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.
The New World (2005)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
Genius (2016)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Breakthrough (1979)
The Dumbfounded King (1991)
The Front Line (2009)
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
Flo (2023)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Tula: The Revolt (2013)
Hinterland (2021)
A Radiant Girl (2022)
Maria (2024)
Carrington (1995)
The Chosen (2016)
Creation (2009)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
Titus (1999)
The Sword with No Name (2009)
Alleged (2010)
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961)
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
The Match (2021)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
The Feast of the Goat (2006)
The Lost Bladesman (2011)
Origin (2023)
LOC: Kargil (2003)
Miles Ahead (2016)
The Black Pimpernel (2007)
Nero's Mistress (1956)
Stella. A Life. (2024)
Being the Ricardos (2021)
All the Money in the World (2017)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Khartoum (1966)
The Five Days (1973)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Becoming Colette (1991)
The Luckiest Man in America (2025)
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
Carry On Henry (1971)
Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Battlefield Heroes (2011)
The Revenge of the Siren (2012)
The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023)
The Hessen Affair (2009)
The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Seeing Stars (1922)
I, Leonardo (2019)
The Red Tent (1969)
Party of Fools (2024)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Samurai Marathon (2019)
Free Men (2011)
The Black Arrow (1985)