History adaptations

376 history adaptations — 286 films and 90 TV titles. Showing the 120 most popular — browse them all A–Z.

Schindler's List
1993 · film · RT 98%
from Schindler's Ark
Oppenheimer
2023 · film · RT 93%
from American Prometheus
12 Years a Slave
2013 · film · RT 95%
from Twelve Years a Slave
Black Hawk Down
2001 · film · RT 77%
from Black Hawk Down
Apollo 13
1995 · film · RT 92%
from Lost Moon
Sully
2016 · film · RT 85%
from Highest Duty
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · film · RT 93%
from Killers of the Flower Moon
Hidden Figures
2016 · film · RT 93%
from Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Lincoln
2012 · film · RT 90%
from Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Munich
2005 · film · RT 79%
from Vengeance
First Man
2018 · film · RT 87%
from First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
The Thin Red Line
1998 · film · RT 80%
from The Thin Red Line
The Last King of Scotland
2006 · film · RT 87%
from The Last King of Scotland
The Last Duel
2021 · film · RT 85%
from The Last Duel
The Last Kingdom
2015 · television series
from The Saxon Stories
JFK
1991 · film · RT 85%
from On the Trail of the Assassins
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · film · RT 52%
from 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
The King
2019 · film · RT 71%
from Henry IV, Part 2
Invictus
2009 · film · RT 76%
from Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation
The Zone of Interest
2023 · film · RT 93%
from The Zone of Interest
We Were Soldiers
2002 · film · RT 63%
from We Were Soldiers Once… And Young
Glory
1989 · film · RT 95%
from One Gallant Rush
Hamilton
2020 · film · RT 98%
from Hamilton
The 13th Warrior
1999 · film · RT 34%
from Eaters of the Dead
All the President's Men
1976 · film · RT 95%
from All the President's Men
Greyhound
2019 · film · RT 77%
from The Good Shepherd
Silence
2016 · film · RT 83%
from Silence
Marie Antoinette
2006 · film · RT 58%
from Marie Antoinette: The Journey
The Death of Stalin
2017 · film · RT 94%
from The Death of Stalin
The Way Back
2010 · film · RT 73%
from The Long Walk
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · film · RT 43%
from The Other Boleyn Girl
The Last Emperor
1987 · film · RT 86%
from The First Half of My Life
Frost/Nixon
2008 · film · RT 93%
from Frost/Nixon
United 93
2006 · film · RT 90%
from 9/11 Commission Report
Malcolm X
1992 · film · RT 89%
from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hamnet
2025 · film · RT 87%
from Hamnet
12 Strong
2018 · film · RT 50%
from Horse Soldiers
The Dig
2021 · film · RT 87%
from The Dig
Nuremberg
2025 · film · RT 72%
from The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
Child 44
2015 · film · RT 30%
from Child 44
Seabiscuit
2003 · film · RT 77%
from Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Blonde
2022 · film · RT 42%
from Blonde
Ratched
2020 · television series
from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Finest Hours
2016 · film · RT 64%
from The Finest Hours
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · film · RT 61%
from A Bridge Too Far
The Beguiled
2017 · film · RT 79%
from The Beguiled
Thirteen Days
2000 · film · RT 83%
from The Kennedy Tapes
Macbeth
2015 · film · RT 80%
from Macbeth
The Longest Day
1962 · film · RT 83%
from The Longest Day
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · film
from Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
The Flowers of War
2011 · film · RT 41%
from The Flowers of War
The Professor and the Madman
2019 · film · RT 42%
from The Surgeon of Crowthorne
A Royal Affair
2012 · film · RT 90%
from The Visit of the Royal Physician
All the Light We Cannot See
2023 · television series
from All the Light We Cannot See
She Said
2022 · film · RT 88%
from She Said
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017 · film · RT 64%
from The Zookeeper's Wife
Lust, Caution
2007 · film · RT 73%
from Lust, Caution
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015 · film · RT 84%
from The Lucifer Effect
The Outpost
2019 · film · RT 91%
from The Outpost
The Physician
