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.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 103 | ||||
| 2026 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | 13 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 274 | $66,666,667 | $433,574,946 | Longlegs |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 321 | $169,325,000 | $2,131,966,693 | Full River Red (满江红) |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 255 | $55,750,000 | $944,518,874 | RRR |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 193 | $66,250,000 | $1,240,121,876 | Cruella |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 192 | $38,367,060 | $379,885,285 | The Call of the Wild |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 268 | $29,377,778 | $2,109,711,404 | 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 | 225 | $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 | $1,886,163,671 | 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 | $2,943,665,265 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 66 | $34,289,286 | $1,445,303,191 | 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 | $1,531,258,437 | Chicago |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 37 | $33,664,706 | $1,016,698,452 | The Others |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 37 | $31,555,556 | $1,289,393,363 | 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 | $804,546,983 | 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 | 37 | $15,400,000 | $533,755,668 | Dirty Dancing | |
| 1986 | 22 | $8,000,000 | $367,038,646 | Platoon | |
| 1985 | 34 | $18,780,000 | $577,774,166 | Out of Africa | |
| 1984 | 27 | $26,166,667 | $671,187,974 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| 1983 | 37 | $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 | $112,208,941 | The Blue Lagoon | |
| 1979 | 25 | $17,550,000 | $372,333,175 | 1941 | |
| 1978 | 23 | $7,666,667 | $572,862,720 | Grease | |
| 1977 | 10 | $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 | $317,765,868 | 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 | $199,559,791 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |
| 1968 | 25 | $4,418,333 | $186,305,277 | Funny Girl | |
| 1967 | 13 | $666,667 | $86,405,623 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 1966 | 22 | $8,500,000 | $97,637,099 | Hawaii | |
| 1965 | 19 | $9,760,000 | $545,493,936 | The Sound of Music | |
| 1964 | 6 | $17,000,000 | $72,211,372 | My Fair Lady | |
| 1963 | 10 | $4,000,000 | $97,883,521 | How the West Was Won | |
| 1962 | 17 | $2,000,000 | $39,852,949 | The Music Man | |
| 1961 | 14 | $29,064,609 | 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 | 17 | $45,002,647 | Auntie Mame | ||
| 1957 | 15 | $3,000,000 | $33,433,791 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
| 1956 | 22 | $2,932,000 | $70,932,576 | 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 | 13 | $1,650,000 | $58,736,769 | From Here to Eternity | |
| 1952 | 14 | $730,000 | $8,041,811 | High Noon | |
| 1951 | 13 | $5,275,000 | $68,433,346 | Quo Vadis? | |
| 1950 | 12 | $3,434 | Los Olvidados | ||
| 1949 | 12 | $1,000,000 | $40,072,461 | Samson and Delilah | |
| 1948 | 24 | $3,350,000 | $20,017,106 | Red River | |
| 1947 | 20 | $31,718 | Beauty and the Beast | ||
| 1946 | 28 | $3,643,667 | $71,692,330 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 12 | ||||
| 1944 | 9 | $12,883,285 | Meet Me in St. Louis | ||
| 1943 | 8 | $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 | 4 | $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 | 4,778 | $31,621,806 | $69,819,415,990 | Titanic | |