Top 20 History movies you need to watch
Top 20 History Movies List
- 1. Spitfire Over Berlin
- 2. Oppenheimer
- 3. Napoleon
- 4. The Zone of Interest
- 5. Green Book
- 6. Killers of the Flower Moon
- 7. Hacksaw Ridge
- 8. Bob Marley: One Love
- 9. Silence
- 10. Coach Carter
- 11. Troy
- 12. Saving Private Ryan
- 13. The Imitation Game
- 14. Society of the Snow
- 15. Schindler's List
- 16. Kingdom of Heaven
- 17. The Post
- 18. One Life
- 19. Private House of the SS
- 20. Sully
1. Spitfire Over Berlin
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
2. Oppenheimer
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
It has an average vote of 8.111 on TMDB.
3. Napoleon
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
It has an average vote of 6.469 on TMDB.
4. The Zone of Interest
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
5. Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
It has an average vote of 8.243 on TMDB.
6. Killers of the Flower Moon
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
It has an average vote of 7.494 on TMDB.
7. Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
It has an average vote of 8.193 on TMDB.
8. Bob Marley: One Love
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
It has an average vote of 6.974 on TMDB.
9. Silence
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
It has an average vote of 7.123 on TMDB.
10. Coach Carter
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
It has an average vote of 7.573 on TMDB.
11. Troy
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
12. Saving Private Ryan
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
It has an average vote of 8.211 on TMDB.
13. The Imitation Game
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
It has an average vote of 8.004 on TMDB.
14. Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve)
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
It has an average vote of 8.068 on TMDB.
15. Schindler's List
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
It has an average vote of 8.567 on TMDB.
16. Kingdom of Heaven
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
It has an average vote of 6.941 on TMDB.
17. The Post
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. One Life
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
It has an average vote of 7.766 on TMDB.
19. Private House of the SS (Casa privata per le SS)
Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
20. Sully
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
It has an average vote of 7.183 on TMDB.
