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Best History Movies on Tubi

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

1

Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)

8.3 IMDb93% RT60 Meta

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not

2

Ennio(2022)

8.2 IMDb91% RT75 Meta

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hund

3

Ran(1985)

8.2 IMDb96% RT97 Meta

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

4

Downfall(2004)

8.2 IMDb90% RT82 Meta

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich

5

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

6

Hotel Rwanda(2004)

8.1 IMDb91% RT79 Meta

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru

7

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

8

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

9

Ip Man(2008)

8 IMDb86% RT59 Meta

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan bet

10

The Imitation Game(2014)

8 IMDb90% RT71 Meta

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 Govern

11

Quo Vadis, Aida?(2021)

8 IMDb100% RT97 Meta

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the

12

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.

13

Apocalypto(2006)

7.8 IMDb65% RT68 Meta

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrow

14

The World's Fastest Indian(2005)

7.8 IMDb83% RT68 Meta

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

15

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

16

My Way(2011)

7.6 IMDb19% RT30 Meta

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incr

17

Love and Death(1975)

7.6 IMDb100% RT89 Meta

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

18

Ip Man 2(2010)

7.5 IMDb97% RT67 Meta

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school

19

The Tiger(2015)

7.2 IMDb

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.

20

The Round Up(2010)

7 IMDb57% RT49 Meta

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

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