Best History Movies

Looking for the best History movies? These are the 48 highest-rated History titles in our catalogue, led by Chasing Red, Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum and Fireflies at El Mozote. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Chasing Red (2015)

★ 10.0/10

Everyone has heard of Pamplona's Running of the Bulls, yet so few know much about it. Even fewer know that there is an elite group of runners who brave dozens of bull runs each year, risking their life to run inches…
2. Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum (2026)

★ 10.0/10

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the treasures of the medieval world. Across 70 metres of exquisitely embroidered scenes, it tells the story of one of the most seismic events in British history – the Norman Invasion of…
3. Fireflies at El Mozote (2025)

★ 10.0/10

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the…
4. Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape (2026)

★ 10.0/10

Witnesses, survivors and front-line heroes recall the first days of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Featuring rare archive footage of the world's worst ever nuclear accident.
5. Little Dreams (1993)

★ 10.0/10

Gharib recalls his life’s journey, which intersects with what the city of Suez experienced over two centuries through the Triple aggression and the Defeat of 1967. Gharib meets Mahmoud, who had been with his father in…
6. Dandelion (2025)

★ 9.2/10

In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the…
7. Trango (2025)

★ 9.0/10

Inspired by one of the greatest achievements in climbing history, mountaineer Robert Caspersen and his team embark on an expedition to the Himalayas, to become the first to summit one of the world's tallest rock faces…
8. Truth & Treason (2025)

★ 9.0/10

When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.
9. La Singla (2023)

★ 9.0/10

In the 1960s, a young Spanish flamenco dancer named Antonia Singla captivated audiences with her strikingly passionate performances. Having lost her hearing at a young age, La Singla rose to fame with her commanding…
10. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

★ 9.0/10

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly…
11. Raja Shivaji (2026)

★ 9.0/10

Chronicles the rise of young Shivaji Bhonsale, who challenged the might of established empires to found the Maratha kingdom and lay the groundwork for 'Swarajya' (self-rule) during a turbulent period of Indian history.
12. Flood (2025)

★ 9.0/10

In communist Czechoslovakia in 1980, Mara dreams of leaving her village to study in the city and become a pilot. But her father, a widowed Ruthenian farmer, insists she stay and work the land. When her village faces…
13. Hinckley (2024)

★ 9.0/10

In March 1981, inspired by a dangerous obsession with the film Taxi Driver and actress Jodie Foster, a man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. The attack shocked the world and forever…
14. Special Unit - The First Murder (2025)

★ 8.8/10

Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a…
15. National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt (2022)

★ 8.8/10

At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We…
16. Hero of the Red Light District (1960)

★ 8.7/10

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to…
17. The Yellow Tie (2025)

★ 8.7/10

The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an…
18. Schindler's List (1993)

★ 8.6/10

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
19. The Message (1976)

★ 8.5/10

In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and…
20. War and Music (2025)

★ 8.5/10

The war burst into the peaceful life of three friends suddenly, forever changing their destinies. Each of them went to the front, leaving the most valuable things at home in order to fight for this most valuable thing…
21. El Apocalipsis de san Juan (2024)

★ 8.3/10

Embark on an epic journey through time and faith with 'The Apocalypse of Saint John.' Join the Apostle John in a stunning visual narrative that unravels the visions of the End Times. Experience each vision like never…
22. Ennio (2022)

★ 8.3/10

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable…
23. Ankara Ekspresi (1970)

★ 8.3/10

During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for the Ankara Express operation.
24. National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013)

★ 8.3/10

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
25. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

★ 8.2/10

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
26. Green Book (2018)

★ 8.2/10

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below…
27. Young Washington (2026)

★ 8.2/10

Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.
28. Oppenheimer (2023)

★ 8.1/10

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
29. Hidden Figures (2016)

★ 8.1/10

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
30. The Best of Youth (2003)

★ 8.1/10

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following…
31. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

★ 8.1/10

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to…
32. Prayers for Bobby (2009)

★ 8.1/10

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much…
33. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

★ 8.1/10

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
34. Palestine 36 (2025)

★ 8.1/10

In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
35. Atatürk II 1881 – 1919 (2024)

★ 8.1/10

Mustafa Kemal had just begun his journey after proving himself in 1915 at the Gallipoli front. He would go on to face major battles on the eastern front against the Russians and later against the British in Syria…
36. The Imitation Game (2014)

★ 8.0/10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and…
37. Ford v Ferrari (2019)

★ 8.0/10

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
38. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

★ 8.0/10

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
39. 1917 (2019)

★ 8.0/10

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
40. A Taxi Driver (2017)

★ 8.0/10

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not…
41. Flamin' Hot (2023)

★ 8.0/10

The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and…
42. I'm Still Here (2024)

★ 8.0/10

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
43. Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

★ 8.0/10

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base…
44. The Brink of War (2026)

★ 8.0/10

President Ronald Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings…
45. Society of the Snow (2023)

★ 8.0/10

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
46. Who Killed JFK: The Conspiracies (2020)

★ 8.0/10

Over the decades, unanswered questions, tampered evidence, ulterior motives, and witness testimony surrounding the assassination has perpetuated conspiracy theories and alternative explanations that challenge the…
47. Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid- (2026)

★ 8.0/10

As each group pursues their mission, a fierce battle unfolds over the tattooed prisoners. Who is friend, and who is foe? The fight leads them all to Abashiri Prison, where Noppera-bo, the man who holds all the answers…
48. When Paris was German (2020)

★ 8.0/10

Discovering Paris under the German occupation through the story of an SS soldier and more generally of Wehrmacht soldiers allows us to follow the daily life on the German side. These soldiers enjoyed privileged status…