · 2 nom.
Ed Wood(1994)2 won · 2 nom.
Gate of Hell(1953)2 won · 2 nom.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)2 won · 2 nom.
The Iron Lady(2011)2 won · 2 nom.
Becket(1964)1 won · 12 nom.
1 won · 10 nom.
The Favourite(2018)1 won · 10 nom.
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)1 won · 9 nom.
Hamnet(2025)1 won · 8 nom.
The Imitation Game(2014)1 won · 8 nom.
Belfast(2021)1 won · 7 nom.
Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)1 won · 7 nom.
Cold Mountain(2003)1 won · 7 nom.
Elizabeth(1998)1 won · 7 nom.
The Alamo(1960)1 won · 7 nom.
The Mission(1986)1 won · 7 nom.
The Ten Commandments(1956)1 won · 7 nom.
BlacKkKlansman(2018)1 won · 6 nom.
King Richard(2021)1 won · 6 nom.
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)1 won · 6 nom.
The Queen(2006)1 won · 6 nom.
Cleopatra(1934)1 won · 5 nom.
Cyrano de Bergerac(1990)1 won · 5 nom.
Evita(1996)1 won · 5 nom.
Henry V(1944)1 won · 5 nom.
Julius Caesar(1953)1 won · 5 nom.
The Patriot(1928)1 won · 5 nom.
Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)1 won · 5 nom.
Viva Zapata!(1952)1 won · 5 nom.
America America(1963)1 won · 4 nom.
Anna Karenina(2012)1 won · 4 nom.
First Man(2018)1 won · 4 nom.
Green Dolphin Street(1947)1 won · 4 nom.
Lust for Life(1956)1 won · 4 nom.
Pearl Harbor(2001)1 won · 4 nom.
Ran(1985)1 won · 4 nom.
That Hamilton Woman(1941)1 won · 4 nom.
1 won · 4 nom.
The Untouchables(1987)1 won · 4 nom.
Disraeli(1929)1 won · 3 nom.
Henry V(1989)1 won · 3 nom.
I'm Still Here(2024)1 won · 3 nom.
The Divine Lady(1928)1 won · 3 nom.
The Young Victoria(2009)1 won · 3 nom.
Woodstock(1970)1 won · 3 nom.
Cromwell(1970)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Fellini's Casanova(1976)1 won · 2 nom.
Judy(2019)1 won · 2 nom.
Pollock(2000)1 won · 2 nom.
Selma(2014)1 won · 2 nom.
The Duchess(2008)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
The Last Command(1928)1 won · 2 nom.
The Official Story(1985)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
The Virgin Spring(1960)1 won · 2 nom.
War and Peace(1968)1 won · 2 nom.
Albert Schweitzer(1957)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Babette's Feast(1987)1 won · 1 nom.
Broken Rainbow(1985)1 won · 1 nom.
Character(1997)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Dear Basketball(2017)1 won · 1 nom.
December 7th(1943)1 won · 1 nom.
Down and Out in America(1985)1 won · 1 nom.
Genocide(1982)1 won · 1 nom.
Give Me Liberty(1936)1 won · 1 nom.
Great(1975)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Marie Antoinette(2006)1 won · 1 nom.
Monsieur Vincent(1947)1 won · 1 nom.
No Man's Land(2001)1 won · 1 nom.
O.J.: Made in America(2016)1 won · 1 nom.
One Day in September(1999)1 won · 1 nom.
One Survivor Remembers(1995)1 won · 1 nom.
Plymouth Adventure(1952)1 won · 1 nom.
RRR(2022)1 won · 1 nom.
Sons of Liberty(1939)1 won · 1 nom.
Stairway to Light(1945)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Target for Tonight(1941)1 won · 1 nom.
Teddy the Rough Rider(1940)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
The Johnstown Flood(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
The Last Days(1998)1 won · 1 nom.
The Last of the Mohicans(1992)1 won · 1 nom.
The Long Way Home(1997)1 won · 1 nom.
The Panama Deception(1992)1 won · 1 nom.
The Tin Drum(1979)1 won · 1 nom.
Visas and Virtue(1997)1 won · 1 nom.
When We Were Kings(1996)1 won · 1 nom.
The Color Purple(1985)12 nom.
Gangs of New York(2002)10 nom.
10 nom.
The Irishman(2019)10 nom.
Elvis(2022)8 nom.
Quo Vadis(1951)8 nom.
Ragtime(1981)8 nom.
The Elephant Man(1980)8 nom.
Hawaii(1966)7 nom.
Madame Curie(1943)7 nom.
Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)7 nom.
Seabiscuit(2003)7 nom.
The Thin Red Line(1998)7 nom.
Das Boot(1981)6 nom.
Empire of the Sun(1987)6 nom.
6 nom.
The Cardinal(1963)6 nom.
6 nom.
War Horse(2011)6 nom.
Captain Blood(1935)5 nom.
