Top rated like a history lesson movies on Syfy

Check out today’s highest ranked like a history lesson movies on Syfy! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best like a history lesson movies on Syfy, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Troy (2004)

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

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2004-05-13 | Adventure / History

Cast

Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom

Rating

rating icon 7.16
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #150 for
    titan
  2. Ranked #170 for
    historical interest
  3. Ranked #187 for
    pretty boy

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2 Pompeii (2014)

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

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2014-02-18 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Kit Harington, Emily Browning

Rating

rating icon 5.529
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #10 for
    like Titanic
  2. Ranked #214 for
    historical interest
  3. Ranked #219 for
    great sound effects

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3 Copperhead (2013)

A family is torn apart during the American Civil War. Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.

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2013-06-28 | Drama / History

Cast

François Arnaud, Billy Campbell

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #275 for
    like a history lesson
  2. Ranked #2997 for
    unforgettable classic
  3. Ranked #3191 for
    Period Drama

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4 The Invisible Man (2020)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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2020-02-26 | Thriller / Science Fiction

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge

Rating

rating icon 7.118
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    futuristic society
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically thrilling
  3. Ranked #3 for
    with WTF moments

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5 The Croods: A New Age (2020)

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

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2020-11-25 | Animation / Family

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    use of primary colors
  2. Ranked #52 for
    modern
  3. Ranked #82 for
    female empowering

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6 The Mummy (1999)

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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1999-04-16 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz

Rating

rating icon 6.922
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #51 for
    Treasure Hunt
  2. Ranked #68 for
    swashbuckler
  3. Ranked #106 for
    turn your brain off

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7 Gods of Egypt (2016)

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

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2016-02-25 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites

Rating

rating icon 5.653
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #85 for
    titan
  2. Ranked #109 for
    escapist fantasy
  3. Ranked #139 for
    sensory overload

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8 Back to the Future (1985)

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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1985-07-03 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd

Rating

rating icon 8.317
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    multiverse
  2. Ranked #70 for
    time-loop
  3. Ranked #106 for
    punching bag

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9 Pulp Fiction (1994)

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

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1994-09-10 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 8.489
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #16 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #16 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #20 for
    with biblical reference

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10 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

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2016-11-16 | Fantasy / Adventure

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston

Rating

rating icon 7.327
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    like Harry Potter
  2. Ranked #150 for
    magical
  3. Ranked #163 for
    imaginary fairy tale

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