Best History Movies of the 2010s
The 2010s reshaped history cinema, and this is what survived the decade's own hype cycle — 20 films ranked purely by audience score, from 2010 to 2019. Green Book leads at 8.2. If you only work through the top ten, you will have covered the decade properly.
20 titles · average score 8.0 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Green Book (2018)
★ 8.2 · 13,108 ratingsTony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below…
- 2
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,141 ratingsWWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- 3
Togo (2019)
★ 8.1 · 2,337 ratingsThe untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of…
- 4
Hidden Figures (2016)
★ 8.0 · 10,580 ratingsThe untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
- 5
A Taxi Driver (2017)
★ 8.0 · 1,202 ratingsMay, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 8.0. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best history movie of the 2010s?
Green Book (2018) leads the decade with 8.2. The full list covers 2010–2019 and averages 8.0.
How many history movies from the 2010s are on this list?
20, each with at least 300 audience ratings behind its score. Anything with a thin vote count is excluded so the ranking reflects a real consensus.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.