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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 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
1970 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 288 votes
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1971 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 219 votes
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 132 votes
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 161 votes
Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1968 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 271 votes
England, 1645. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 118 votes
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 301 votes
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 121 votes
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1991 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 193 votes
Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 165 votes
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 348 votes
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 103 votes
The story follows a family of refugees from the early twentieth century through to the Civil War. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1996 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 117 votes
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 122 votes
The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 169 votes
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 129 votes
Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler's checks to invest in causes he believed in. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 148 votes
Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country, a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 125 votes
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 162 votes
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 113 votes
Documentary about the art of film editing. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.