Best History Movies of 2025
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Best History Movies of 2025
TOP Movies: Hamnet (2025), I Swear (2025), Nuremberg (2025), The Lost Bus (2025), Song Sung Blue (2025), Roofman (2025), Christy (2025), Good Night, and Good Luck (2025), Guru Nanak Jahaz (2025), Sarah's Oil (2025), Swiped (2025), Blue Moon (2025), The Captive (2025), The Alto Knights (2025), The Smashing Machine (2025), Truth & Treason (2025), Dead Man's Wire (2025), The Testament of Ann Lee (2025), New Wave (2025), The History of Sound (2025).
List of Best Movies
41K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, lyrical, costume drama, crying ...
Plot:
bare chested male, grief, tragedy, death of child, mourning, shakespeare, literary, family tragedy, creative process, mother son relationship, biopic, bittersweet ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
london
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12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life of John Davidson, charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980's Britain to a present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome. Diagnosed aged fifteen, John navigates his way ...
Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, emotional, educational, dramatic ...
Plot:
biopic, empathy, acceptance, personal growth, resilience, character study, kindness, mental health, coming of age, high school life, social realism, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
britain, scotland
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58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 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 ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, psychological thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, manipulation, ethical dilemma, ethics, character study, moral ambiguity, evil, world war two, courtroom, courtroom drama, obsession, interrogation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, post world war two, year 1946, year 1945
Place:
germany, austria, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic, fast paced ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fire, disaster, evacuation, natural disaster, search and rescue, forest fire, survival, children, rescue, chaos, heroism, smoking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, feel good, romantic drama ...
Plot:
second chance, husband and wife, heartbreak, biopic, personal growth, bittersweet, intimate, bare chested male, singer, singing, funeral, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, midwest, wisconsin
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54K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, tense, crime thriller, crying ...
Plot:
male star appears nude, bare chested male, toy store, male nudity, prison escape, double life, heist, ex military, cat and mouse, anti hero, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2004, year 2003
Place:
north carolina
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, f word, period drama
Plot:
female boxer, fighter, boxing, biopic, female empowerment, resilience, trailblazer, underdog, abusive relationship, empowerment, family drama, controversy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, year 1989, year 2010 ...
Place:
west virginia, las vegas, florida, tennessee
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Livestreamed from the penultimate show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film follows the story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thought provoking, tension, serious ...
Plot:
mccarthyism, journalism, ethical dilemma, cold war, political conflict, live performance, broadway, anti communism, news anchor, government, politician, theatre play ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
new york
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Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film is based on a true incident of 20th century popularly known as Komagata Maru incident. The film unveils a poignant chapter in history when a group of Indian Sikh immigrants aboard a Japanese steamship named Komagata Maru arrived in ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, bleak, period piece, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racial discrimination, equality, justice, social injustice, racial prejudice, oppression, colonialism, human rights, resistance, protest, diaspora, legal battle ...
Place:
canada, india, vancouver
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Sarah Rector, an African-American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece, independent film
Plot:
black history, female empowerment, exploitation, racial discrimination, child protagonist, greed, family drama, resilience, biopic, coming of age, entrepreneurship, determination ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
Style:
motivational, tense, fast paced
Plot:
female empowerment, entrepreneurship, biopic, silicon valley, resilience, innovation, feminism, inspiration, ambition, sexism, urban, social media ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
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14K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, alcoholism, broadway, gay, intimate, gay interest, depression, character study, biopic, friendship, composer, addiction ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
male nudity, storytelling, captivity, survival, biopic, resilience, escape plan, ransom, hostage, pow, renaissance, sea voyage ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
europe, algeria
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course ...
Style:
crime thriller, historical drama, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, crime boss, biopic, organized crime, betrayal, gangster, underworld, corruption, power struggle, betrayal of trust, gang warfare, conflict ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1957, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
Style:
intense, inspirational, depressing, period piece, crying ...
Plot:
mixed martial arts, biopic, gym, athlete, substance abuse, addiction, perseverance, competition, violence, training camp, obsession, interview ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1999, 2020s ...
Place:
phoenix arizona, tokyo, japan, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Lithuania, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.
Style:
historical drama, intense, tension, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
nazi germany, oppression, moral dilemma, resistance, totalitarianism, world war two, gestapo, conscience, friendship, loss of innocence, fear, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
germany, hamburg germany
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, manipulation, revenge, desperation, character study, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, negotiation, law enforcement, class conflict, obsession ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
indianapolis indiana, florida
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
religious leader, biopic, female protagonist, spirituality, spiritual awakening, female nudity, historical epic, female empowerment, prophecy, sacrifice, pilgrimage, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
manchester
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François ...
Style:
experimental, art house, black and white, period drama
Plot:
film history, filmmaking, improv, voice over narration, moral ambiguity, boxer, husband wife relationship, actor, bare chested male, cinema, actress, film producer ...
Time:
year 1959
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.
Style:
crying, period piece, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, world war one, gay sex, gay interest, male male relationship, bare chested male, love, lgbt, lgbtq, suicide, grief ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 80s, year 1918, year 1919 ...
Place:
maine, kentucky, boston, new england, rome italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sweden, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
colonialism, resistance, british empire, nationalism, political conflict, coming of age, ethnic conflict, family bonds, british colonialism, zionism, class differences, harvest ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1936, 20th century
Place:
jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Plot details unknown, but it is rumored to be a historical epic relating to the Bible.
Style:
biblical, spiritual, poignant, meditative, emotional ...
Plot:
last supper, jesus christ, betrayal, religious, faith based, sacrifice, redemption, faith, devotional, historical epic, gospel, ritual ...
Place:
jerusalem
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Germany, Hungary, France, China
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the ...
Style:
reflective, meditative, contemplative, poignant, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, college campus, gender equality, longing, garden, tree, male nudity
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, memories, prison escape, war crime, survival, resistance, biopic, sacrifice, forced labor ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, educational, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
photography, japanese army, japanese occupation, refugee, heroism, sacrifice, occupation, resilience, wartime, moral ambiguity, resistance, urban ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1937
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
art, attic, priest, revenge killing, mysterious man, forgery, stuttering, underworld, art dealer, disco, organized crime, assassin ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As World War I rages on, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
Style:
melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
choir, male nudity, masturbation, world war one, teenager, conscription, loss of innocence, coming of age, sacrifice, bittersweet, recruitment, military service ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
yorkshire, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, photography, intimate, creative process, introspection, conversation, urban, memory, epiphany ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The horrifying true story of Ed Kemper, a cunning and sadistic serial killer shaped by childhood abuse, whose charm masked his grotesque obsession with murder, mutilation, and the ultimate act of revenge on his mother.
Style:
dark, disturbing, psychological thriller, tense, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, true crime, mother son relationship, violence against women, abuse, childhood trauma, violence, biopic, sociopathy, character study, psychiatry ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1969, year 1973, year 1972
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film follows in the wake of young Rosa who flees bomb-stricken Berlin in the autumn of 1943 and heads to a small, isolated village near the eastern border. This is where her in-laws live and where her husband, who’s deployed on the front, has ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, moral dilemma, paranoia, survival, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, claustrophobia, sisterhood, occupation, poisoning ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
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