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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 2026-08-05 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2011 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 181 votes
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 4.0/10 · 218 votes
Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1958 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 173 votes
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 248 votes
A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1972 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 156 votes
In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 182 votes
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1944, during World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 151 votes
In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 116 votes
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 116 votes
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 114 votes
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 107 votes
These are the years of the First World War and Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 104 votes
Based on true events. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 157 votes
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 100 votes
Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1928 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 225 votes
Sergei M. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 140 votes
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1976 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 144 votes
France, 1893. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1972 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 110 votes
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 131 votes
Paris, 1930. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 3.9/10 · 186 votes
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.