David and Bathsheba(1951)5 nom.
Frost/Nixon(2008)5 nom.
Gorillas in the Mist(1988)5 nom.
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)5 nom.
Munich(2005)5 nom.
5 nom.
The Emigrants(1971)5 nom.
5 nom.
5 nom.
5 nom.
Amistad(1997)4 nom.
Birdman of Alcatraz(1962)4 nom.
If I Were King(1938)4 nom.
In Cold Blood(1967)4 nom.
Kundun(1997)4 nom.
Les Misérables(1935)4 nom.
Marie Antoinette(1938)4 nom.
Mr. Turner(2014)4 nom.
Nixon(1995)4 nom.
Quiz Show(1994)4 nom.
Raintree County(1957)4 nom.
Sunrise at Campobello(1960)4 nom.
The Affairs of Cellini(1934)4 nom.
4 nom.
The Sea Hawk(1940)4 nom.
Apocalypto(2006)3 nom.
Being the Ricardos(2021)3 nom.
Brooklyn(2015)3 nom.
Cinderella Man(2005)3 nom.
El Cid(1961)3 nom.
Hidden Figures(2016)3 nom.
Hotel Rwanda(2004)3 nom.
Ivanhoe(1952)3 nom.
Man of Conquest(1939)3 nom.
Napoleon(2023)3 nom.
Suez(1938)3 nom.
The Battle of Algiers(1966)3 nom.
The Patriot(2000)3 nom.
The Two Popes(2019)3 nom.
War and Peace(1956)3 nom.
55 Days at Peking(1963)2 nom.
A Tale of Two Cities(1935)2 nom.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)2 nom.
Anna and the King(1999)2 nom.
Blue Moon(2025)2 nom.
Camille Claudel(1988)2 nom.
Centennial Summer(1946)2 nom.
Conquest(1937)2 nom.
Flags of Our Fathers(2006)2 nom.
Ghosts of Mississippi(1996)2 nom.
Hamlet(1990)2 nom.
Harriet(2019)2 nom.
Hoffa(1992)2 nom.
Invictus(2009)2 nom.
Is Paris Burning?(1966)2 nom.
Kagemusha(1980)2 nom.
Lloyd's of London(1936)2 nom.
Malcolm X(1992)2 nom.
Martin Luther(1953)2 nom.
Mary Queen of Scots(2018)2 nom.
Michael Collins(1996)2 nom.
Mrs Brown(1997)2 nom.
Never Look Away(2018)2 nom.
Nickel Boys(2024)2 nom.
NYAD(2023)2 nom.
Priest Daens (Daens)(1992)2 nom.
Prince of Foxes(1949)2 nom.
Serpico(1973)2 nom.
Society of the Snow(2023)2 nom.
Steve Jobs(2015)2 nom.
Tchaikovsky(1970)2 nom.
The Apprentice(2024)2 nom.
The Battle of Gettysburg(1955)2 nom.
The Bold and the Brave(1956)2 nom.
The Crucible(1996)2 nom.
The Flame and the Arrow(1950)2 nom.
The Gorgeous Hussy(1936)2 nom.
The Grandmaster(2013)2 nom.
The Howards of Virginia(1940)2 nom.
The Incredible Sarah(1976)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Post(2017)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Silver Chalice(1954)2 nom.
The Wind and the Lion(1975)2 nom.
United 93(2006)2 nom.
Victoria & Abdul(2017)2 nom.
2 nom.
Young Bess(1953)2 nom.
1 nom.
1776(1972)1 nom.
1 nom.
A Great Day in Harlem(1994)1 nom.
A King's Story(1965)1 nom.
A Night at the Garden(2017)1 nom.
A Royal Affair(2012)1 nom.
Adalen 31(1969)1 nom.
1 nom.
All Things Fair(1995)1 nom.
Anonymous(2011)1 nom.
Argentina 1985(2022)1 nom.
At Eternity's Gate(2018)1 nom.
Beaufort(2007)1 nom.
Breaker Morant(1980)1 nom.
Brooklyn Bridge(1981)1 nom.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon(1972)1 nom.
Caesar and Cleopatra(1945)1 nom.
Camille(1936)1 nom.
Captain Kidd(1945)1 nom.
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)1 nom.
Coco Before Chanel(2009)1 nom.
Colonel Redl(1985)1 nom.
Daughter from Danang(2002)1 nom.
Days of Glory(2006)1 nom.
Defiance(2008)1 nom.
Downfall(2004)1 nom.
Drums Along the Mohawk(1939)1 nom.
Edison, the Man(1940)1 nom.
Electra(1962)1 nom.
Europa Europa(1990)1 nom.
1 nom.
Farinelli(1994)1 nom.
Flamin' Hot(2023)1 nom.
For All Mankind(1989)1 nom.
Forever Amber(1947)1 nom.
Four Days in September(1997)1 nom.
1 nom.
Glorious Betsy(1928)1 nom.
