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.
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Francis of Assisi (1961)
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram (2020)
Chess Story (2021)
Bad Education (2019)
Maria Montessori (2023)
The Ideal Palace (2019)
15 Minutes of War (2019)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Queen Christina (1934)
Lola Montès (1955)
The Madness of King George (1994)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Madame Curie (1943)
Flame & Citron (2008)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
Public Enemies (2009)
The Social Reckoning (2026)
The Liberator (2013)
The Lady (2011)
Audrey (2020)
Judy (2019)
The Lost Leonardo (2021)
American Pop (1981)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
Lady Jane (1986)
Longitude (2000)
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon (2019)
The Current War (2018)
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
By Any Means (2026)
Mrs Brown (1997)
The Dish (2000)
Red Tails (2012)
Time and the Wind (2013)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
Recount (2008)
Elvis (1979)
King of the Hill (1993)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016)
The Lychee Road (2025)
Newsies (1992)
The Fortress (2017)
The Rose of Versailles (2025)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Dumb Money (2023)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)