Best History movies of 2025

Actors : Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics,
Directors : László Nemes,

A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.

Actors : 9m88, Caitlin Fang, Will Or,
Directors : Yu-Hsun Chen,

Follows a young girl as she embarks on a perilous journey to earn funds to reclaim her family's remains.

Actors : Devano Danendra, Alika Jantinia, Lola Amaria,
Directors : Hanung Bramantyo,

In Javanese culture, Gowok is a term for a woman who is hired to teach household and sexuality to teenage or pre-marriage boys. The groom's family rents a gowok for their son before marriage.

Actors : Asier Etxeandia, Alberto San Juan, Mario Casas,
Directors : Manuel Gómez Pereira,

1939. Two weeks after the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Franco orders celebrate a dinner at the Hotel Palace. But the hotel, reconverted as field hospital, isn't ready for that. And part of the staff is anti-Franquist.

Actors : Pavel Priluchnyy, Liza Moryak, Pavel Komarov,
Directors : Sarik Andreasyan,

The war burst into the peaceful life of three friends suddenly, forever changing their destinies. Each of them went to the front, leaving the most valuable things at home in order to fight for this most valuable thing. Surprisingly, they are helped to survive in this fiery hell of battles with fascism, music. Taking musical instruments with them, friends play to maintain the morale of fellow soldiers, as well as to compose the leitmotif of Victory so desired by all.

Actors : Fausto Russo Alesi, Fanni Wrochna, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
Directors : Pietro Marcello,

After retiring from her legendary stage career, actress Eleonora Duse feels an irresistible call to return to the theater during Italy's turbulent period between WWI and the rise of fascism.

Actors : Arjun Chakrabarty, Srabanti Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty,
Directors : Subhrajit Mitra,

The first woman freedom fighter of India against the British Colonial Rulers.

Actors : Yoh Yoshida, Fumi Nikaidô, Suzu Hirose,
Directors : Kei Ishikawa,

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

Actors : Merritt Wever, Coleman Pedigo, AJ Brown, Sydney Sweeney, Diarmuid Noyes, Danny Power,
Directors : David Michôd, Brendan Canty,

Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof. They must now reconcile with their pasts and make decisions about the future.

Actors : Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Olivia Rodrigo, Johnny Sequoyah,
Directors : Johannes Roberts, Ally Pankiw,

Explores the 1990s all-female music festival Lilith Fair.

Actors : Gary Knight, Damien Cole,
Directors : Bao Nguyen,

A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."