Curated by SceneIt · United States
Discover popular and highly rated history movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2017 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 181 votes
In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 269 votes
Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 693 votes
From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 203 votes
A miraculous conception. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 607 votes
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 199 votes
Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 160 votes
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 132 votes
The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 189 votes
Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 103 votes
Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1974 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 379 votes
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 171 votes
Patagonia, 1960. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 291 votes
Paris, June 1940. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 213 votes
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 167 votes
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 190 votes
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 224 votes
Mexico City, November 1901. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 129 votes
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 164 votes
A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 115 votes
In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.