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Best History Movies of the 21st Century
Downfall (2004)
RBiography, Drama, History2h36Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
RBiography, Drama, History2h14In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
RBiography, Drama, History2h19World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h01Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
Cinderella Man (2005)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h24The story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to challenge for the heavyweight championship of the world.
The King's Speech (2010)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History1h58The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Hero (2002)
PG-13Action, Adventure, History2h00A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13Action, Drama, History1h46Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Hidden Figures (2016)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h07The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
RBiography, Drama, History2h27The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
PG-13Drama, History, War1h34Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
RDrama, History, Thriller2h09The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
The White Ribbon (2009)
RDrama, History, Mystery2h24Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Black Hawk Down (2001)
RDrama, History, War2h24160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
RBiography, Drama, History2h02A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
RBiography, Drama, History2h03Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Bridge of Spies (2015)
PG-13Drama, History, Thriller2h22During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Dark Waters (2019)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h06A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
RDrama, History, War2h11A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
RAction, Drama, History2h03The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Les Misérables (2012)
PG-13Drama, History, Musical2h38In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
The Impossible (2012)
PG-13Drama, History, Thriller1h54The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Miracle (2004)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h15The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
Munich (2005)
RAction, Drama, History2h44Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.
Selma (2014)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h08A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
United 93 (2006)
RAction, Drama, History1h51A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Darkest Hour (2017)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h05In 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 British Empire.
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PGBiography, Drama, History1h33Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
RDrama, History, Thriller2h37A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
13 Hours (2016)
RAction, Drama, History2h24During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13Drama, Fantasy, History2h13The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Detroit (2017)
RCrime, Drama, History2h23Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
First Man (2018)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h21A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Invictus (2009)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h14Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Lincoln (2012)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h30As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Seabiscuit (2003)
PG-13Drama, History, Sport2h20True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
The Queen (2006)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History1h43After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
The Way Back (2010)
PG-13Adventure, Drama, History2h13Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
The Young Victoria (2009)
PGBiography, Drama, History1h45A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Thirteen Days (2000)
PG-13Drama, History, Thriller2h25In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.