Go for Broke!(1951)1 nom.
Golda(2023)1 nom.
Grand Illusion(1937)1 nom.
Gullah Tales(1988)1 nom.
Hanussen(1988)1 nom.
Heaven's Gate(1980)1 nom.
Hero(2002)1 nom.
Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959)1 nom.
Hollywood on Trial(1976)1 nom.
House of Gucci(2021)1 nom.
How to Survive a Plague(2012)1 nom.
1 nom.
In the Valley of Elah(2007)1 nom.
Isadora(1968)1 nom.
Jacob the Liar(1974)1 nom.
1 nom.
Jesus Christ Superstar(1973)1 nom.
Juarez(1939)1 nom.
Katyn(2007)1 nom.
Khartoum(1966)1 nom.
Kitty(1946)1 nom.
Knickerbocker Holiday(1944)1 nom.
Kon-Tiki(2012)1 nom.
1 nom.
Land of Mine(2015)1 nom.- Legendary Champions(1968)1 nom.
Letters from Marusia(1975)1 nom.
Loving Vincent(2017)1 nom.
Ludwig(1973)1 nom.
Madame Bovary(1991)1 nom.
Main Street Today(1944)1 nom.
Man of Iron(1981)1 nom.
Mandela(1996)1 nom.
1 nom.
Maria(2024)1 nom.
Matewan(1987)1 nom.
Mission to Moscow(1943)1 nom.
1 nom.
More About Nostradamus(1941)1 nom.
1 nom.
My Nephew Emmett(2018)1 nom.
Nights and Days(1975)1 nom.
No(2012)1 nom.
Northwest Passage(1940)1 nom.
Outside the Law(2010)1 nom.
Pharaoh(1966)1 nom.
Plan for Destruction(1943)1 nom.
Prophet Without Honor(1939)1 nom.
Queen Margot(1994)1 nom.
Quo Vadis, Aida?(2021)1 nom.
Rabbit à la Berlin(2009)1 nom.
Rasputin and the Empress(1932)1 nom.
1 nom.
Richard III(1955)1 nom.
Richard Jewell(2019)1 nom.
Rob Roy(1995)1 nom.
Romance of Radium(1937)1 nom.
Rustin(2023)1 nom.
Sandakan No. 8(1974)1 nom.
Saraband for Dead Lovers(1948)1 nom.
Saving Mr. Banks(2013)1 nom.
Schtonk!(1992)1 nom.
1 nom.
September 5(2024)1 nom.
Shok(2015)1 nom.
Silence(2016)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Straight Outta Compton(2015)1 nom.
Sully(2016)1 nom.
Taras Bulba(1962)1 nom.
The Act of Killing(2012)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Black Rose(1950)1 nom.
The Boat Is Full(1981)1 nom.
The Bridge(1959)1 nom.
The Brink's Job(1978)1 nom.
The Brothers Karamazov(1958)1 nom.
The Buccaneer(1958)1 nom.
The Buccaneer(1938)1 nom.
The Conquest of Everest(1953)1 nom.
The Cruel Sea(1953)1 nom.
The Crusades(1935)1 nom.
The Dam Busters(1955)1 nom.
The Damned(1969)1 nom.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet(1972)1 nom.
The Day After Trinity(1980)1 nom.
The Deluge(1974)1 nom.
The Egyptian(1954)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Flying Sailor(2022)1 nom.
The Gatekeepers(2012)1 nom.
The Girl with the Needle(2024)1 nom.
The Good Shepherd(2006)1 nom.
The House of Rothschild(1934)1 nom.
The Impossible(2012)1 nom.
The Invisible Woman(2013)1 nom.
The Last of the Mohicans(1936)1 nom.
The Look of Silence(2014)1 nom.
The Man in the Iron Mask(1939)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Molly Maguires(1970)1 nom.
1 nom.
The New Land(1972)1 nom.
The New World(2005)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Sign of the Cross(1932)1 nom.
The Six Triple Eight(2024)1 nom.
The Smashing Machine(2025)1 nom.
The Spirit of St. Louis(1957)1 nom.
The Square(2013)1 nom.
The Statue of Liberty(1985)1 nom.
The Story of Adèle H.(1975)1 nom.
The Sullivans(1944)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Virgin Queen(1955)1 nom.
The Voice of Hind Rajab(2025)1 nom.
The War Room(1993)1 nom.
The Way Back(2010)1 nom.
The Wind Rises(2013)1 nom.
Titus(1999)1 nom.
Tobruk(1967)1 nom.
Troy(2004)1 nom.
Twin Sisters(2002)1 nom.
Unconquered(1947)1 nom.
Unfinished Business(1985)1 nom.
Vatel(2000)1 nom.
Wells Fargo(1937)1 nom.
Winning Your Wings(1942)1 nom.
Writing with Fire(2021)1 nom.
Young Mr. Lincoln(1939)1 nom.