The 30 best History movies of the 2020s

1. 1

   Oppenheimer (2023)

   directed by Christopher Nolan · 181 min · 8.0 12,423 votes

2. 2

   Society of the Snow (2023)

   directed by J. A. Bayona · 144 min · 8.0 3,609 votes

3. 3

   There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

   directed by Paola Cortellesi · 118 min · 8.1 1,554 votes

4. 4

   The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

   directed by Aaron Sorkin · 129 min · 7.7 3,437 votes

5. 5

   Tetris (2023)

   directed by Jon S. Baird · 118 min · 7.8 2,013 votes

6. 6

   King Richard (2021)

   directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green · 144 min · 7.6 2,933 votes

7. 7

   Thirteen Lives (2022)

   directed by Ron Howard · 147 min · 7.8 1,567 votes

8. 8

   The Woman King (2022)

   directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood · 135 min · 7.6 2,420 votes

9. 9

   I'm Still Here (2024)

   directed by Walter Salles · 135 min · 7.9 1,141 votes

10. 10

    RRR (2022)

    directed by S. S. Rajamouli · 185 min · 7.7 1,685 votes

11. 11

    Flamin' Hot (2023)

    directed by Eva Longoria · 98 min · 8.0 857 votes

12. 12

    Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

    directed by Martin Scorsese · 208 min · 7.4 4,316 votes

13. 13

    Elvis (2022)

    directed by Baz Luhrmann · 159 min · 7.4 4,001 votes

14. 14

    The Last Duel (2021)

    directed by Ridley Scott · 153 min · 7.4 3,990 votes

15. 15

    Emancipation (2022)

    directed by Antoine Fuqua · 132 min · 7.7 1,300 votes

16. 16

    One Life (2023)

    directed by James Hawes · 109 min · 7.8 986 votes

17. 17

    Nuremberg (2025)

    directed by James Vanderbilt · 148 min · 7.6 1,389 votes

18. 18

    I Swear (2025)

    directed by Kirk Jones · 121 min · 8.2 539 votes

19. 19

    Argentina 1985 (2022)

    directed by Santiago Mitre · 140 min · 7.8 770 votes

20. 20

    The Iron Claw (2023)

    directed by Sean Durkin · 133 min · 7.5 1,336 votes

21. 21

    Air (2023)

    directed by Ben Affleck · 114 min · 7.3 2,418 votes

22. 22

    Ennio (2022)

    directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 156 min · 8.3 390 votes

23. 23

    Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

    directed by Shaka King · 126 min · 7.3 1,749 votes

24. 24

    The Shadow in My Eye (2021)

    directed by Ole Bornedal · 99 min · 7.8 568 votes

25. 25

    The Promised Land (2023)

    directed by Nikolaj Arcel · 127 min · 7.7 630 votes

26. 26

    The Six Triple Eight (2024)

    directed by Tyler Perry · 127 min · 7.6 724 votes

27. 27

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

    directed by Keishi Otomo · 139 min · 7.7 561 votes

28. 28

    Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

    directed by Joachim Rønning · 129 min · 7.8 458 votes

29. 29

    The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)

    directed by Kaouther Ben Hania · 89 min · 8.0 353 votes

30. 30

    Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)

    directed by Jasmila Žbanić · 104 min · 7.7 495 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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