2013 · film
from The Physician
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023 · film
from The Saxon Stories
The Crucible
1996 · film · RT 72%
from The Crucible
The 33
2014 · film · RT 49%
from Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
22 July
2018 · film · RT 81%
from One of Us
Anna and the King
1999 · film · RT 52%
from Anna and the King of Siam
Evita
1996 · film · RT 63%
from Evita
The Normal Heart
2014 · television film · RT 94%
from The Normal Heart
The Last Legion
2007 · film · RT 15%
from The Last Legion
Munich: The Edge of War
2021 · film · RT 83%
from Munich
Small Things Like These
2024 · film · RT 94%
from Small Things Like These
Call the Midwife
2012 · television series
from Call the Midwife
The White Queen
2013 · television series
from The Kingmaker's Daughter
The Bounty
1984 · film · RT 74%
from Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian
Gettysburg
1993 · film · RT 82%
from The Killer Angels
Henry V
1989 · film · RT 98%
from Henry V
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 · film · RT 52%
from Jesus Christ Superstar
Serena
2014 · film · RT 17%
from Serena
Testament of Youth
2014 · film · RT 84%
from Testament of Youth
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · film · RT 61%
from Long Walk to Freedom
Suite française
2015 · film · RT 75%
from Suite française
The Boys in the Boat
2023 · film · RT 57%
from The Boys in the Boat
Queer
2024 · film · RT 77%
from Queer
A Mighty Heart
2007 · film · RT 79%
from A Mighty Heart
Turn: Washington's Spies
2014 · television series
from Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Missing
1982 · film · RT 94%
from The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice
Titus
1999 · film · RT 69%
from Titus Andronicus
First They Killed My Father
2017 · film · RT 88%
from First They Killed My Father
An Officer and a Spy
2019 · film · RT 78%
from An Officer and a Spy
A Passage to India
1984 · film · RT 77%
from A Passage to India
Phoenix
2014 · film · RT 98%
from Return From The Ashes
I, Claudius
1976 · miniseries
from I, Claudius
The Devils
1971 · film · RT 77%
from The Devils of Loudun
Bel Ami
2012 · film · RT 27%
from Bel-Ami
Roots
1977 · miniseries
from Roots: The Saga of an American Family
A Night to Remember
1958 · film · RT 100%
from A Night to Remember
The Looming Tower
2018 · miniseries
from The Looming Tower
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · film · RT 70%
from Mutiny on the Bounty
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece
2015 · television series
from Wolf Hall
Gods and Generals
2003 · film · RT 8%
from Gods and Generals
Shōgun
1980 · television series
from Shōgun
The Empire
? · web series
from Empire of the Moghul
The White Princess
2017 · television series
from The King's Curse
Becket
1964 · film · RT 75%
from Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu
Captain Blood
1935 · film · RT 100%
from Captain Blood
A Young Doctor's Notebook
2012 · television series
from A Young Doctor's Notebook
The Exception
2016 · film · RT 75%
from The Kaiser's Last Kiss
Waiting for the Barbarians
2019 · film · RT 53%
from Waiting for the Barbarians
Macbeth
1971 · film · RT 78%
from Macbeth
Tom Jones
1963 · film · RT 83%
from The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Say Nothing
2024 · television series
from Say Nothing
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
1992 · film · RT 31%
from Wuthering Heights
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · television film
from A Christmas Carol
The Return
2024 · film · RT 78%
from Odyssey
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 · television series
from The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Around the World in 80 Days
2021 · television series
from Around the World in Eighty Days
A Gentleman in Moscow
2024 · television series
from A Gentleman in Moscow
The Paradise
2012 · television series
from The Ladies' Paradise
The Spanish Princess
2019 · television series
from The King's Curse
The Dam Busters
1955 · film · RT 100%
from The Dam Busters
The Robe
1953 · film · RT 74%
from The Robe