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Best History Movies of the 2010s
#1 Hacksaw Ridge (2016) · ★ 8.2 · 15,346 votes · 2h 19m · drama, history, warWWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receiv…
#2 Green Book (2018) · ★ 8.2 · 13,301 votes · 2h 10m · comedy, drama, historyTony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and…
#3 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) · ★ 8.1 · 3,030 votes · 2h 1m · romance, drama, historyOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.…
#4 Togo (2019) · ★ 8.1 · 2,354 votes · 1h 53m · adventure, drama, familyThe untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the s…
#5 Senna (2010) · ★ 8.1 · 1,242 votes · 1h 46m · history, documentaryThe remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical stat…
#6 The Imitation Game (2014) · ★ 8.0 · 18,461 votes · 1h 53m · thriller, drama, historyBased on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain…
#7 1917 (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 13,954 votes · 1h 59m · action, thriller, dramaAt the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.…
#8 Hidden Figures (2016) · ★ 8.0 · 10,671 votes · 2h 7m · drama, historyThe untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest o…
#9 Ford v Ferrari (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 9,331 votes · 2h 33m · action, drama, historyAmerican car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to bui…
#10 Loving Vincent (2017) · ★ 8.0 · 2,663 votes · 1h 35m · drama, animation, historyA young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.…
#11 A Taxi Driver (2017) · ★ 8.0 · 1,235 votes · 2h 18m · action, drama, historyMay, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for…
#12 12 Years a Slave (2013) · ★ 7.9 · 12,250 votes · 2h 14m · drama, historyIn the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solo…
#13 Dallas Buyers Club (2013) · ★ 7.9 · 9,297 votes · 1h 57m · drama, historyLoosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.…
#14 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) · ★ 7.9 · 1,921 votes · 1h 53m · drama, family, historyAgainst all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.…
#15 Apollo 11 (2019) · ★ 7.9 · 732 votes · 1h 33m · drama, history, documentaryA look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.…
#16 In This Corner of the World (2016) · ★ 7.9 · 637 votes · 2h 10m · romance, drama, animationJapan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation…
#17 Temple Grandin (2010) · ★ 7.9 · 590 votes · 1h 48m · drama, historyA biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.…
#18 Spotlight (2015) · ★ 7.8 · 8,994 votes · 2h 9m · drama, historyThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to…
#19 Little Women (2019) · ★ 7.8 · 7,018 votes · 2h 15m · romance, drama, historyFour sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.…
#20 Straight Outta Compton (2015) · ★ 7.8 · 4,312 votes · 2h 27m · drama, history, musicIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful w…
#21 The Wind Rises (2013) · ★ 7.8 · 3,502 votes · 2h 6m · romance, drama, animationA lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.…
#22 Just Mercy (2019) · ★ 7.8 · 2,557 votes · 2h 17m · drama, history, crimeThe powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sent…
#23 Land of Mine (2015) · ★ 7.8 · 1,518 votes · 1h 40m · drama, history, warIn the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coas…
#24 They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) · ★ 7.8 · 703 votes · 1h 39m · history, war, documentaryA documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.…
#25 Maudie (2016) · ★ 7.8 · 608 votes · 1h 55m · romance, drama, historyCanadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.…
#26 The King's Speech (2010) · ★ 7.7 · 9,536 votes · 1h 58m · drama, historyThe King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the thr…
#27 The Act of Killing (2012) · ★ 7.7 · 790 votes · 2h 39m · history, documentaryAfter befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various American film genres. As the…
#28 Never Look Away (2018) · ★ 7.7 · 776 votes · 3h 8m · romance, drama, historyGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.…
#29 The Irishman (2019) · ★ 7.6 · 7,746 votes · 3h 29m · drama, history, crimePennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufal…
#30 BlacKkKlansman (2018) · ★ 7.5 · 8,264 votes · 2h 16m · comedy, drama, historyColorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Kl…
#31 The Favourite (2018) · ★ 7.5 · 6,068 votes · 2h 0m · comedy, thriller, dramaEngland, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rival…
#32 The Two Popes (2019) · ★ 7.5 · 3,213 votes · 2h 5m · comedy, drama, historyFrustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective…
#33 Ip Man 2 (2010) · ★ 7.5 · 2,572 votes · 1h 48m · action, drama, historyHaving defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip ope…
#34 Only the Brave (2017) · ★ 7.5 · 1,952 votes · 2h 13m · action, drama, historyMembers of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.…
#35 Hotel Mumbai (2019) · ★ 7.5 · 1,798 votes · 2h 3m · action, thriller, dramaMumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk thei…
#36 The Round Up (2010) · ★ 7.5 · 1,052 votes · 1h 55m · drama, history, warA faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.…
#37 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · ★ 7.5 · 920 votes · 2h 14m · action, fantasy, adventureIn 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.…
#38 Cyrano, My Love (2018) · ★ 7.5 · 533 votes · 1h 53m · comedy, historyParis, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless,…
#39 The Impossible (2012) · ★ 7.4 · 6,844 votes · 1h 53m · adventure, thriller, dramaIn December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomp…
#40 Darkest Hour (2017) · ★ 7.4 · 5,650 votes · 2h 5m · drama, historyIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the Briti…