Best 2019 History movies
TOP 15: Tolkien
Genre: Drama, History, War, Romance
Release: 2019
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
TOP 14: The Red Sea Diving Resort
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 2019
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.
TOP 13: Fyre
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie, Music, History
Release: 2019
He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.
TOP 12: Downton Abbey
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2019
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
TOP 11: Dolemite Is My Name
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Release: 2019
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
TOP 10: The Professor and the Madman
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2019
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
TOP 9: The King
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 2019
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
TOP 8: The Dirt
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Release: 2019
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
TOP 7: Hotel Mumbai
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 2019
Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.
TOP 6: An Officer and a Spy
Original Title: J’accuse
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2019
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
TOP 5: The First King: Birth of an Empire
Original Title: Il primo re
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Release: 2019
Two brothers, Romulus and Remus, will have to rely on each other to survive in a hostile world. The city of Rome, one of the greatest empires in history, will be born from their deeds and bloody battles.
TOP 4: The Two Popes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Release: 2019
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
TOP 3: Ford v Ferrari
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Release: 2019
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
TOP 2: The Irishman
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Release: 2019
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
TOP 1: 1917
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 2019
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake's own brother among them.