Best Historical Films of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Favorite Films About Historical Royalty of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • The Lion in Winter (1968)

Nominated

  • Becket (1964)
  • Cleopatra (1963)
  • Edward II (1991)
  • Elizabeth (1998)
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
  • The Favourite (2018)
  • Fire Over England (1937)
  • The King and I (1956)
  • Lady Jane (1986)
  • The Madness of King George (1994)
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
  • The Queen (2006)
  • Queen Christina (1933)

Favorite Films About Fictional Royalty of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Ever After (1998)

Nominated

  • Camelot (1967)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
  • Coming to America (1988)
  • Dragonslayer (1981)
  • Ella Enchanted (2004)
  • Excalibur (1981)
  • Into the Woods (2014)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • The Prince & Me (2004)
  • The Princess and the Frog (2009)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • The Princess Diaries (2001)
  • Roman Holiday (1953)
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Favorite Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Plays of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Nominated

  • Chimes at Midnight (1966)
  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Macbeth (1948)
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
  • Othello (1951)
  • Richard III (1955)
  • Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  • The Tempest (2010)
  • Twelfth Night (1996)

Favorite Films Inspired by Shakespeare of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winners (tie)

  • Big Business (1988)
  • West Side Story (1961)

Nominated

  • 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
  • The King (2019)
  • Kiss Me Kate (1953)
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)
  • Private Romeo (2011)
  • Scotland, PA (2001)
  • Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  • She’s the Man (2006)
  • Strange Brew (1983)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • Were the World Mine (2008)

Favorite Films About Legends and Folklore of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Camelot (1967)

Nominated

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • The Avenger (1962)
  • Excalibur (1981)
  • Ivanhoe (1952)
  • The Last Legion (2007)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Mulan (1998)
  • Prince Valiant (1954)
  • Robin and Marian (1976)
  • Robin Hood (1922)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
  • The Sword in the Stone (1963)
  • Troy (2004)

Favorite Films About Real Presidents and Vice Presidents of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • All the President’s Men (1976)

Nominated

  • Amistad (1997)
  • Dick (1999)
  • Give ’em Hell Harry (1975)
  • Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
  • Jackie (2016)
  • JFK (1991)
  • Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
  • Lincoln (2012)
  • The Post (2017)
  • Selma (2014)
  • Seven Days in May (1964)
  • Southside With You (2016)
  • Thirteen Days (2000)
  • Vice (2018)

Favorite Films About Fictional Presidents and Vice Presidents of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Dave (1993)

Nominated

  • Air Force One (1997)
  • The American President (1995)
  • The Best Man (1964)
  • The Contender (2000)
  • Deep Impact (1998)
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • Love Actually (2003)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
  • Primary Colors (1998)
  • State of the Union (1948)
  • Superman II (1980)
  • Wag the Dog (1997)
  • Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

Favorite Films About Other Real Politicians of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Milk (2008)

Nominated

  • Argo (2012)
  • Chappaquiddick (2017)
  • Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
  • Darkest Hour (2017)
  • Gandhi (1982)
  • Gangs of New York (2002)
  • Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
  • The King’s Speech (2010)
  • The Last King of Scotland (2006)
  • Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
  • Marie (1985)
  • Marshall (2017)
  • On the Basis of Sex (2018)
  • The Queen (2006)

Favorite Films About Fictional Politicians of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Election (1999)

Nominated

  • All the King’s Men (1949)
  • All the King’s Men (2006)
  • Bob Roberts (1992)
  • Bulworth (1998)
  • The Candidate (1972)
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)
  • The Long Shot (2019)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  • Miss Sloane (2016)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

Other 20th Anniversary Awards