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Best History Movies of the 2010s
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Way Back (2010)
PG-13Adventure, Drama, History2h13Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
Woman in Gold (2015)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History1h49Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Silence (2016)
RDrama, History2h41In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
The Death of Stalin (2017)
RComedy, Drama, History1h47Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
The King (2019)
RBiography, Drama, History2h20Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
PG-13Action, Drama, History1h47A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Foxcatcher (2014)
RBiography, Drama, History2h14U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
The Water Diviner (2014)
RDrama, History, War1h51An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
The Finest Hours (2016)
PG-13Action, Drama, History1h57The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Jackie (2016)
RBiography, Drama, History1h40Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
12 Strong (2018)
RAction, Drama, History2h1012 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
Child 44 (2015)
RCrime, Drama, History2h17A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.