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Historical Fiction Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Historical Fiction movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Historical Fiction Movies - Top Domestic Historical Fiction Movies - Top International Historical Fiction Movies - Top Worldwide Historical Fiction Movies - Top Domestic Historical Fiction Stars - Top International Historical Fiction Stars - Top Worldwide Historical Fiction Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Historical Fiction movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Historical Fiction films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Historical Fiction movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    108      
2026    1      
2025    27  $50,000,000    
2024 Annual Stats  296  $66,666,667  $643,081,232  Zhi Yuan Jun : Cun Wang Zhi Zhan (志愿军:存亡之战)
2023 Annual Stats  321  $169,325,000  $2,132,385,804  Full River Red (满江红)
2022 Annual Stats  256  $55,750,000  $944,596,227  RRR
2021 Annual Stats  193  $66,250,000  $1,240,123,148  Cruella
2020 Annual Stats  193  $38,367,060  $380,032,408  The Call of the Wild
2019 Annual Stats  268  $29,377,778  $2,109,712,288  Wo he wo de zu guo
2018 Annual Stats  220  $30,700,000  $1,214,880,675  The House with a Clock in its Walls
2017 Annual Stats  226  $40,402,174  $3,753,851,455  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2016 Annual Stats  220  $33,535,714  $2,435,826,313  The Legend of Tarzan
2015 Annual Stats  210  $21,657,687  $1,886,123,281  Bridge of Spies
2014 Annual Stats  115  $37,177,083  $2,729,017,575  Noah
2013 Annual Stats  87  $55,950,000  $1,675,305,678  The Great Gatsby
2012 Annual Stats  112  $32,403,571  $3,053,117,267  Life of Pi
2011 Annual Stats  95  $33,425,000  $2,943,121,292  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2010 Annual Stats  67  $34,289,286  $1,486,056,718  Robin Hood
2009 Annual Stats  44  $28,940,000  $1,339,116,843  Sherlock Holmes
2008 Annual Stats  77  $36,318,930  $2,367,591,209  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2007 Annual Stats  71  $36,022,667  $2,850,644,548  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2006 Annual Stats  61  $34,472,059  $2,641,411,633  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2005 Annual Stats  35  $35,910,526  $1,329,783,220  Kingdom of Heaven
2004 Annual Stats  46  $45,089,286  $2,524,553,079  Troy
2003 Annual Stats  40  $38,718,182  $1,744,223,655  The Last Samurai
2002 Annual Stats  37  $39,400,000  $1,530,095,837  Chicago
2001 Annual Stats  37  $33,664,706  $1,016,698,452  The Others
2000 Annual Stats  37  $31,555,556  $1,289,394,601  Gladiator
1999 Annual Stats  39  $36,819,048  $1,669,069,853  Tarzan
1998 Annual Stats  37  $29,576,923  $1,616,732,267  Saving Private Ryan
1997 Annual Stats  27  $49,428,571  $2,758,372,257  Titanic
1996 Annual Stats  33  $32,525,000  $851,368,497  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1995 Annual Stats  48  $35,669,231  $1,249,397,394  Pocahontas
1994    36  $28,291,667  $1,918,227,473  Forrest Gump
1993    27  $15,342,857  $585,498,096  Sommersby
1992    28  $24,300,000  $804,550,614  Bram Stoker's Dracula
1991    31  $22,500,000  $756,228,942  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1990    30  $30,750,000  $960,635,489  Dances with Wolves
1989    21  $23,625,000  $757,486,060  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988    35  $9,860,000  $368,618,236  The Land Before Time
1987    36  $15,400,000  $525,410,402  Dirty Dancing
1986    22  $8,000,000  $367,039,682  Platoon
1985    35  $18,780,000  $586,119,432  Out of Africa
1984    27  $26,166,667  $671,187,974  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983    38  $8,950,556  $297,883,833  Scarface
1982    23  $14,083,333  $441,819,274  Porky's
1981    29  $17,250,000  $633,692,324  Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980    14  $19,500,000  $112,210,656  The Blue Lagoon
1979    27  $17,550,000  $372,333,175  1941
1978    23  $7,666,667  $572,862,720  Grease
1977    11  $14,000,000  $14,039,060  New York, New York
1976    19    $59,813,906  The Outlaw Josey Wales
1975    17  $7,000,000  $163,661,485  The Apple Dumpling Gang
1974    12  $7,533,333  $248,840,124  Blazing Saddles
1973    13  $3,800,000  $231,016,253  The Sting
1972    13  $5,500,000  $317,770,916  The Godfather
1971    16  $9,000,000  $136,949,478  Fiddler on the Roof
1970    28  $13,602,421  $289,446,069  M*A*S*H
1969    22  $8,200,000  $199,565,727  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1968    25  $4,418,333  $186,305,787  Funny Girl
1967    14  $666,667  $86,405,623  Thoroughly Modern Millie
1966    22  $8,500,000  $97,637,099  Hawaii
1965    19  $9,760,000  $545,506,349  The Sound of Music
1964    6  $17,000,000  $72,213,169  My Fair Lady
1963    10  $4,000,000  $97,883,521  How the West Was Won
1962    19  $2,000,000  $39,853,248  The Music Man
1961    14    $29,066,394  The Guns of Navarone
1960    12  $12,000,000  $52,647,987  Swiss Family Robinson
1959    13  $15,000,000  $106,733,411  Ben-Hur
1958    18    $81,820,571  South Pacific
1957    15  $3,000,000  $33,448,040  The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956    23  $3,443,333  $83,943,553  Around the World in 80 Days
1955    13    $1,559,297  Land of the Pharaohs
1954    16  $5,000,000  $77,366,083  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1953    14  $1,650,000  $58,736,769  From Here to Eternity
1952    14  $730,000  $8,041,811  High Noon
1951    15  $5,275,000  $68,436,237  Quo Vadis?
