Top rated historical movies on Amazon Prime Video

Check out today’s highest ranked historical movies on Amazon Prime Video! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best historical movies on Amazon Prime Video, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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2022-09-16 | Action / Drama

Cast

Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu

Rating

rating icon 7.691
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #2 for
    repackaged
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Trailer

The Woman King trailer
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2 Apollo 11 (2019)

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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2019-03-01 | Documentary / History

Cast

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

Rating

rating icon 7.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sheer scope
  2. Ranked #1 for
    directorial achievement
  3. Ranked #1 for
    incredible

Trailer

Apollo 11 trailer
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3 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / History

Cast

Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya

Rating

rating icon 7.346
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    real deal
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ably played
  3. Ranked #1 for
    impactful

Trailer

Judas and the Black Messiah trailer
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4 Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

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2021-02-26 | War / Drama

Cast

Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović

Rating

rating icon 7.639
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cosmopolitan
  2. Ranked #1 for
    leaving theater thinking
  3. Ranked #1 for
    true representation

Trailer

Quo Vadis, Aida? trailer
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5 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

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2021-07-02 | Music / Documentary

Cast

Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rating

rating icon 7.624
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    political context
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with memorable moments
  3. Ranked #2 for
    good

Trailer

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) trailer
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6 Harriet (2019)

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

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2019-11-01 | Drama / History

Cast

Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.331
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    like a history lesson
  2. Ranked #2 for
    ingenuine directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    accurate

Trailer

Harriet trailer
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7 Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

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2022-05-24 | Action / Drama

Cast

Tom Cruise, Miles Teller

Rating

rating icon 8.224
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    naff
  2. Ranked #2 for
    long awaited
  3. Ranked #2 for
    perfect casting

Trailer

Top Gun: Maverick trailer
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8 Leap (2020)

After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final. The ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team for more than three decades have slowly spread away.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Gong Li, Huang Bo

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    objective point of view
  2. Ranked #2 for
    priceless
  3. Ranked #3 for
    athletic

Trailer

Leap trailer
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9 The Eight Hundred (2020)

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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2020-08-14 | War / History

Cast

Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi

Rating

rating icon 6.951
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    herky-jerky camera work
  2. Ranked #1 for
    patriotic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jingoistic

Trailer

The Eight Hundred trailer
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10 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.923
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for historical research
  3. Ranked #1 for
    light-hearted tone

Trailer

Argentina, 1985 trailer
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