The History Boys (2006) movie poster

The History Boys (2006)

"History. It's just one bloody thing after another."
ThumbScore
👍 67%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 70%
Drama

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Director
Nicholas Hytner
Runtime
1h 49m
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.6/10 (223 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
74

Cast

Richard Griffiths as Hector · 74% avg
Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin · 67% avg
Dominic Cooper as Dakin · 75% avg
Samuel Barnett as Posner
James Corden as Timms · 65% avg
Russell Tovey as Rudge · 63% avg
Samuel Anderson as Crowther
Jamie Parker as Scripps

Is The History Boys good?

It's divisive. 67% audience score, estimated from 223 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 70%.

Overview

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass. Wikipedia ↗

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