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Discover popular and highly rated history movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
1996 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 520 votes
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 642 votes
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 110 votes
Former P.O.W. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1981 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 201 votes
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 367 votes
A portrait of union leader James R. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 794 votes
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 180 votes
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 166 votes
A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 802 votes
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1928 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 1,101 votes
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 684 votes
When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1977 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 490 votes
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1966 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 127 votes
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 622 votes
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 590 votes
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1979 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 117 votes
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 595 votes
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 290 votes
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 267 votes
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 2,341 votes
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.