125 films showing in the History genre

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven, 2021, France

131 mins
7.6 / 10 (7891)
9 countries
12 years
Biography Drama History LGBTQ+

Breaking the Waves

Lars von Trier, 1996, Denmark

159 mins
8.6 / 10 (13795)
30 countries
8 years
Drama History

The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element)

Lars von Trier, 1984, Denmark

99 mins
7.2 / 10 (3011)
30 countries
8 years
Drama History Crime Thriller Mystery

Dogville

Lars von Trier, 2003, Denmark

171 mins
8.6 / 10 (21636)
30 countries
8 years
Drama History Avant-Garde

Manderlay

Lars von Trier, 2005, Denmark

133 mins
7.6 / 10 (4203)
30 countries
8 years
Drama Avant-Garde History

Europa

Lars von Trier, 1991, Denmark

108 mins
8.2 / 10 (5560)
30 countries
8 years
Drama History Avant-Garde

Dancer in the Dark

Lars von Trier, 2000, Denmark

140 mins
8.4 / 10 (20582)
23 countries
8 years
Musical Drama History Music Avant-Garde

The King's Choice (Kongens Nei)

Erik Poppe, 2016, Norway

130 mins
6.4 / 10 (60)
2 countries
5 years
Drama History

Reality

Tina Satter, 2023, United States

82 mins
8 / 10 (4778)
16 countries
2 years
Drama History

State Funeral

Sergei Loznitsa, 2019, Netherlands

135 mins
8.4 / 10 (1546)
4 countries
2 years
Documentary History

Zama

Lucrecia Martel, 2017, Argentina

115 mins
7.6 / 10 (2772)
88 countries
1 year
Drama History Adventure

Jimmy's Hall

Ken Loach, 2014, United Kingdom

109 mins
7.6 / 10 (848)
1 country
1 year
Drama Biography History

Mr. Jones

Agnieszka Holland, 2019, Poland

118 mins
7.6 / 10 (373)
5 countries
11 months
Drama History

The Imitation Game

Morten Tyldum, 2014, United States

115 mins
6.4 / 10 (3773)
5 countries
11 months
Biography Drama Thriller History LGBTQ+

Macbeth

Justin Kurzel, 2015, United Kingdom

113 mins
7 / 10 (1655)
6 countries
11 months
Drama History War

The Founder

John Lee Hancock, 2016, United States

115 mins
5.8 / 10 (779)
2 countries
10 months
Drama Biography History

Gundermann

Andreas Dresen, 2018, Germany

127 mins
7.6 / 10 (117)
2 countries
9 months
Drama Biography Music History

Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes)

Claude Chabrol, 1988, France

108 mins
8.8 / 10 (5454)
101 countries
9 months
Drama History War

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc)

Robert Bresson, 1962, France

64 mins
8 / 10 (2487)
98 countries
9 months
Drama Biography History

Selma

Ava DuVernay, 2014, United States

128 mins
7.6 / 10 (1909)
2 countries
8 months
Biography Drama History

One Sings, the Other Doesn't (L'une chante, l'autre pas)

Agnès Varda, 1977, France

122 mins
8.6 / 10 (2063)
7 countries
8 months
Drama Musical History

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (绣春刀II：修罗战场 | Xiu chun dao 2: Xiu luo zhan chang)

Yang Lu, 2017, China

120 mins
6 / 10 (30)
2 countries
8 months
Action Drama History

The Captain (Der Hauptmann)

Robert Schwentke, 2017, Portugal

119 mins
7.6 / 10 (256)
2 countries
7 months
Drama History War

Martin Eden

Pietro Marcello, 2019, Italy

129 mins
8.4 / 10 (7656)
75 countries
7 months
Drama Romance History

Blood of My Blood (Sangue del mio sangue)

Marco Bellocchio, 2015, Italy

109 mins
7 / 10 (305)
8 countries
7 months
Drama History

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (Uma História de Amor e Fúria)

Luiz Bolognesi, 2013, Brazil

75 mins
8 / 10 (553)
1 country
7 months
Animation Drama History Romance

Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages)

André Téchiné, 1994, France

114 mins
8.2 / 10 (2273)
16 countries
6 months
Drama Romance LGBTQ+ History War

Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons)

Jacques Rivette, 1994, France

177 mins
8.4 / 10 (387)
3 countries
6 months
History Drama Biography

Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles)

Jacques Rivette, 1994, France

160 mins
8 / 10 (491)
3 countries
6 months
History Drama Biography War

Snow Pirates (Kar Korsanları)

Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu, 2015, Turkey

83 mins
8.4 / 10 (714)
1 country
5 months
Drama History

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader, 1985, Japan

121 mins
8.4 / 10 (2510)
2 countries
5 months
Drama Biography LGBTQ+ History

I Wish I Knew (Hai shang chuan qi)

Jia Zhangke, 2010, China

119 mins
7.4 / 10 (703)
101 countries
5 months
Documentary History

Unlocking the Cage

Chris Hegedus D.A. Pennebaker, 2015, United States

92 mins
6.8 / 10 (24)
1 country
4 months
Documentary Drama History

Robin Hood

Allan Dwan, 1922, United States

142 mins
6.8 / 10 (85)
1 country
4 months
Adventure Silent History

Vera Drake

Mike Leigh, 2004, United Kingdom

125 mins
8.2 / 10 (4157)
2 countries
4 months
Biography Crime Drama History

Sarraounia

Med Hondo, 1986, Burkina Faso

121 mins
8.4 / 10 (129)
1 country
4 months
Drama History

Neruda

Pablo Larraín, 2016, Chile

108 mins
7.4 / 10 (1338)
3 countries
4 months
Biography History Fantasy Drama Crime

A Field in England

Ben Wheatley, 2013, United Kingdom

90 mins
7 / 10 (1612)
4 countries
4 months
Horror Drama History

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc)

Bruno Dumont, 2017, France

108 mins
6.6 / 10 (655)
4 countries
3 months
Musical History Biography

Antônio das Mortes

Glauber Rocha, 1969, Brazil

99 mins
8.6 / 10 (1436)
1 country
3 months
History Drama

The Bostonians

James Ivory, 1984, United States

122 mins
7 / 10 (773)
98 countries
3 months
History LGBTQ+ Romance

Peterloo

Mike Leigh, 2018, United Kingdom

154 mins
7 / 10 (268)
1 country
3 months
Drama History

Devi Ahilya Bai

Jayoo Patwardhan Nachiket Patwardhan, 2002, India

147 mins
8.4 / 10 (93)
1 country
3 months
Drama Biography History

Joan of Arc (Jeanne)

Bruno Dumont, 2019, France

138 mins
7 / 10 (513)
2 countries
2 months
Musical History Biography War

12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen, 2013, United States

135 mins
7.6 / 10 (6220)
1 country
2 months
Drama Biography History

Dear Comrades! (Дорогие товарищи!)

Andrey Konchalovskiy, 2020, Russia

121 mins
8.2 / 10 (1098)
2 countries
2 months
Drama History

The President's Last Bang (Geuddae geusaramdeul)

Im Sang-soo, 2005, South Korea

102 mins
6.8 / 10 (375)
1 country
2 months
Crime Drama History

Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2018, Germany

181 mins
8.6 / 10 (1699)
1 country
2 months
Drama History Biography

Renoir

Gilles Bourdos, 2012, France

112 mins
6.6 / 10 (525)
2 countries
2 months
Biography Drama History

Bicycles Are for the Summer (Las bicicletas son para el verano)

Jaime Chávarri, 1984, Spain

104 mins
7.4 / 10 (46)
1 country
41 days
Drama History War

The Assassin (Ci ke Nie Yin Niang | 刺客聶隱娘 | Nie Yin Niang)

Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015, Taiwan

105 mins
7.2 / 10 (2448)
3 countries
41 days
Drama History Action

Milk

Gus Van Sant, 2008, United States

123 mins
7.4 / 10 (9515)
1 country
41 days
Biography Drama LGBTQ+ History

Corsage

Marie Kreutzer, 2022, Austria

114 mins
7.8 / 10 (4969)
1 country
41 days
Biography History Drama

Wife of a Spy (スパイの妻 | Supai no tsuma)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2020, Japan

116 mins
7.4 / 10 (4185)
1 country
34 days
Drama War History Thriller

Black Rain (Kuroi ame)

Shôhei Imamura, 1989, Japan

122 mins
8.4 / 10 (653)
3 countries
11 days
Drama History War

Lost Illusions (Illusions perdues)

Xavier Giannoli, 2021, France

150 mins
8.2 / 10 (1005)
2 countries
11 days
Drama History

Killing the Shadows (Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?)

