Best History movies of 2025

Actors : Ballard Berkeley, Tom Betts, Ballard Berkely, Frieda Anderson,
Directors : Ella Wright,

This approach brings history to life through vividly restored archival footage and firsthand accounts of WWII Britain during the Blitz.

Actors : Jamie Ward, James Oliver Wheatley, James Faulkner,
Directors : Mauro Borrelli,

In the days leading up to his death, Jesus gathers his disciples for the Last Supper. Amidst words of love and farewell, while faith is strengthened, the shadow of betrayal hangs over, but not even pain can erase the promise of redemption.

Actors : Santiago Alarcón, Natalia Reyes, Max Duran,
Directors : Tomás Corredor,

A dramatized account of Colombia's 1985 Palace of Justice siege combines fictional elements with historical footage, exploring themes of belief, turmoil, and lasting national trauma.

Actors : David Ruland, August Diehl, Maximilian Meyer-Bretschneider,
Directors : Kirill Serebrennikov,

Follows the story of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during his fugitive years, from Paraguay to the Brazilian jungle.

Actors : Yura Borisov, Alyona Dolgolenko, Anya Chipovskaya, Kai Aleks Getts, Svetlana Khodchenkova,
Directors : Felix Umarov,

The life story of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin.

Actors : Himika Akaneya, Miyuki Sawashiro, Toshiyuki Toyonaga,
Directors : Ai Yoshimura,

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.

Actors : Christopher Abbott, Matilda Firth, Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra, Toni Servillo, Julia Garner,
Directors : Leigh Whannell, Roberto Andò,

A Sicilian colonel leading a motley crew outwitting adversaries in Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1860 campaign that unified Italy.

Actors : Muhammad Farrag, Mona Zaki, Ahmad Khaled Saleh,
Directors : Marwan Hamed,

Kulthum rose to Arab music prominence in the late 1920s by reaching mass audiences through then-new technologies like radio, records, film and TV.

Actors : Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Claes Bang,
Directors : Stéphane Demoustier,

The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.

Actors : Sergey Bezrukov, Pavel Tabakov, Nikita Kologrivyy,
Directors : Nikita Vysotskiy, Ilya Lebedev,

The history of the military operation "Bagration", which took place in August 1944.

Actors : Eric Roberts, Ray Stevenson, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Péter Soós,

When the Great Mongolian army is about to invade Europe in 1242 it doesn't expect that a Hungarian castle and its Priest, Eusebius will stop it.

Actors : Karel Granat, Quang Tuan, Thu Anh Ho, Thai Hoa,
Directors : Bui Thac Chuyên,

In 1967, as the Vietnam War raged, a Vietnamese revolutionary guerrilla team became the U.S. military's top target - charged with safeguarding a secret group of intelligence agents at all costs.

Actors : Nikita Mikhalkov, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov,
Directors : Ilya Uchitel,

The film will tell about incredible fatherly love - only from the side of grandfather and grandson.

Actors : Christopher Abbott, Matilda Firth, Yûya Endô, Yasushi Ami, Julia Garner, Akira Emoto,
Directors : Leigh Whannell, Yû Irie,

In 15th century Kyoto before the Onin War, outlaw leader Hyoe uses his deadly swordsmanship to spearhead a rebellion against the corrupt Shogunate and its army, commanded by his former friend and now enemy Doken.

Actors : Viktor Dobronravov, Aleksei Guskov, Yuliya Khlynina,
Directors : Konstantin Buslov,

In the 13th century Batu Khan spent two months trying to take the town of Kozelsk. He lost many men and siege engines in the process. When he finally took it, he killed all the defendants, including women and children, and ordered for the name of Kozelsk to be forgotten. He called it Fierce Town.

Actors : Al Feldstein, Grant Geissman, William M. Gaines,
Directors : Alan Bernstein,

A historical documentary and tribute to the legacy and influence of MAD Magazine featuring interviews with MAD celebrity readers, along with MAD artists, writers, and editors; affectionately known as the Usual Gang of Idiots

Actors : Gippy Grewal, Apinderdeep Singh, Nimrat Khaira,
Directors : Singh Bikram, Gippy Grewal,

In this action drama set in the 1840s, Punjab warriors defend themselves against a vengeful army.

Actors : Rukmini Maitra, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Rahul Bose,
Directors : Ram Kamal Mukherjee,

Biopic of Binodini Dasi known as Nati Binodini, who had a successful career as a theater artist in Bengal between the ages 12to23 known for her innovations, creating a stage make-up style that blended European and Indian techniques.

Actors : Behnam Tashakkor, Alireza Kamali, Merila Zare'i,
Directors : Ebrahim Hatamikia,

The pharaoh has a nightmare in which a destructive person is gathering up his kingdom, and the dream-giver Anubis announces that a baby is about to be born and that the birth of the baby must be prevented. Meanwhile, a baby is born and

Actors : Ali Durham, Kenyon Stinger, Paul Wuthrich,
Directors : T.C. Christensen,

In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.