Top Rated History Movies on Netflix - Page 3

Joyeux Noel

2005

Joyeux Noel

2005
7.4
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
I'm Still Here

2024

I'm Still Here

2024
7.9
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
Harriet

2019

Harriet

2019
7.3
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012
7.5
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019

The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019
6.8
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.
Operation Mincemeat

2022

Operation Mincemeat

2022
6.5
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
Lost Girls

2020

Lost Girls

2020
6.1
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.
The Forgotten Battle

2021

The Forgotten Battle

2021
7.1
During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
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.
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.
My Friend Dahmer

2017

My Friend Dahmer

2017
6.5
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Respect

2021

Respect

2021
6.8
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.