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The Historical Dramas category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 71591 . Below are 100 Historical Dramas titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Godfather (1972), Schindler's List (1993).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison and gradually forms a close bond with older inmate Red.
Year: 199470005379 · IMDb
The Godfather (1972) When an organized-crime family patriarch barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers.
Year: 197260011152 · IMDb
Schindler's List (1993) Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
Year: 199360036359 · IMDb
The Green Mile (1999) When a prison guard discovers that a death row inmate possesses mysterious powers, he tries desperately to prevent the condemned man's execution.
Year: 199960000417 · IMDb
Gladiator (2000) Tapped for the throne after the death of the emperor, a Roman general instead finds himself condemned to die by the late ruler's power-hungry son.
Year: 200060000929 · IMDb
Harishchandrachi Factory (2009) Against a backdrop of burgeoning social unrest, a neophyte filmmaker makes history in 1913 as the director of India's first feature-length film.
Year: 200970127589 · IMDb
There Will Be Blood (2007) An ambitious prospector strikes it rich and turns a simple village into a boomtown, stoking the ire of a charismatic young preacher.
Year: 200770075473 · IMDb
Downfall (2004) This portrayal of Adolf Hitler's final days is based on the memoirs of Traudl Junge, the young secretary who was with him until his death.
Year: 200470023508 · IMDb
Catch Me If You Can (2002) An FBI agent makes it his mission to put cunning con man Frank Abagnale Jr. behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Year: 200260024942 · IMDb
12 Years a Slave (2013) A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup.
Year: 201370284282 · IMDb
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) During World War II, Army medic and conscientious objector Desmond Doss becomes an unlikely hero on an Okinawa battlefield without bearing arms.
Year: 201680108975 · IMDb
Rebecca (2020) A young newlywed moves to her husband's imposing estate, where she must contend with his sinister housekeeper and the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Year: 202081002196 · IMDb
Gandhi (1982) Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding.
Year: 198260010384 · IMDb
The King's Speech (2010) In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
Year: 201070135893 · IMDb
The Imitation Game (2014) During World War II, a brilliant mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code.
Year: 201470295172 · IMDb
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate.
Year: 200670058006 · IMDb
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) In late 19th-century Italy, four peasant families struggle to survive. For one sensitive boy, a good shoe will make all the difference in the world.
Year: 197870001601 · IMDb
Dunkirk (2017) In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe's last hope, from Dunkirk.
Year: 201780170278 · IMDb
The Pied Piper (1972) A shady mayor hires a magical minstrel to lure away rodents with his flute but fails to pay him. Soon, the children of the town begin disappearing.
Year: 197270100329 · IMDb
Destiny (1997) In 12th-century Spain, a philosopher and his profound teachings jeopardize the caliph he serves when political rivals threaten a government upheaval.
Year: 199781252543 · IMDb
The Notebook (2004) Two young lovers are torn apart by war and class differences in the 1940s in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel.
Year: 200460036227 · IMDb
Pride and Prejudice (2005) In Jane Austen's tale of 19th-century England, Mrs. Bennet hopes to marry her daughters to prosperous gentlemen, including new arrival Mr. Darcy.
Year: 200570032594 · IMDb
Glory (1989) This stirring drama follows the first African-Americans to serve in combat during the Civil War -- and shows how they helped turn the tide of the war.
Year: 1989547335 · IMDb
The Remains of the Day (1993) In this Merchant-Ivory period drama, a dutiful butler dedicates himself to tending his lord's house, turning a blind eye to his Nazi sympathies.
Year: 199360011325 · IMDb
Loving Vincent (2017) Rendered in the style of the beloved Dutch master, this animated biopic recounts the tortured last days of Vincent van Gogh.
Year: 201780171527 · IMDb
Jules and Jim (1962) Jules and Jim are friends who fall for the same woman, sparking a decades-long love triangle that tests and strengthens the bond between the two men.
Year: 1962660602 · IMDb
October Sky (1999) Inspired by Soviet satellite Sputnik streaking across the heavens in 1957, a teenager builds a rocket to compete for a science fair scholarship.
