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Best History Movies on Max

Top 20 history movies available to stream on Max right now, ranked by ratings.

1

Night and Fog(1956)

8.6 IMDb

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

2

Pather Panchali(1955)

8.2 IMDb98% RT

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small p

3

Temple Grandin(2010)

8.2 IMDb100% RT

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.

4

The Battle of Algiers(1966)

8.1 IMDb99% RT96 Meta

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali

5

The Passion of Joan of Arc(1928)

8.1 IMDb98% RT98 Meta

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhu

6

Battleship Potemkin(1925)

7.9 IMDb100% RT97 Meta

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.

7

Hidden Figures(2016)

7.8 IMDb93% RT74 Meta

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history

8

Babette's Feast(1987)

7.8 IMDb97% RT78 Meta

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

9

The Wind Rises(2013)

7.8 IMDb88% RT83 Meta

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

10

The Last Emperor(1987)

7.7 IMDb86% RT76 Meta

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his

11

Chimes at Midnight(1965)

7.6 IMDb96% RT94 Meta

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser wh

12

Häxan(1922)

7.6 IMDb93% RT

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Mi

13

Conspiracy(2001)

7.6 IMDb100% RT

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

14

You Don't Know Jack(2010)

7.5 IMDb83% RT

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

15

Europa Europa(1990)

7.5 IMDb95% RT75 Meta

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

16

The Tin Drum(1979)

7.4 IMDb84% RT63 Meta

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

17

The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017)

7 IMDb79% RT60 Meta

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting realit

18

Battle of the Sexes(2017)

6.7 IMDb84% RT73 Meta

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

19

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody(2022)

6.6 IMDb43% RT51 Meta

The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom

20

All Eyez on Me(2017)

5.9 IMDb17% RT38 Meta

All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial

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