Best Historical Fiction Movies

The 83 best-rated historical fiction movies on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

The Impossible 2012 ★ 7.4

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 2018 ★ 7.4

The Big Short 2015 ★ 7.4

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix 1976 ★ 7.3

A Royal Affair 2012 ★ 7.3

X-Men: First Class 2011 ★ 7.3

Operation Red Sea 2018 ★ 7.4

The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 ★ 7.3

The Patriot 2000 ★ 7.2

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 ★ 7.2

Troy 2004 ★ 7.2

Chang'an 2023 ★ 7.7

The King 2019 ★ 7.2

Hairspray Live! 2016 ★ 7.3

Midway 2019 ★ 7.1

The Duchess 2008 ★ 7.0

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale 2025 ★ 7.0

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I 2022 ★ 7.1

My Happy Marriage 2023 ★ 7.3

Alienoid 2022 ★ 6.9

Lincoln 2012 ★ 6.8

King and the Clown 2005 ★ 7.0

11 Rebels 2024 ★ 7.1

Ivanhoe 1952 ★ 6.8