Year: 199918957852 · IMDb
Changeling (2008) When her kidnapped son is brought home, a mother suspects that the boy isn't her child, so the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Year: 200870100378 · IMDb
The Theory of Everything (2014) As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking's body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane.
Year: 201480000644 · IMDb
A Man for All Seasons (1966) When Henry VIII seeks approval from the aristocracy to divorce, Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between the king and the Roman Catholic Church.
Year: 1966732905 · IMDb
Stars (2017) Based on the life of Jan Banas, a famous footballer’s megawatt success begets a game of rivalry, passion and love.
Year: 201781116046 · IMDb
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Facing poverty after their father's death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.
Year: 1995948002 · IMDb
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Lifer Frank Morris plans his unauthorized departure from Alcatraz in this thriller based on the penitentiary's only successful jailbreak.
Year: 1979480144 · IMDb
Apollo 13 (1995) Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in this chronicle of a true story.
Year: 1995262866 · IMDb
A Very Long Engagement (2004) Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way.
Year: 200470012795 · IMDb
Saladin (1963) The Sultan of Egypt and Syria launches a campaign to retake Jerusalem amid the Crusades.
Year: 196381252549 · IMDb
The Natural (1984) A gifted baseball player whose life has taken some startling turns becomes a 35-year-old rookie who helps a cellar-dwelling team get back in the game.
Year: 1984793907 · IMDb
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Year: 202081043755 · IMDb
Frida (2002) This Oscar-winning biopic focuses on painter Frida Kahlo's relationship with her husband and her controversial political and sexual reputation.
Year: 200260024997 · IMDb
84 Charing Cross Road (1986) Feisty New York writer Helene mails a note to a small London bookshop, sparking a touching and humorous correspondence with reserved bookseller Frank.
Year: 198660023132 · IMDb
Elizabeth (1998) This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety.
Year: 199817236680 · IMDb
Mudbound (2017) Two Mississippi families -- one black, one white -- confront the brutal realities of prejudice, farming and friendship in a divided World War II era.
Year: 201780175694 · IMDb
Manto (2018) The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.
Year: 201881039383 · IMDb
Two English Girls (1971) A relationship blossoms for a young Frenchman and a sculptress in Wales but when he returns to Paris, his affection starts to shift to another.
Year: 19711072815 · IMDb
Alexandria ... Why? (1979) Living in Alexandria during World War II, an Egyptian teen enamored with American films dreams of making it in Hollywood.
Year: 197960001801 · IMDb
The Way Back (2010) After escaping from a World War II labor camp, a band of soldiers undertake a journey to traverse Siberia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas.
Year: 201070121494 · IMDb
Girl, Interrupted (1999) Diagnosed with a disorder, Susanna Kaysen is sent to a mental institution, where she enters the skewed world of people who truly belong on the inside.
Year: 199960000428 · IMDb
Camille Claudel (1988) The talent and ambition of French sculptor Camille Claudel catch the attention of legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin in this passionate drama.
Year: 198860003618 · IMDb
Jane Eyre (2011) Driven from her post at Thornfield House, young governess Jane Eyre reflects on her youth and the events that led her to misty moors.
Year: 201170142825 · IMDb
Little Women (1994) Four sisters and their mother battle life's vicissitudes in Civil War-era America after their father leaves to join the conflict.
Year: 1994707114 · IMDb
Detroit (2017) The deaths of three African American men at the hands of Detroit police in 1967 ignite civil unrest and deadly protests. Based on true events.
Year: 201780187062 · IMDb
Papusza (2013) Romani writer Bronislawa Wajs struggles to succeed as a poet in 20th-century Poland -- while being rejected by the very people who inspired her art.
Year: 201381078812 · IMDb
First Man (2018) Astronaut Neil Armstrong spends a decade training for the flight of a lifetime, as he prepares to be the first man to walk on the moon.