Ezel Akay, 2006, Turkey

131 mins
8.4 / 10 (1269)
1 country
10 days
Comedy Drama History

Meek's Cutoff

Kelly Reichardt, 2010, United States

103 mins
7.8 / 10 (4172)
1 country
10 days
Drama History Western

Jazz in Turkey (Türkiye’de Caz)

Batu Akyol, 2013, Turkey

102 mins
9 / 10 (803)
1 country
10 days
Documentary Music History Biography

Climax

Gaspar Noé, 2018, France

97 mins
7.8 / 10 (11297)
2 countries
10 days
Drama Music Avant-Garde LGBTQ+ History Erotica

The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)

Michael Haneke, 2009, Germany

144 mins
8.6 / 10 (11208)
1 country
10 days
Drama Mystery History

The Warrior

Asif Kapadia, 2001, Germany

87 mins
7.6 / 10 (267)
2 countries
6 days
Drama History Action War

Geronimo

Tony Gatlif, 2014, France

105 mins
6.6 / 10 (130)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

The Second Game (Al doilea joc)

Corneliu Porumboiu, 2014, Romania

97 mins
6.8 / 10 (367)
121 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History Sport

What Now? Remind Me (E Agora? Lembra-me)

Joaquim Pinto, 2013, Portugal

165 mins
8.2 / 10 (427)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History LGBTQ+

Black Magic

Gregory Ratoff Orson Welles, 1949, United States

106 mins
6.6 / 10 (215)
4 countries
Unlimited
Adventure Romance History

Palace of Silents: The Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles

Iain Kennedy, 2010, United States

77 mins
6.8 / 10 (269)
122 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Lopez Street (Calle López)

Lisa Tillinger Gerardo Barroso, 2013, Mexico

81 mins
8 / 10 (367)
128 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Drama History

The Absent Stone (La piedra ausente)

Jesse Lerner Sandra Rozental, 2013, Mexico

81 mins
7.8 / 10 (293)
128 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History

Nobody is Innocent 20 Years Later (Nadie es inocente 20 años después)

Sarah Minter, 2010, Mexico

76 mins
8 / 10 (23)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

The Third Wife (Người vợ ba)

Ash Mayfair, 2018, Vietnam

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (614)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck, 2016, United States

94 mins
8.8 / 10 (4050)
6 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History Biography LGBTQ+

Parador Húngaro

Aseneth Suarez Ruiz Patrick Alexander, 2014, Colombia

79 mins
7.2 / 10 (256)
125 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

Amy Nicholson, 2012, Honduras

76 mins
8 / 10 (142)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

In omaggio all'arte italiana!

Jean-Marie Straub, 2015, Italy

10 mins
4.8 / 10 (438)
125 countries
Unlimited
Short History

Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard)

Alain Resnais, 1956, France

33 mins
9.2 / 10 (9588)
116 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Short History

The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)

Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966, Italy

121 mins
8.8 / 10 (6545)
1 country
Unlimited
War History

Beyond My Grandfather Allende (Allende, mi abuelo Allende)

Marcia Tambutti, 2015, Chile

98 mins
8 / 10 (243)
106 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Drama History

Perdida

Viviana García-Besné, 2009, Mexico

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (213)
124 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

The German Doctor (Wakolda)

Lucía Puenzo, 2013, Argentina

94 mins
7.2 / 10 (456)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History Thriller

Polytechnique

Denis Villeneuve, 2009, Canada

77 mins
7.8 / 10 (2827)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (...А зори здесь тихие | A zori zdes tikhie)

Stanislav Rostotsky, 1972, Soviet Union

158 mins
8.4 / 10 (602)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama History War

Carmel

Amos Gitaï, 2009, France

93 mins
6 / 10 (39)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Avant-Garde Drama History

Ashik Kerib (აშიკ-ქერიბი)

Sergei Parajanov Dodo Abashidze, 1988, Soviet Union

74 mins
8 / 10 (1685)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama Avant-Garde History

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Падение династии Романовых)

Esfir Shub, 1927, Soviet Union

87 mins
7.8 / 10 (257)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

October (Ten Days That Shook the World) (Oktyabr)

Sergei Eisenstein Grigori Aleksandrov, 1927, Soviet Union

102 mins
8 / 10 (1008)
6 countries
Unlimited
Silent Drama History

Séraphine

Martin Provost, 2008, France

126 mins
7.6 / 10 (583)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama War History

Gilles' Wife (La femme de Gilles)

Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004, Belgium

108 mins
6.8 / 10 (68)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Valerie a týden divů)

Jaromil Jireš, 1970, Czechoslovakia

73 mins
8 / 10 (2496)
3 countries
Unlimited
Avant-Garde Drama LGBTQ+ History

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків | Tini zabutykh predkiv)

Sergei Parajanov, 1965, Soviet Union

92 mins
8.6 / 10 (3570)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama History Avant-Garde Music

Howl

Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman, 2010, United States

84 mins
6.6 / 10 (2451)
5 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography LGBTQ+ History

The Conformist (Il conformista)

Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970, Italy

114 mins
8.6 / 10 (6426)
2 countries
Unlimited
Crime History Drama

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Martin Scorsese Michael Henry Wilson, 1995, United Kingdom

