Best History Movies on Amazon Prime Video in Australia

1. 1
   I Swear 2025

   Directed by Kirk Jones · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   8.0

   8.3 · 641 votes
2. 2
   The Imitation Game 2014

   Directed by Morten Tyldum · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Stan, Britbox
   8.0

   8.0 · 19K votes
3. 3
   Raging Bull 1980

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, 7plus, Tubi TV
   7.9

   7.9 · 5K votes
4. 4
   Argentina 1985 2022

   Directed by Santiago Mitre · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   7.7

   7.8 · 784 votes
5. 5
   The Last Emperor 1987

   Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Beamafilm
   7.5

   7.6 · 2K votes
6. 6
   The Promised Land 2023

   Directed by Nikolaj Arcel · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand
   7.5

   7.7 · 665 votes
7. 7
   A Million Miles Away 2023

   Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   7.4

   7.6 · 561 votes
8. 8
   Häxan 1922

   Directed by Benjamin Christensen · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, JustWatch TV Free, Tubi TV
   7.4

   7.6 · 465 votes
9. 9
   The Killing Fields 1984

   Directed by Roland Joffé · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   7.3

   7.5 · 874 votes
10. 10
    The Mission 1986

    Directed by Roland Joffé · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.6K votes
11. 11
    Kalashnikov AK-47 2020

    Directed by Konstantin Buslov · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    7.3

    7.5 · 406 votes
12. 12
    Air 2023

    Directed by Ben Affleck · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.2

    7.3 · 2.5K votes
13. 13
    Truth & Treason 2025

    Directed by Matt Whitaker · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.2

    8.1 · 113 votes
14. 14
    Sully 2016

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.2

    7.2 · 8K votes
15. 15
    Birdman of Alcatraz 1962

    Directed by John Frankenheimer · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    7.2

    7.5 · 365 votes
16. 16
    Cabrini 2024

    Directed by Alejandro Monteverde · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.2

    7.7 · 179 votes
17. 17
    The Long Walk Home 1990

    Directed by Richard Pearce · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex
    7.1

    7.7 · 168 votes
18. 18
    T-34 2018

    Directed by Alexey Sidorov · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.1

    7.2 · 979 votes
19. 19
    Sita Ramam 2022

    Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.1

    7.8 · 125 votes
20. 20
    The Young Victoria 2009

    Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.1K votes
21. 21
    Midway 2019

    Directed by Roland Emmerich · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Stan
    7.1

    7.1 · 2.8K votes
22. 22
    The Captain 2018

    Directed by Robert Schwentke · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.1

    7.2 · 536 votes
23. 23
    Jai Bhim 2021

    Directed by T. J. Gnanavel · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.4 · 260 votes
24. 24
    Firebird 2021

    Directed by Peeter Rebane · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand
    7.0

    7.4 · 251 votes
25. 25
    Promise at Dawn 2017

    Directed by Eric Barbier · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.2 · 515 votes
26. 26
    First Man 2018

    Directed by Damien Chazelle · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.0 · 5.9K votes
27. 27
    Babette's Feast 1987

    Directed by Gabriel Axel · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand, Beamafilm
    7.0

    7.2 · 460 votes
28. 28
    Jodhaa Akbar 2008

    Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand
    7.0

    7.3 · 295 votes
29. 29
    The Courier 2020

    Directed by Dominic Cooke · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.4K votes
30. 30
    The Way Back 2010

    Directed by Peter Weir · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.8K votes
31. 31
    Rang De Basanti 2006

    Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.1 · 534 votes
32. 32
    The Burial 2023

    Directed by Margaret Betts · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.1 · 663 votes
33. 33
    The Chinese Widow 2017

    Directed by Bille August · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    6.9

    7.2 · 230 votes
34. 34
    The Alamo 1960

    Directed by John Wayne · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, 7plus
    6.9

    7.1 · 418 votes
35. 35
    The Rifleman 2019

    Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.3 · 205 votes
36. 36
    Raazi 2018

    Directed by Meghna Gulzar · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.3 · 209 votes
37. 37
    Matewan 1987

    Directed by John Sayles · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.4 · 146 votes
38. 38
    Emperor 2020

    Directed by Mark Amin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.6 · 101 votes
39. 39
    The Mad Women's Ball 2021

    Directed by Mélanie Laurent · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.1 · 371 votes
40. 40
    Resistance 2020

    Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand
    6.9

    7.0 · 486 votes
41. 41
    Prisoner of War 2025

    Directed by Louis Mandylor · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.9

    7.2 · 219 votes
42. 42
    The Vikings 1958

    Directed by Richard Fleischer · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.8

    7.0 · 392 votes
43. 43
    The Outpost 2020

    Directed by Rod Lurie · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.8

    6.9 · 1.3K votes
44. 44
    An Honest Liar 2014

    Directed by Tyler Measom · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, JustWatch TV Free, Tubi TV
    6.8

    7.1 · 245 votes
45. 45
    Hatred 2016

    Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    6.8

    7.2 · 164 votes
46. 46
    Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022

    Directed by R. Madhavan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    6.8

    7.7 · 73 votes
47. 47
    Christy 2025

    Directed by David Michôd · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.8

    7.1 · 242 votes
48. 48
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021

    Directed by Will Sharpe · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    6.8

    6.9 · 560 votes
49. 49
    Best of Enemies 2015

    Directed by Robert Gordon · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV
    6.8

    7.2 · 152 votes
50. 50
    In the Heart of the Sea 2015

    Directed by Ron Howard · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Stan
    6.8

    6.8 · 4.5K votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Sarpatta Parambarai 2021

   Directed by Pa. Ranjith · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   6.8

   7.8 · 57 votes
2. 2
   Mahanati 2018

   Directed by Nag Ashwin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   6.8

   7.6 · 71 votes
3. 3
   Heneral Luna 2015

   Directed by Jerrold Tarog · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   6.7

   7.7 · 49 votes
4. 4
   Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan 2020

   Directed by Julien Temple · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, DocPlay, Tubi TV
   6.5

   8.0 · 24 votes
5. 5
   The Real Inglorious Bastards 2012

   Directed by Min Sook Lee · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Magellan TV
   6.5

   7.8 · 26 votes
6. 6
   The Boy in the Woods 2023

   Directed by Rebecca Snow · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   6.4

   7.0 · 56 votes
7. 7
   Brooklyn Bridge 1981

   Directed by Ken Burns · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla
   6.3

   7.5 · 22 votes
8. 8
   All In: The Fight for Democracy 2020

   Directed by Liz Garbus · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   6.3

   7.3 · 24 votes
9. 9
   Land of Hope 2018

   Directed by Markku Pölönen · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex
   6.4

   6.9 · 61 votes
10. 10
    Spitfire 2018

    Directed by David Fairhead · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, SBS On Demand, Beamafilm
    6.3

    7.2 · 29 votes