Year: 201880991403 · IMDb
The Patriot (2000) A widower and past war hero just wants to live in peace and farm his land -- until a cruel British officer brings the American Revolution to his door.
Year: 200060001044 · IMDb
We Were Soldiers (2002) This Vietnam War epic tells the story of the Battle of Ia Drang, which pitted 450 U.S. soldiers against thousands of well-armed Vietnamese troops.
Year: 200260022697 · IMDb
Out of Africa (1985) A Denmark native shares a marriage of convenience with a womanizing baron. But when they move to Nairobi, she falls for a free-spirited hunter.
Year: 198560000019 · IMDb
Cold Mountain (2003) This drama follows a wounded Civil War soldier making the long journey home, while his faraway love fights for survival on her deceased father's farm.
Year: 200360031289 · IMDb
Mongol (2007) In 12th-century Asia, an orphaned slave escapes from his captors and becomes one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known: Genghis Khan.
Year: 200770075474 · IMDb
The Age of Innocence (1993) A well-bred New Yorker engaged to an appropriate, cultured woman puts society's mores to the test when her alluring cousin comes along.
Year: 199360011002 · IMDb
The Great Gatsby (2013) Fascinated by the mysterious and affluent Jay Gatsby, his neighbor Nick Carraway bears witness to the man's obsessive love and spiral into tragedy.
Year: 201370244437 · IMDb
The Founder (2016) After a fateful encounter with the McDonald brothers, struggling salesman Ray Kroc becomes driven to change the way hamburgers are made and sold.
Year: 201680101899 · IMDb
Silence (2016) Two Portuguese priests go to Japan to look for their missing mentor, but their search is hindered by a regime that's hostile to Western culture.
Year: 201680146803 · IMDb
The Post (2017) When a rival newspaper lands a major scoop, detailing a decades-long cover-up about Vietnam involving the president, The Washington Post faces a choice.
Year: 201780192932 · IMDb
The Endless Trench (2019) Fearing retribution, a Republican from the Spanish Civil War hides in his home for more than 30 years with the help of his wife. Based on true events.
Year: 201980242912 · IMDb
Seven Years in Tibet (1997) During World War II, an escaped POW makes his way to Tibet, where he meets the Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Year: 19971179053 · IMDb
Becoming Jane (2007) A passionate romance with roguish barrister Tom Lefroy serves as the inspiration for the works of budding novelist Jane Austen.
Year: 200770065107 · IMDb
Indochine (1992) A wealthy plantation owner and her adopted daughter are living in French Indochina when civil war erupts, and both fall for the same French officer.
Year: 1992626910 · IMDb
My All American (2015) This true-life drama tells the story of football legend Freddie Steinmark, the Texas Longhorns safety who gave his all despite the odds against him.
Year: 201580058062 · IMDb
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) This riveting World War II drama recounts the story of six U.S. soldiers who raised the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi.
Year: 200670044687 · IMDb
Le Colonel Chabert (1994) Ten years after being declared dead in battle, a colonel returns home to find that his wife has claimed his vast fortune and married a count.
Year: 199480010612 · IMDb
My Week with Marilyn (2011) While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity.
Year: 201170202150 · IMDb
Big Eyes (2014) This biopic tells the story of Margaret Keane, the American painter who was known for her pop art paintings of children with large doe eyes.
Year: 201470095129 · IMDb
Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert (2015) Officials interrogate German worker Georg Elser when a bomb he plants detonates after Hitler has left a rally, thwarting his assassination attempt.
Year: 201580088000 · IMDb
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) When the Nazis invade Poland, Warsaw Zoo caretakers work with the underground resistance to save Jews from the horrors of the Third Reich.
Year: 201780146804 · IMDb
With Fire and Sword (1999) Based on the 1884 epic novel by author Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish knight fights to reclaim his lover from a Cossack leader amid civil unrest.
Year: 199970308739 · IMDb
Cloclo (2012) This vibrant biopic traces the tumultuous life of pop superstar Claude François, from his early years and meteoric rise to his tragic death.
