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 Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
The Promise (2016)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (2012)
Kesari (2019)
The French Revolution (1989)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Money Maker (2026)
Che: Part One (2008)
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey (2014)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
John Rabe (2009)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Mahanati (2018)
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann (2022)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
The Fire Inside (2024)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)
The Book of Fish (2021)
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants (2025)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
The Endless Trench (2019)
Respect (2021)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Emily (2022)
The Decameron (1971)
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (2022)
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Kundun (1997)
The Throne (2015)
El Cid (1961)
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
Gate of Hell (1953)
Camille (1936)
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Eight Men Out (1988)
The Dam Busters (1955)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Against the Ice (2022)
United (2011)
Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Attila (2001)
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2023)
Barreda (2026)
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Pope Joan (2009)
Muscle Shoals (2013)
Sometimes in April (2005)
King and the Clown (2005)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Irmã Dulce (2014)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)