220 mins
8.8 / 10 (1260)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History TV Movie

Edvard Munch

Peter Watkins, 1974, Norway

221 mins
8.8 / 10 (1116)
3 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama History TV Movie

Man on Wire

James Marsh, 2008, United Kingdom

94 mins
8 / 10 (6265)
4 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

The Times of Harvey Milk

Rob Epstein, 1984, United States

84 mins
8.4 / 10 (896)
2 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History LGBTQ+

I'm Not There

Todd Haynes, 2007, United States

136 mins
7.2 / 10 (6731)
4 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama Music Musical History Anthology Comedy

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach, 2006, Ireland

127 mins
8.4 / 10 (7586)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama War History

It's a Free World...

Ken Loach, 2007, United Kingdom

95 mins
8 / 10 (1621)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

In the Realm of the Senses (愛のコリーダ | Ai no korīda)

Nagisa Ôshima, 1976, Japan

102 mins
7.8 / 10 (11513)
109 countries
Unlimited
Drama History Romance

The Sorrow and the Pity (Le chagrin et la pitié)

Marcel Ophüls, 1969, France

249 mins
8.6 / 10 (255)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History War

Marketa Lazarová

František Vláčil, 1967, Czechoslovakia

165 mins
8.8 / 10 (1243)
3 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas)

Arnaud des Pallières, 2013, France

122 mins
7.2 / 10 (692)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

Burnt by the Sun (Утомленные солнцем)

Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994, France

146 mins
8.2 / 10 (1129)
3 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Hannah Arendt

Margarethe von Trotta, 2012, Germany

114 mins
6.6 / 10 (924)
2 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Lore

Cate Shortland, 2012, Germany

109 mins
7.6 / 10 (1090)
2 countries
Unlimited
Drama History Romance

Winter Nomads (Hiver nomade)

Manuel von Stürler, 2012, Switzerland

89 mins
8.8 / 10 (1093)
123 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History

A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære)

Nikolaj Arcel, 2012, Denmark

138 mins
7.8 / 10 (2220)
2 countries
Unlimited
Romance History Biography

Chimes at Midnight (Campanadas a medianoche)

Orson Welles, 1965, Spain

116 mins
8.4 / 10 (1627)
107 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Drama History

Vito

Jeffrey Schwarz, 2011, United States

89 mins
7.8 / 10 (73)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary LGBTQ+ History

The Last Christeros (Los últimos cristeros)

Matias Meyer, 2011, Mexico

89 mins
6.6 / 10 (69)
55 countries
Unlimited
War Drama History

Drancy Avenir

Arnaud des Pallières, 1997, France

79 mins
7.2 / 10 (72)
93 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Nanking

Bill Guttentag Dan Sturman, 2007, United States

86 mins
7.2 / 10 (64)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History War

Metrobranding: A Love Story Between Men and Objects (Metrobranding - O poveste de dragoste între oameni şi obiecte)

Ana Vlad Adi Voicu, 2010, Romania

91 mins
7.2 / 10 (46)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

The Legend of the Suram Fortress (Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa | ამბავი სურამის ციხისა)

Sergei Parajanov Dodo Abashidze, 1985, Soviet Union

83 mins
7.8 / 10 (1411)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Red Hollywood

Thom Andersen Noël Burch, 1996, United States

114 mins
7.6 / 10 (259)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

The Turin Horse (A torinói ló)

Ágnes Hranitzky Béla Tarr, 2011, Hungary

156 mins
8.8 / 10 (4685)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama History

Telling Lies in America

Guy Ferland, 1997, United States

101 mins
6.4 / 10 (216)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Werner Herzog, 2010, United States

90 mins
8.8 / 10 (8827)
69 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History

Blanche

Walerian Borowczyk, 1971, France

94 mins
7 / 10 (1040)
128 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

In a Glass Cage (Tras el cristal)

Agustí Villaronga, 1986, Spain

112 mins
7.6 / 10 (687)
2 countries
Unlimited
Drama History LGBTQ+ Horror

The Beast (La Bête)

Walerian Borowczyk, 1975, France

98 mins
6.4 / 10 (3029)
122 countries
Unlimited
Drama Comedy History Avant-Garde

Immoral Tales (Contes immoraux)

Walerian Borowczyk, 1973, France

125 mins
6.2 / 10 (5109)
121 countries
Unlimited
Drama History Anthology Comedy Avant-Garde Erotica

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Thom Andersen, 2003, United States

170 mins
8.8 / 10 (2090)
103 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History

Zatôichi (座頭市)

Shintarô Katsu, 1989, Japan

119 mins
7.2 / 10 (77)
1 country
Unlimited
Action Adventure History