Year: 201280004281 · IMDb
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) This biopic captures the colorful adventures of Pierre Beaumarchais, the 18th-century playwright who moonlighted as a spy and an arms dealer.
Year: 199680010610 · IMDb
Legend (2015) Identical twins and notorious gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray elude the authorities in 1960s London while transfixing and terrifying the public.
Year: 201580057599 · IMDb
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) In this true tale (which inspired 'Moby Dick'), a New England whaling crew wages a desperate battle to survive when a giant whale capsizes their ship.
Year: 201580017529 · IMDb
Sweet Country (2017) In 1920s Australia, an Aboriginal farmhand kills a white man in self-defense, then flees into the Outback, where he is pursued by a determined lawman.
Year: 201780216706 · IMDb
At Eternity's Gate (2018) Wild artistic inspiration and emotional turmoil fill painter Vincent van Gogh's last years as he struggles to bring his unique vision to the world.
Year: 201881020388 · IMDb
Dalida (2017) Leading a tumultuous life, Egyptian-born French-Italian singer Dalida navigates love, success, suicide and the dark side of fame in this biopic.
Year: 201780210753 · IMDb
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Queen Elizabeth steels herself against invasion, treason and betrayal as she pines for the love of swashbuckling adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh.
Year: 200770045272 · IMDb
Sarajevo (2014) Tasked with unraveling the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an honorable magistrate finds himself targeted by the shadowy perpetrators.
Year: 201480141338 · IMDb
Jutro idziemy do kina (2007) Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever.
Year: 200781446625 · IMDb
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Ambitious Boleyn sisters Anne and Mary compete for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII in this opulent historical drama.
Year: 200870083114 · IMDb
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016) The first German film adaptation of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' dramatizes her inner world and her life spent in hiding in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Year: 201680239504 · IMDb
Anna Karenina (2012) Keira Knightley stars as the titular 19th-century Russian aristocrat who enters into a forbidden love affair with the well-heeled Count Vronsky.
Year: 201270243443 · IMDb
Robin Hood (2010) In this big-budget adaptation, soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley and promises to return his sword to his family in Nottingham.
Year: 201070111323 · IMDb
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) As World War I looms, an American nurse travels to the Ottoman Empire on a medical mission, where she clashes with a dashing lieutenant.
Year: 201780143796 · IMDb
Lost City of Z (2016) In the early 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett becomes consumed with finding a mysterious ancient civilization in the Amazonian jungle.
Year: 201680022614 · IMDb
Stavisky... (1974) In this fact-based drama, a prominent socialite and financier in 1930s France is exposed as a con man, whose fall ultimately takes down the government.
Year: 197481304219 · IMDb
Far and Away (1992) Two 19th-century Irish immigrants journey to the United States for very different reasons, finding love amid the hardships they endure.
Year: 1992492899 · IMDb
Los Últimos de Filipinas (2016) While Spain relinquishes its last colonies, a battle-fatigued outpost engages in a long, brutal and sometimes bizarre clash with Filipino insurgents.
Year: 201680121844 · IMDb
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Wes Studi has the title role in this sprawling Western recounting famed Apache warrior Geronimo's losing battle with the U.S. Army in the late 1800s.
Year: 1993538871 · IMDb
Da 5 Bloods (2020) Four African American veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war to find their squad leader's remains — and a stash of buried gold. From Spike Lee.
Year: 202081045635 · IMDb
The Current War (2017) Rivals Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse find themselves in a frenzied race to determine whose electrical system will power the modern world.
Year: 201780192838 · IMDb
Marie Antoinette (2006) The film explores the effects of a luxurious yet terribly confining lifestyle on the young queen and ultimately led to her undoing.
Year: 200670044601 · IMDb
Live by Night (2016) During Prohibition, the son of a cop bootlegs his way toward the top of the Florida underworld, but not before making a powerful enemy.
Year: 201680091140 · IMDb
The Land (1970) A group of peasant farmers fights to protect their village against a corrupt landowner. Adapted from the popular novel by Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi.
Year: 197081252548 · IMDb
