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 Hindenburg (1975)
Django (2017)
Lady Oscar (1979)
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Princess Caraboo (1994)
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
The Lost Legion (2014)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World (1982)
Eagle Shadow Fist (1973)
Catherine the Great (1996)
Mother (1990)
Amigo (2011)
Bruc: The Manhunt (2010)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Brigham Young (1940)
Hilma (2022)
The Accidental Prime Minister (2019)
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Misbehaviour (2020)
Tower of London (1962)
Sunset Song (2015)
Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021)
The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
Alfred the Great (1969)
Against the Wall (1994)
23-F: la película (2011)
Cadet Rousselle (1954)
Loving Memories (2023)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Golda (2023)
Copperhead (2013)
The Treacherous (2015)
The Brawler (2019)
The Silence of Joan (2011)
Titanic (1943)
The Lost City (2005)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
Ararat (2002)
Genghis Khan (1965)
Dragon Blade (2015)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)
The Legion (2020)
Crusade in Jeans (2006)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
The Giant of Marathon (1959)
Mary (2024)
The Libertine (2000)
Glorious 39 (2009)
Brooklyn 45 (2023)
Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World (2019)
Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)
All the Queen's Men (2001)
Anonymous (2011)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Tai-Pan (1986)
Home Front (2020)