Best History Movies on Netflix in the US

1. 1
   Green Book 2018

   Directed by Peter Farrelly · Streaming on Netflix
   8.2

   8.2 · 13K votes
2. 2
   I Swear 2025

   Directed by Kirk Jones · Streaming on Netflix
   8.0

   8.3 · 641 votes
3. 3
   1917 2019

   Directed by Sam Mendes · Streaming on Netflix
   8.0

   8.0 · 14K votes
4. 4
   Lawrence of Arabia 1962

   Directed by David Lean · Streaming on Netflix, Philo, Sony Pictures Core
   8.0

   8.0 · 3.6K votes
5. 5
   Loving Vincent 2017

   Directed by DK Welchman · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy, Hoopla
   7.9

   8.0 · 2.7K votes
6. 6
   Society of the Snow 2023

   Directed by J. A. Bayona · Streaming on Netflix
   7.9

   8.0 · 3.7K votes
7. 7
   Dallas Buyers Club 2013

   Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée · Streaming on Netflix
   7.9

   7.9 · 9.3K votes
8. 8
   The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019

   Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor · Streaming on Netflix
   7.8

   7.9 · 1.9K votes
9. 9
   I'm Still Here 2024

   Directed by Walter Salles · Streaming on Netflix
   7.8

   7.9 · 1.2K votes
10. 10
    Straight Outta Compton 2015

    Directed by F. Gary Gray · Streaming on Netflix, Starz
    7.7

    7.8 · 4.3K votes
11. 11
    Apollo 11 2019

    Directed by Todd Douglas Miller · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy, History Vault
    7.7

    7.9 · 737 votes
12. 12
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020

    Directed by Aaron Sorkin · Streaming on Netflix
    7.7

    7.7 · 3.5K votes
13. 13
    RRR 2022

    Directed by S. S. Rajamouli · Streaming on Netflix
    7.6

    7.7 · 1.7K votes
14. 14
    The Shadow in My Eye 2021

    Directed by Ole Bornedal · Streaming on Netflix
    7.6

    7.8 · 575 votes
15. 15
    The Irishman 2019

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Netflix
    7.6

    7.6 · 7.8K votes
16. 16
    Nuremberg 2025

    Directed by James Vanderbilt · Streaming on Netflix
    7.5

    7.6 · 1.5K votes
17. 17
    Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021

    Directed by Keishi Otomo · Streaming on Netflix
    7.5

    7.7 · 569 votes
18. 18
    The Two Popes 2019

    Directed by Fernando Meirelles · Streaming on Netflix
    7.5

    7.5 · 3.2K votes
19. 19
    David 2025

    Directed by Phil Cunningham · Streaming on Netflix, Angel Studios
    7.5

    8.0 · 204 votes
20. 20
    The Six Triple Eight 2024

    Directed by Tyler Perry · Streaming on Netflix
    7.4

    7.6 · 748 votes
21. 21
    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins 2012

    Directed by Keishi Otomo · Streaming on Netflix
    7.4

    7.5 · 958 votes
22. 22
    The Impossible 2012

    Directed by J. A. Bayona · Streaming on Netflix, fuboTV, Angel Studios
    7.4

    7.4 · 6.9K votes
23. 23
    Dance of the Forty One 2020

    Directed by David Pablos · Streaming on Netflix
    7.4

    7.8 · 227 votes
24. 24
    Selma 2014

    Directed by Ava DuVernay · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.3

    7.4 · 2.4K votes
25. 25
    Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso 2025

    Directed by Esmir Filho · Streaming on Netflix
    7.3

    8.0 · 154 votes
26. 26
    The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 2018

    Directed by Mike Newell · Streaming on Netflix
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.4K votes
27. 27
    The Swimmers 2022

    Directed by Sally El Hosaini · Streaming on Netflix
    7.3

    7.4 · 667 votes
28. 28
    Mixed by Erry 2023

    Directed by Sydney Sibilia · Streaming on Netflix
    7.2

    7.4 · 503 votes
29. 29
    First They Killed My Father 2017

    Directed by Angelina Jolie · Streaming on Netflix
    7.2

    7.4 · 736 votes
30. 30
    On the Basis of Sex 2018

    Directed by Mimi Leder · Streaming on Netflix
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.2K votes
31. 31
    Harriet 2019

