Top Rated History Movies on Netflix - Page 3

The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018

The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018
7
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.
The Forgotten Battle

2020

The Forgotten Battle

2020
7.1
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
First They Killed My Father

2017

First They Killed My Father

2017
7.4
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Dumb Money

2023

Dumb Money

2023
6.7
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
Munich – The Edge of War

2021

Munich – The Edge of War

2021
6.9
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
The Swimmers

2022

The Swimmers

2022
7.4
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
Against the Ice

2022

Against the Ice

2022
6.8
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
The Shadow in My Eye

2021

The Shadow in My Eye

2021
7.8
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021
7.7
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
NYAD

2023

NYAD

2023
7.1
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
The Six Triple Eight

2024

The Six Triple Eight

2024
7.5
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.
Rang De Basanti

2006

Rang De Basanti

2006
7.1
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Mixed by Erry

2023

Mixed by Erry

2023
7.4
The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples, Italy, during the '80s.
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

2010

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

2010
6.8
The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.
Wasp Network

2020

Wasp Network

2020
6
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
Worth

2021

Worth

2021
6.7
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
The Angel

2018

The Angel

2018
6.6
True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.
Unfrosted

2024

Unfrosted

2024
5.3
In a time when breakfast is ruled by milk and cereal, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.
Coven

2020

Coven

2020
6.6
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
The Look of Silence

2015

The Look of Silence

2015
7.8
An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.