Best movies — histoire on Netflix : our Top 20

1963 · Tony Richardson

Bound by deep affection yet divided by stark social classes, Tom and Sophie must navigate family expectations and mounting chaos to discover whether their love can survive.

With Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento and David Tomlinson

2015 · F. Gary Gray

In 1987, five young men turned uncompromising rhymes and relentless, hard-edged beats into the only weapon they had to voice their anger and frustration about life in one of America's most dangerous neighborhoods. The film traces how these cultural insurgents—relying on provocative lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—confronted the authorities determined to keep them silent and built one of the most notorious hip-hop collectives, N.W.A. By laying bare the realities of life in the hood, their music unleashed a cultural and social uprising whose impact continues to resonate.

With O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Marlon Yates Jr. and R. Marcos Taylor

2014 · Ava DuVernay

In Selma, Alabama, civil rights organizers mount a peaceful campaign for voting equality, but a brutal crackdown on marchers shocks the nation and forces President Lyndon B. Johnson to back decisive federal action that culminates in landmark voting-rights legislation.

With David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Giovanni Ribisi and Alessandro Nivola

1989 · Edward Zwick

Robert Gould Shaw is appointed to lead the Union's first volunteer regiment of Black soldiers, struggling to forge unity and courage among his men while confronting entrenched racism within his own army and the fierce hostility of the Confederacy.

With Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, Andre Braugher and John Finn

2001 · Ridley Scott

As U.S. Army Rangers and an elite Delta Force unit move in to apprehend two associates of a Somali warlord, enemy fighters bring down their Black Hawk helicopters, inflicting severe American casualties and forcing the survivors into brutal, close-quarters combat with the militia.

With Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Jason Isaacs, William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore and Ewen Bremner

2005 · Steven Spielberg

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, a Palestinian militant group abducts and murders eleven members of the Israeli delegation; in the aftermath, the Israeli government quietly assembles a covert Mossad team to track down and take out those behind the attack.

With Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Amalric and Geoffrey Rush

2016 · Michael Bay

A violent attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya kills the American ambassador, and the compound’s security team races to contain the chaos, protect survivors, and uncover the truth behind the assault.

With John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, Matt Letscher and Alexia Barlier

2026 · Thérèse Ahlbeck

Gösta Engzell, a largely overlooked official in Sweden’s Foreign Ministry during World War II, quietly used diplomatic channels to save thousands of lives, turning his country’s declared neutrality into an unexpected moral force. His determined challenge to bureaucratic indifference changed policy and left a durable humanitarian legacy.

With Henrik Dorsin, Sissela Benn, Jonas Karlsson, Johan Glans, Olle Jansson, Oscar Töringe and Loa Falkman

1970 · Richard Fleischer

A routine drug deal collapses into violence, forcing XXXX to abandon his strict code and up the stakes—outthinking the entrenched powers and doing whatever it takes to come out alive.

With Martin Balsam, Sō Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall and Takahiro Tamura

2023 · Georgia Oakley

Back in their tiny California hometown by chance, two former high‑school sweethearts run into each other and revisit the memories, regrets and lingering what‑ifs of their shared past.

With Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page, Stacy Abalogun, Amy Booth-Steel and Aoife Kennan

2023 · Edward Bazalgette

After King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his loyal companions traverse a fractured realm, fighting foes and forging alliances as they strive to reunify England.

With Alexander Dreymon, Mark Rowley, Arnas Fedaravicius, Harry Gilby, Laurie Davidson, Cavan Clerkin and James Northcote

2024 · Tyler Perry

Set against the backdrop of World War II, the U.S. Army’s only all-Black, all-female battalion is handed an extraordinary assignment: they must sort through a three-year backlog of seventeen million undelivered letters and packages meant for American soldiers—and complete the task in just six months.

With Kerry Washington, Sam Waterston, Susan Sarandon, Oprah Winfrey, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson and Kylie Jefferson

2023 · Maïwenn

Born in 1743 to an impoverished seamstress and raised as an illegitimate child, Jeanne Bécu climbs the treacherous hierarchy of Louis XV’s court, transforming from obscurity into the monarch’s final officially recognized mistress.

With Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Robin Renucci, Pierre Richard and Marianne Basler

2023 · Sydney Sibilia

In 1980s Naples, three brothers parlay a backyard cassette hobby into a sprawling bootleg mixtape network that fills clubs, streets and car radios with their sound — but as money, fame and outside pressures grow, rivalries, corruption and shifting music scenes ignite betrayals that bring their empire crashing down.

With Luigi D'Oriano, Giuseppe Arena, Emanuele Palumbo, Francesco Di Leva, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Adriano Pantaleo and Chiara Celotto

2008 ·

Set amid the upheaval of a decisive era in European history, this lavish, sensuous drama unfolds a world of courtly scheming, illicit longing and bitter treachery. Two Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary, propelled by their family’s unyielding thirst for advancement, find themselves locked in a dangerous rivalry as they compete for the favor of the charismatic, tempestuous King Henry VIII.

With Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas and David Morrissey

2022 · Peter Flinth

Stranded on Greenland's ice in 1909, two members of a Danish expedition must endure brutal cold, dwindling supplies and rising tensions as they battle to stay alive.

With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance, Heida Reed, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Sam Redford and Diarmaid Murtagh

2023 · George C. Wolfe

Bayard Rustin, a behind-the-scenes strategist, confronts both racial prejudice and anti-gay hostility while orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington. Against resistance from society and skeptics within the movement, his tactical brilliance helps reshape the struggle for racial equality.

With Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey and CCH Pounder

2024 · Walter Salles

On a secluded sheep ranch in Chile, Memo conceals a luminous singing voice behind a life of isolation and small, glittering flourishes. Haunted by old wounds, he retreats into solitude — until an unexpected listener arrives and the carefully guarded past threatens to surface.

With Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Maeve Jinkings, Dan Stulbach and Humberto Carrão

2025 · Agustín Díaz Yanes

A young operative severs her past to go undercover inside ETA, risking everything and her life to track down the group's safe houses across southern France.

With Susana Abaitua, Andrés Gertrúdix, Iraia Elias, Ariadna Gil, Raúl Arévalo, Anartz Zuazua and Jaime Chávarri

2024 · Bolanle Austen-Peters

A single missile of unknown origin is fired toward the United States, sparking a high-stakes scramble—political, military and diplomatic—to identify the culprit and decide how to respond.

With Femi Branch, Mike Afolarin, Funke Akindele, Femi Adebayo, Ibrahim Chatta, Toyin Abraham and Jide 'JBlaze' Oyegbile