1950    12    $3,434  Los Olvidados
1949    12  $1,000,000  $40,072,461  Samson and Delilah
1948    25  $3,350,000  $20,017,106  Red River
1947    20    $31,718  Beauty and the Beast
1946    29  $3,643,667  $71,694,611  Notorious
1945    12      
1944    9    $12,883,285  Meet Me in St. Louis
1943    9    $17,886,366  For Whom the Bell Tolls
1942    3    $3,719  Arabian Nights
1941    4  $1,250,000  $382  How Green Was My Valley
1940    11  $1,312,500  $9,208,392  Boom Town
1939    15  $3,900,000  $390,788,769  Gone with the Wind
1938    5  $2,000,000  $4,000,000  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1937    3    $415,153  La Grande Illusion
1936    8    $3,000,000  The Great Ziegfeld
1935    10    $120  The Devil Is a Woman
1934    13      
1933    10  $200,000  $2,200,423  She Done Him Wrong
1932    3      
1931    3      
1930    2      
1929    3      
1928    1    $4,121  Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1927    3  $2,000,000    
1926    2      
1925    3  $3,900,000  $9,051,198  Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1924    1      
1923    2      
1919    1      
1918    1      
1916    1      
1915    1  $110,000  $11,000,000  The Birth of a Nation
Total  4,836  $31,611,991  $70,118,458,313  Titanic

The table below shows the highest-grossing Historical Fiction movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Historical Fiction movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  33  $42,428,571  $1,138,097,835  1917
2  4  $6,000,000  $40,057,355  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3  6  $54,875,000  $857,036,538  300
4  3  $900,000  $13,933,602  4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
5  3    $574,343  5 è il numero perfetto
7  4    $4,447,002  ’71
8  2    $1,180,000  82 Hao gu zhai
9  1    $25,600,000  9th Company
A  264  $32,652,273  $3,328,196,651  Annabelle
B  357  $22,546,035  $3,570,236,992  Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
C  298  $30,038,889  $3,503,646,701  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
D  217  $21,353,793  $3,164,832,366  Django Unchained
E  118  $28,657,895  $1,213,923,142  Exodus: Gods and Kings
F  172  $27,254,282  $3,467,896,646  Forrest Gump
G  225  $33,960,000  $4,177,176,005  Gladiator
H  206  $30,419,780  $3,042,038,244  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
I  128  $42,088,889  $3,722,717,685  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
J  90  $37,253,846  $1,058,693,984  Jungle Cruise
K  112  $42,652,778  $1,220,764,779  Kingdom of Heaven
L  228  $37,017,255  $4,196,827,887  Life of Pi
M  403  $34,332,143  $4,975,637,576  Les Misérables
N  163  $33,064,286  $1,061,035,108  Noah
O  149  $19,819,894  $1,313,152,250  Out of Africa
P  255  $51,647,500  $6,547,420,630  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Q  19  $18,750,000  $111,609,182  Quo Vadis?
R  277  $36,962,069  $2,549,550,513  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
S  434  $23,715,603  $5,433,379,584  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
T  238  $28,750,072  $5,349,264,103  Titanic
U  54  $26,100,000  $353,728,239  Unforgiven
V  96  $30,960,000  $1,046,125,412  Van Helsing
W  163  $29,772,222  $2,078,486,214  Wo he wo de zu guo
X  15  $15,500,000  $340,138,863  Xuan Ya Zhi Shang (悬崖之上)
Y  60  $24,166,667  $901,746,383  Yip Man 4
Z  39  $13,400,000  $309,306,499  Zhi Yuan Jun : Cun Wang Zhi Zhan (志愿军:存亡之战)