Jan 3, 2019 - Some people learn about history in school, which is fine if you're into that sort of thing. But for those of you who consider yourselves a Netflix.
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1.Chernobyl(2019)
TV-MA|330 min|Drama, History
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In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Stars:Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes:274,690
2.When They See Us(2019– )
TV-MA|296 min|Biography, Drama, History
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Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Stars:Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Jharrel Jerome
Votes:23,493
3.Deadwood(2004–2006)
TV-MA|55 min|Crime, Drama, History
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A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
Stars:Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif
Votes:84,604
4.Vikings(2013– )
TV-MA|44 min|Action, Adventure, Drama
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Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.
Stars:Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Travis Fimmel
Votes:344,701
5.Hotel Mumbai(2018)
R|123 min|Drama, History, Thriller
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The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Director:Anthony Maras| Stars:Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher
Votes:16,642|Gross:$9.65M
6.Warrior(2019– )
TV-MA|60 min|Action, Crime, Drama
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Set during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy originating from China to San Francisco, ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown
Stars:Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan
Votes:5,415
7.Band of Brothers(2001)
TV-MA|594 min|Action, Drama, History
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The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.
Stars:Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
Votes:325,103
8.The Spanish Princess(2019– )
TV-MA|55 min|Drama, History
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The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Stars:Charlotte Hope, Ruairi O'Connor, Aaron Cobham, Stephanie Levi-John
Votes:1,292
9.The Last Kingdom(2015– )
TV-MA|60 min|Action, Drama, History
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As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred - born a Saxon but raised by Vikings - seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.
Stars:Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, David Dawson, Eliza Butterworth
Votes:54,498
10.The Crown(2016– )
TV-MA|58 min|Drama, History
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Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Stars:Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies
Votes:83,615
11.The Terror(2018– )
TV-14|60 min|Adventure, Drama, History
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In 1848, two real life warships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, sent on a Royal Naval expedition to find the treacherous Northwest Passage become trapped in ice near Arctic and face starvation, mutiny, cannibalism and a demonic polar bear.
Stars:Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis
Votes:27,881
12.The Irishman(2019)
Biography, Crime, Drama |Post-production
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Director:Martin Scorsese| Stars:Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Jesse Plemons
13.Dunkirk(2017)
PG-13|106 min|Action, Drama, History
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Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director:Christopher Nolan| Stars:Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes:469,054|Gross:$188.37M
14.Spartacus(2010–2013)
TV-MA|55 min|Action, Adventure, Biography
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The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.
Stars:Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel
Votes:206,186
15.The Command(2018)
PG-13|117 min|Action, Drama, History
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The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Director:Thomas Vinterberg| Stars:Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl
Votes:7,648
16.The Favourite(2018)
R|119 min|Biography, Drama, History
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In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Director:Yorgos Lanthimos| Stars:Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes:118,229|Gross:$34.24M
17.Poldark(2015– )
TV-14|60 min|Drama, History, Romance
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Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
Stars:Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Farthing, Heida Reed
Votes:20,997
18.Troy(2004)
R|163 min|Drama, History
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An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
Director:Wolfgang Petersen| Stars:Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Julian Glover
Votes:453,081|Gross:$133.38M
19.Jamestown(2017– )
Not Rated|60 min|Drama, History
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A drama about English settlers in America in 1617.
Stars:Stuart Martin, Matt Stokoe, Kalani Queypo, Naomi Battrick
Votes:2,630
20.The Best of Enemies(2019)
PG-13|133 min|Biography, Drama, History
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Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Director:Robin Bissell| Stars:Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche
Votes:1,646|Gross:$10.21M
21.Schindler's List(1993)
R|195 min|Biography, Drama, History
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In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director:Steven Spielberg| Stars:Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes:1,092,521|Gross:$96.07M
22.The Tudors(2007–2010)
TV-MA|60 min|Drama, History, Romance
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A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.
Stars:Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, James Frain
Votes:62,817
23.Braveheart(1995)
R|178 min|Biography, Drama, History
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When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
Director:Mel Gibson| Stars:Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Votes:893,674|Gross:$75.60M
24.First Man(2018)
PG-13|141 min|Biography, Drama, History
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A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Director:Damien Chazelle| Stars:Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Votes:121,550|Gross:$44.94M
25.Call the Midwife(2012– )
TV-PG|60 min|Drama, History
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Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
Stars:Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt
Votes:17,576
26.Stockholm(I) (2018)
R|92 min|Biography, Comedy, Crime
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Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
Director:Robert Budreau| Stars:Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl
Votes:2,692|Gross:$0.27M
27.Boardwalk Empire(2010–2014)
TV-MA|55 min|Crime, Drama, History
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An Atlantic City, New Jersey politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars:Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes:160,201
28.Midway(2019)
Action, Drama, History |Post-production
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
Director:Roland Emmerich| Stars:Luke Evans, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore
29.Mary Queen of Scots(2018)
R|124 min|Biography, Drama, History
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Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Director:Josie Rourke| Stars:Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn
Votes:24,427|Gross:$16.47M
30.Knightfall(2017– )
TV-14|60 min|Action, Adventure, Drama
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A look at the final days of the Knights Templar during the 14th century.
