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Best History Movies of the 2020s
#1 Michael (2026) · ★ 8.6 · 4,476 votes · 2h 8m · drama, history, musicThe story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talen…
#2 I Swear (2025) · ★ 8.3 · 590 votes · 2h 1m · drama, historyDiagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of o…
#3 There's Still Tomorrow (2023) · ★ 8.1 · 1,557 votes · 1h 58m · comedy, drama, historyIn postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter a…
#4 Oppenheimer (2023) · ★ 8.0 · 12,539 votes · 3h 1m · drama, historyThe story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.…
#5 Society of the Snow (2023) · ★ 8.0 · 3,650 votes · 2h 23m · drama, historyOn October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.…
#6 Flamin' Hot (2023) · ★ 8.0 · 871 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, drama, historyThe inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack t…
#7 The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) · ★ 7.9 · 2,131 votes · 2h 58m · action, adventure, thrillerEdmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manage…
#8 I'm Still Here (2024) · ★ 7.9 · 1,172 votes · 2h 18m · thriller, drama, historyA woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbit…
#9 Tetris (2023) · ★ 7.8 · 2,036 votes · 1h 58m · thriller, drama, historyIn 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption…
#10 Thirteen Lives (2022) · ★ 7.8 · 1,581 votes · 2h 27m · thriller, drama, historyBased on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them…
#11 One Life (2023) · ★ 7.8 · 999 votes · 1h 49m · drama, history, warBritish stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation…
#12 Argentina 1985 (2022) · ★ 7.8 · 769 votes · 2h 21m · drama, history, crimeIn the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.…
#13 The Shadow in My Eye (2021) · ★ 7.8 · 572 votes · 1h 47m · drama, history, warOn March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidenta…
#14 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) · ★ 7.7 · 3,458 votes · 2h 10m · drama, historyWhat was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.…
#15 RRR (2022) · ★ 7.7 · 1,709 votes · 3h 7m · action, adventure, dramaA fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.…
#16 Hamnet (2025) · ★ 7.7 · 1,648 votes · 2h 5m · romance, drama, historyThe powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.…
#17 Emancipation (2022) · ★ 7.7 · 1,308 votes · 2h 12m · drama, history, warInspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, h…
#18 The Promised Land (2023) · ★ 7.7 · 647 votes · 2h 7m · action, drama, historyDenmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in excha…
#19 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) · ★ 7.7 · 566 votes · 2h 18m · action, adventure, dramaIn 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.…
#20 King Richard (2021) · ★ 7.6 · 2,945 votes · 2h 24m · drama, historyThe story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.…
#21 The Woman King (2022) · ★ 7.6 · 2,429 votes · 2h 15m · action, drama, historyThe story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever s…
#22 Nuremberg (2025) · ★ 7.6 · 1,437 votes · 2h 29m · thriller, drama, historyIn postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and eth…
#23 The Six Triple Eight (2024) · ★ 7.6 · 728 votes · 2h 10m · drama, history, warDuring World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't…
#24 A Million Miles Away (2023) · ★ 7.6 · 556 votes · 2h 2m · drama, historyThe life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.…
#25 The Iron Claw (2023) · ★ 7.5 · 1,357 votes · 2h 13m · drama, historyThe true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph,…
#26 Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) · ★ 7.4 · 4,259 votes · 3h 26m · drama, history, crimeWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.…
#27 Elvis (2022) · ★ 7.4 · 4,029 votes · 2h 39m · drama, history, musicThe life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.…
#28 The Last Duel (2021) · ★ 7.4 · 4,020 votes · 2h 33m · action, thriller, dramaKing Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.…
#29 The Swimmers (2022) · ★ 7.4 · 664 votes · 2h 14m · drama, historyFrom war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.…
#30 Lost Illusions (2021) · ★ 7.4 · 574 votes · 2h 29m · romance, drama, historyLucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his drea…
#31 Mixed by Erry (2023) · ★ 7.4 · 503 votes · 1h 53m · comedy, history, musicThe rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples, Italy, during the '80s.…
#32 Air (2023) · ★ 7.3 · 2,456 votes · 1h 52m · drama, historyDiscover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with…
#33 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) · ★ 7.3 · 1,762 votes · 2h 5m · drama, historyBill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionar…
#34 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) · ★ 7.3 · 532 votes · 1h 56m · comedy, drama, historyA 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.…
#35 Escape from Pretoria (2020) · ★ 7.2 · 1,541 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, drama, historySouth Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape…
#36 BlackBerry (2023) · ★ 7.2 · 993 votes · 2h 0m · comedy, drama, historyTwo mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in littl…
#37 The Secret Agent (2025) · ★ 7.2 · 854 votes · 2h 41m · thriller, drama, historyBrazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is…
#38 She Said (2022) · ★ 7.2 · 756 votes · 2h 9m · drama, historyNew York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades…
#39 Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) · ★ 7.2 · 638 votes · 2h 4m · romance, drama, historyThe Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to f…
#40 A Complete Unknown (2024) · ★ 7.1 · 1,567 votes · 2h 21m · drama, history, musicNew York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his…