    Directed by Kasi Lemmons · Streaming on Netflix
    7.2

    7.3 · 965 votes
32. 32
    Irena's Vow 2024

    Directed by Louise Archambault · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, Kanopy
    7.1

    7.7 · 153 votes
33. 33
    The Founder 2016

    Directed by John Lee Hancock · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.2 · 5.6K votes
34. 34
    Seven Years in Tibet 1997

    Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.2 · 3.2K votes
35. 35
    The King 2019

    Directed by David Michôd · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.2 · 3.7K votes
36. 36
    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 2022

    Directed by Anthony Fabian · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.3 · 535 votes
37. 37
    BlackBerry 2023

    Directed by Matt Johnson · Streaming on Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus
    7.1

    7.2 · 1K votes
38. 38
    Snowden 2016

    Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy, Starz
    7.1

    7.1 · 4.8K votes
39. 39
    Downton Abbey 2019

    Directed by Michael Engler · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.3K votes
40. 40
    Mexico 86 2026

    Directed by Gabriel Ripstein · Streaming on Netflix
    7.1

    7.8 · 121 votes
41. 41
    Anthropoid 2016

    Directed by Sean Ellis · Streaming on Netflix, JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus
    7.1

    7.1 · 1.2K votes
42. 42
    She Said 2022

    Directed by Maria Schrader · Streaming on Netflix
    7.0

    7.2 · 771 votes
43. 43
    The Forgotten Battle 2021

    Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy
    7.0

    7.1 · 808 votes
44. 44
    22 July 2018

    Directed by Paul Greengrass · Streaming on Netflix
    7.0

    7.1 · 1.3K votes
45. 45
    Number 24 2024

    Directed by John Andreas Andersen · Streaming on Netflix
    6.9

    7.1 · 388 votes
46. 46
    NYAD 2023

    Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Streaming on Netflix
    6.9

    7.1 · 583 votes
47. 47
    Nouvelle Vague 2025

    Directed by Richard Linklater · Streaming on Netflix
    6.9

    7.2 · 295 votes
48. 48
    Raazi 2018

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

    7.3 · 209 votes
49. 49
    Dolemite Is My Name 2019

    Directed by Craig Brewer · Streaming on Netflix
    6.9

    7.0 · 1.4K votes
50. 50
    The Photographer of Mauthausen 2018

    Directed by Mar Targarona · Streaming on Netflix
    6.8

    6.9 · 767 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
   The Last Days 1998

   Directed by James Moll · Streaming on Netflix
   6.8

   7.4 · 107 votes
2. 2
   Paskal 2018

   Directed by Adrian Teh · Streaming on Netflix
   6.8

   7.6 · 82 votes
3. 3
   Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes 2015

   Directed by Alik Sakharov · Streaming on Netflix
   6.8

   7.3 · 147 votes
4. 4
   Kingdom 2019

   Directed by Shinsuke Sato · Streaming on Netflix
   6.8

   7.2 · 159 votes
5. 5
   Best of Enemies 2015

   Directed by Robert Gordon · Streaming on Netflix, Kanopy, Hoopla
   6.8

   7.2 · 152 votes
6. 6
   True Spirit 2023

   Directed by Sarah Spillane · Streaming on Netflix
   6.8

   7.0 · 277 votes
7. 7
   Hitler: A Career 1977

   Directed by Joachim Fest · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Kanopy
   6.8

   7.4 · 88 votes
8. 8
   The Swedish Connection 2026

   Directed by Thérèse Ahlbeck · Streaming on Netflix
   6.7

   7.4 · 89 votes
9. 9
   Uprising 2024

   Directed by Kim Sang-man · Streaming on Netflix
   6.7

   7.0 · 227 votes
10. 10
    Emily 2022

    Directed by Frances O'Connor · Streaming on Netflix, JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus
    6.7

    6.9 · 265 votes