Stars:Tom Cullen, Pádraic Delaney, Simon Merrells, Julian Ovenden
Votes:12,356
31.Tombstone(1993)
R|130 min|Action, Biography, Drama
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A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
Directors:George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre| Stars:Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton
Votes:115,376|Gross:$56.51M
32.Robert the Bruce(2019)
124 min|History
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The story of nobleman-turned-outlaw hero who was was crowned king of Scots in the 14th century.
Director:Richard Gray| Stars:Gabriel Bateman, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Macaulay Callard, Mhairi Calvey
Votes:22
33.12 Strong(2018)
R|130 min|Action, Drama, History
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12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
Director:Nicolai Fuglsig| Stars:Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban
Votes:50,631|Gross:$45.50M
34.The Great Escape(1963)
Not Rated|172 min|Adventure, Drama, History
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Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Director:John Sturges| Stars:Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes:205,402|Gross:$12.10M
35.Victoria(2016– )
TV-PG|60 min|Biography, Drama, History
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The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
Stars:Jenna Coleman, Adrian Schiller, Jordan Waller, Tom Hughes
Votes:18,410
36.Les Misérables(2012)
PG-13|158 min|Drama, History, Musical
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In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
Director:Tom Hooper| Stars:Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
Votes:286,483|Gross:$148.81M
37.Werk ohne Autor(2018)
R|189 min|Drama, History, Romance
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German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Director:Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck| Stars:Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes:5,268|Gross:$1.30M
38.Rome(2005–2007)
TV-MA|90 min|Action, Drama, History
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A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars:Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes:141,547
39.Drunk History(2013– )
TV-14|22 min|Comedy, History
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Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.
Stars:Bennie Arthur, Derek Waters, Craig Cackowski, Maria Blasucci
Votes:7,619
40.Hacksaw Ridge(2016)
R|139 min|Biography, Drama, History
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World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Director:Mel Gibson| Stars:Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer
Votes:368,518|Gross:$67.21M
41.The Big Short(2015)
R|130 min|Biography, Comedy, Drama
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In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
Director:Adam McKay| Stars:Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt
Votes:310,262|Gross:$70.26M
42.Apollo 11(2019)
G|93 min|Documentary, History
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A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Director:Todd Douglas Miller| Stars:Buzz Aldrin, Joan Ann Archer, Janet Armstrong, Neil Armstrong
Votes:5,175|Gross:$8.86M
43.Apollo 13(I) (1995)
PG|140 min|Adventure, Drama, History
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NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Director:Ron Howard| Stars:Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Votes:246,360|Gross:$173.84M
44.Medici(2016– )
TV-14|60 min|Biography, Drama, History
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A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.
Stars:Daniel Sharman, Annabel Scholey, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sarah Parish
Votes:11,741
45.Resurrection: Ertugrul(2014– )
120 min|Action, Adventure, Drama
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The heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman Caliphate.
Stars:Engin Altan Düzyatan, Hülya Darcan, Cengiz Coskun, Nurettin Sönmez
Votes:18,237
46.Black Hawk Down(2001)
R|142 min|Drama, History, War
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160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
Director:Ridley Scott| Stars:Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana
Votes:340,289|Gross:$108.64M
47.The Front Runner(2018)
R|113 min|Biography, Drama, History
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In 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
Director:Jason Reitman| Stars:Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O'Brien
Votes:6,666|Gross:$2.00M
48.The Current War(2017)
PG-13|107 min|Biography, Drama, History
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The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Director:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon| Stars:Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston
Votes:599
49.Arthdal Chronicles(2019– )
80 min|Drama, Fantasy, History
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Arthdal Chronicles depicts the birth of civilization and nations in ancient times. It is a story of mythical heroes, their struggle, unity and love of people living in a virtual land called Arth.
Stars:Joong-Ki Song, Ji-won Kim, Dong-Gun Jang, Ok-bin Kim
Votes:261
50.The Impossible(2012)
PG-13|114 min|Drama, History, Thriller
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The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Director:J.A. Bayona| Stars:Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes:178,192|Gross:$19.02M
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