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.
Heaven & Earth
1993
Viceroy's House
2017
Jinnah
1998
Billy the Kid
1989
Simona Kossak
2024
Path to War
2003
Albert R.N.
1953
Les Miserables
1995
If I Were King
1938
Comrades
1987
Dance First
2023
A Royal Scandal
1945
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Secrets of War
2014
The Long Way Home
2015
The Iron Horse
1925
The Gathering Storm
2002
Roots: The Gift
1988
Giant
2026
The Last Princess
2016
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Queen of the Ring
2025
Emilia
2017
Captain Boycott
1947
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012
Ruby Bridges
1998
R-Point
2004
Edison, the Man
1940
Moonshot
2009
Cliffs of Freedom
2019
Don't Be a Sucker!
1943
Against the Law
2017
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
Attack and Retreat
1964
Goya's Ghosts
2006
One Against the Wind
1991
For No Good Reason
2012
In Old Chicago
1938
The Last Rifleman
2023
A Talking Picture
2003
Memories of Prison
1984
Radium Girls
2020
Sharaku
1995