Best History Movies to Watch

The highest rated history movies according to audience votes, each with a trailer, full cast and where to stream it.

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Saving Mr. Banks movie poster 7.3

Saving Mr. Banks

2013 · Comedy
The Zookeeper's Wife movie poster 7.3

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017 · Drama
Gangs of New York movie poster 7.3

Gangs of New York

2002 · Drama
War Horse movie poster 7.3

War Horse

2011 · War
Brooklyn movie poster 7.3

Brooklyn

2015 · Drama
Les Misérables movie poster 7.3

Les Misérables

2012 · History
Judas and the Black Messiah movie poster 7.3

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021 · Drama
Air movie poster 7.3

Air

2023 · Drama
Ip Man 4: The Finale movie poster 7.3

Ip Man 4: The Finale

2019 · Action
Race movie poster 7.3

Race

2016 · Drama
Colonia movie poster 7.3

Colonia

2016 · Drama
Detroit movie poster 7.2

Detroit

2017 · Drama
The Patriot movie poster 7.2

The Patriot

2000 · War
Milk movie poster 7.2

Milk

2008 · History
Sully movie poster 7.2

Sully

2016 · Drama
Suffragette movie poster 7.2

Suffragette

2015 · Drama
Invictus movie poster 7.2

Invictus

2009 · Drama
Escape from Pretoria movie poster 7.2

Escape from Pretoria

2020 · Drama
Elizabeth movie poster 7.2

Elizabeth

1998 · Drama
Seven Years in Tibet movie poster 7.2

Seven Years in Tibet

1997 · Adventure

How we rank the best history movies

This list shows history movies with the highest audience scores on TMDB, limited to films with a large number of votes so a handful of fans cannot push an obscure title to the top. Open any movie to see its cast, trailer, runtime and the services where you can stream, rent or buy it.