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.
Scarlet
2023
Electra
1962
God on Trial
2008
Sharpe's Justice
1997
A Magnificent Life
2025
Sid & Judy
2019
The War Room
1993
The Virgin Queen
1955
Copa 71
2024
The Tall Target
1951
Reign of Terror
1949
Mariana's Room
2025
Carrie's War
2004
Man of Will
2017
Forever and a Day
1943
Ask This of Rikyu
2013
Forbidden Dream
2019
The Grey Fox
1982
The Long Riders
1980
Winter in Wartime
2008
Black Jack
1979
The Brink of War
2026
Sharpe's Battle
1995
Breach
2007
After the Flowers
2010
Che: Part Two
2008
The Best of Men
2012
The Thief of Paris
1967
Maharaj
2024
The Assassination
1972
