Best History Movies on HBO Max in the UK

1. 1
   Barry Lyndon 1975

   Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   8.0

   8.0 · 3.3K votes
2. 2
   Temple Grandin 2010

   Directed by Mick Jackson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.7

   7.9 · 599 votes
3. 3
   King Richard 2021

   Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.5

   7.6 · 3K votes
4. 4
   JFK 1991

   Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on Disney Plus, JustWatch TV Free, Rakuten TV
   7.5

   7.6 · 2.5K votes
5. 5
   Dunkirk 2017

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on HBO Max, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema
   7.4

   7.5 · 18K votes
6. 6
   Elvis 2022

   Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.4

   7.4 · 4.1K votes
7. 7
   Judas and the Black Messiah 2021

   Directed by Shaka King · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.2

   7.3 · 1.8K votes
8. 8
   Sully 2016

   Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.2

   7.2 · 8K votes
9. 9
   Invictus 2009

   Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
   7.2

   7.2 · 4.5K votes
10. 10
    Conspiracy 2001

    Directed by Frank Pierson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.1

    7.3 · 511 votes
11. 11
    The Man Who Knew Infinity 2016

    Directed by Matt Brown · Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.6K votes
12. 12
    You Don't Know Jack 2010

    Directed by Barry Levinson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.9

    7.0 · 457 votes
13. 13
    Ryan's Daughter 1970

    Directed by David Lean · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.8

    7.1 · 185 votes
14. 14
    Game Change 2012

    Directed by Jay Roach · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.7

    6.9 · 352 votes
15. 15
    Michael Collins 1996

    Directed by Neil Jordan · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.7

    6.9 · 543 votes
16. 16
    Too Big to Fail 2011

    Directed by Curtis Hanson · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.7

    6.9 · 280 votes
17. 17
    The Tuskegee Airmen 1995

    Directed by Robert Markowitz · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.1 · 139 votes
18. 18
    Bad Education 2019

    Directed by Cory Finley · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.7

    6.7 · 811 votes
19. 19
    61* 2001

    Directed by Billy Crystal · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.6

    7.0 · 153 votes
20. 20
    Confirmation 2016

    Directed by Rick Famuyiwa · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.6

    6.9 · 161 votes
21. 21
    Sometimes in April 2005

    Directed by Raoul Peck · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.6

    7.1 · 92 votes
22. 22
    “Wuthering Heights” 2026

    Directed by Emerald Fennell · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.6

    6.6 · 1.4K votes
23. 23
    Recount 2008

    Directed by Jay Roach · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.6

    6.8 · 190 votes
24. 24
    All the Way 2016

    Directed by Jay Roach · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.5

    6.7 · 328 votes
25. 25
    Grey Gardens 2009

    Directed by Michael Sucsy · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.5

    6.8 · 155 votes
26. 26
    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself 2003

    Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.4

    6.7 · 104 votes
27. 27
    The Gathering Storm 2002

    Directed by Richard Loncraine · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.4

    6.7 · 81 votes
28. 28
    Showbiz Kids 2020

    Directed by Alex Winter · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.3

    6.8 · 57 votes
29. 29
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007

    Directed by Yves Simoneau · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.3

    6.5 · 142 votes
30. 30
    Path to War 2003

    Directed by John Frankenheimer · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.3

    6.7 · 63 votes
31. 31
    Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare 2026

    Directed by James Jones · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.3

    7.0 · 34 votes
32. 32
    Into the Storm 2009

    Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.2

    6.4 · 92 votes
33. 33
    J. Edgar 2011

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.2

    6.2 · 2.7K votes
34. 34
    Liberty: Mother of Exiles 2019

    Directed by Fenton Bailey · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.2

    7.5 · 11 votes
35. 35
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017

    Directed by George C. Wolfe · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.2

    6.3 · 114 votes
36. 36
    Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words 2014

    Directed by Peter W. Kunhardt · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.2

    7.2 · 10 votes
37. 37
    Boycott 2001

    Directed by Clark Johnson · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.2

    6.7 · 18 votes
38. 38
    Miss Evers' Boys 1997

    Directed by Joseph Sargent · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.1

    6.5 · 24 votes
39. 39
    Against the Wall 1994

    Directed by John Frankenheimer · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.1

    6.2 · 100 votes
40. 40
    Excellent Cadavers 1999

    Directed by Ricky Tognazzi · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.1

    6.3 · 28 votes
41. 41
    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger 2015

    Directed by Jean Carlomusto · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.1

    6.5 · 10 votes
42. 42
    Vendetta 1999

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    6.0

    6.0 · 23 votes
43. 43
    Walkout 2006

    Directed by Edward James Olmos · Streaming on HBO Max
    5.9

    5.3 · 16 votes
44. 44
    Phil Spector 2013

    Directed by David Mamet · Streaming on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema
    5.8

    5.7 · 149 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.