highest grossing historical movies

how many of the 15 highest-grossing historical drama movies can you identify?
this list is adjusted for inflation!
not all movies set in the past count as historical movies—they have to actually center historical events/the time period
includes films that are bible-adjacent, but not those that focus solely on biblical events
source: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022
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year
starring
gross
film
1939
Vivien Leigh
$1.89 billion
Gone With the Wind
1997
Leonardo Dicaprio
$1.27 billion
Titanic
1965
Julie Christie
$1.16 billion
Doctor Zhivago
1959
Stephen Boyd
$918 million
Ben-Hur
1963
Elizabeth Taylor
$629 million
Cleopatra
1962
Peter O'Toole
$519 million
Lawrence of Arabia
1990
Kevin Costner
$409 million
Dances with Wolves
2001
Ben Affleck
$328 million
Pearl Harbor
2000
Russell Crowe
$326 million
Gladiator
1995
Irene Bedard
$304 million
Pocahontas
2007
Gerard Butler
$286 million
300
1973
Steve McQueen
$281 million
Papillon
1993
Liam Neeson
$216 million
Schindler's List
2012
Daniel Day-Lewis
$212 million
Lincoln
2004
Brad Pitt
$201 million
Troy
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