Best History Movies

Historical films let you watch the past argue with itself - wars, trials, revolutions and the people caught inside them. Ranked here by audience rating: sweeping period epics, tense docudramas and intimate true stories. See where each streams and mark off the eras you've covered.

Schindler's List (1993)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Green Book (2018)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Harakiri (1962)

Hidden Figures (2016)

Come and See (1985)

1917 (2019)

Oppenheimer (2023)

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

The Imitation Game (2014)

The Elephant Man (1980)

Das Boot (1981)

Amadeus (1984)

Togo (2019)

Braveheart (1995)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

Loving Vincent (2017)

Downfall (2004)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Spotlight (2015)

A Taxi Driver (2017)

I Swear (2025)

Just Mercy (2019)

The Untouchables (1987)

The King's Speech (2010)

The Wind Rises (2013)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

I'm Still Here (2024)

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

Land of Mine (2015)

Apocalypto (2006)

Prayers for Bobby (2009)

The Color Purple (1985)

Flamin' Hot (2023)

The Best of Youth (2003)

Ennio (2022)

The Irishman (2019)

Emancipation (2022)

Hamnet (2025)

RRR (2022)

Selena (1997)

King Richard (2021)

Coach Carter (2005)

Gandhi (1982)

One Life (2023)

The Woman King (2022)

JFK (1991)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

The Favourite (2018)

1900 (1976)

Nuremberg (2025)

Malcolm X (1992)

Temple Grandin (2010)

Never Look Away (2018)

The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)