Netflix Movies and Categories Finder: Historical Dramas
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The Shawshank Redemption
Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison and gradually forms a close bond with older inmate Red.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:22:33
Netflix ID: 70005379
The Godfather
When an organized-crime family patriarch barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:57:03
Netflix ID: 60011152
Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 03:15:04
Netflix ID: 60036359
The Green Mile
When a prison guard discovers that a death row inmate possesses mysterious powers, he tries desperately to prevent the condemned man's execution.
Released: 2016-10-07
Runtime: 03:08:41
Netflix ID: 60000417
Gladiator
Tapped for the throne after the death of the emperor, a Roman general instead finds himself condemned to die by the late ruler's power-hungry son.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:34:58
Netflix ID: 60000929
Harishchandrachi Factory
Against a backdrop of burgeoning social unrest, a neophyte filmmaker makes history in 1913 as the director of India's first feature-length film.
Released: 2018-10-01
Runtime: 01:38:32
Netflix ID: 70127589
There Will Be Blood
An ambitious prospector strikes it rich and turns a simple village into a boomtown, stoking the ire of a charismatic young preacher.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:38:25
Netflix ID: 70075473
Downfall
This portrayal of Adolf Hitler's final days is based on the memoirs of Traudl Junge, the young secretary who was with him until his death.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:35:44
Netflix ID: 70023508
Catch Me If You Can
An FBI agent makes it his mission to put cunning con man Frank Abagnale Jr. behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:21:06
Netflix ID: 60024942
12 Years a Slave
A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:14:08
Netflix ID: 70284282
Hacksaw Ridge
During World War II, Army medic and conscientious objector Desmond Doss becomes an unlikely hero on an Okinawa battlefield without bearing arms.
Released: 2017-05-02
Runtime: 02:19:04
Netflix ID: 80108975
Rebecca
A young newlywed moves to her husband's imposing estate, where she must contend with his sinister housekeeper and the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Released: 2020-10-21
Runtime: 02:03:02
Netflix ID: 81002196
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 03:08:23
Netflix ID: 60010384
The King's Speech
In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:53:23
Netflix ID: 70135893
The Imitation Game
During World War II, a brilliant mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code.
Released: 2015-05-20
Runtime: 01:54:12
Netflix ID: 70295172
Letters from Iwo Jima
As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:20:30
Netflix ID: 70058006
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
In late 19th-century Italy, four peasant families struggle to survive. For one sensitive boy, a good shoe will make all the difference in the world.
Released: 2015-12-18
Runtime: 02:57:34
Netflix ID: 70001601
Dunkirk
In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe's last hope, from Dunkirk.
Released: 2018-06-14
Runtime: 01:46:34
Netflix ID: 80170278
The Pied Piper
A shady mayor hires a magical minstrel to lure away rodents with his flute but fails to pay him. Soon, the children of the town begin disappearing.
Released: 2020-06-03
Runtime: 01:30:27
Netflix ID: 70100329
Destiny
In 12th-century Spain, a philosopher and his profound teachings jeopardize the caliph he serves when political rivals threaten a government upheaval.
Released: 2020-06-18
Runtime: 02:15:56
Netflix ID: 81252543
The Notebook
Two young lovers are torn apart by war and class differences in the 1940s in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:03:48
Netflix ID: 60036227
Pride and Prejudice
In Jane Austen's tale of 19th-century England, Mrs. Bennet hopes to marry her daughters to prosperous gentlemen, including new arrival Mr. Darcy.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:06:36
Netflix ID: 70032594
Glory
This stirring drama follows the first African-Americans to serve in combat during the Civil War -- and shows how they helped turn the tide of the war.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:02:12
Netflix ID: 547335
The Remains of the Day
In this Merchant-Ivory period drama, a dutiful butler dedicates himself to tending his lord's house, turning a blind eye to his Nazi sympathies.
Released: 2017-03-31
Runtime: 02:14:15
Netflix ID: 60011325
Loving Vincent
Rendered in the style of the beloved Dutch master, this animated biopic recounts the tortured last days of Vincent van Gogh.
Released: 2018-03-01
Runtime: 01:34:36
Netflix ID: 80171527
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim are friends who fall for the same woman, sparking a decades-long love triangle that tests and strengthens the bond between the two men.
Released: 2019-06-22
Runtime: 01:46:16
Netflix ID: 660602
October Sky
Inspired by Soviet satellite Sputnik streaking across the heavens in 1957, a teenager builds a rocket to compete for a science fair scholarship.
Released: 2020-03-01
Runtime: 01:47:19
Netflix ID: 18957852
Changeling
When her kidnapped son is brought home, a mother suspects that the boy isn't her child, so the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Released: 2015-07-16
Runtime: 02:21:41
Netflix ID: 70100378
The Theory of Everything
As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking's body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane.
Released: 2016-08-03
Runtime: 02:03:25
Netflix ID: 80000644
A Man for All Seasons
When Henry VIII seeks approval from the aristocracy to divorce, Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between the king and the Roman Catholic Church.
Released: 2016-08-16
Runtime: 02:00:27
Netflix ID: 732905
Stars
Based on the life of Jan Banas, a famous footballerââŹâ˘s megawatt success begets a game of rivalry, passion and love.
Released: 2020-07-29
Runtime: 01:41:54
Netflix ID: 81116046
Sense and Sensibility
Facing poverty after their father's death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:16:22
Netflix ID: 948002
Escape from Alcatraz
Lifer Frank Morris plans his unauthorized departure from Alcatraz in this thriller based on the penitentiary's only successful jailbreak.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:51:52
Netflix ID: 480144
Apollo 13
Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in this chronicle of a true story.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:19:46
Netflix ID: 262866
A Very Long Engagement
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancĂŠ, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way.
Released: 2015-07-06
Runtime: 02:13:17
Netflix ID: 70012795
Saladin
The Sultan of Egypt and Syria launches a campaign to retake Jerusalem amid the Crusades.
Released: 2020-06-18
Runtime: 03:14:03
Netflix ID: 81252549
The Natural
A gifted baseball player whose life has taken some startling turns becomes a 35-year-old rookie who helps a cellar-dwelling team get back in the game.
Released: 2017-03-31
Runtime: 02:17:44
Netflix ID: 793907
The Trial of the Chicago 7
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Released: 2020-10-16
Runtime: 02:10:10
Netflix ID: 81043755
Frida
This Oscar-winning biopic focuses on painter Frida Kahlo's relationship with her husband and her controversial political and sexual reputation.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:02:55
Netflix ID: 60024997
84 Charing Cross Road
Feisty New York writer Helene mails a note to a small London bookshop, sparking a touching and humorous correspondence with reserved bookseller Frank.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:39:22
Netflix ID: 60023132
Elizabeth
This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety.
Released: 2016-04-02
Runtime: 02:03:25
Netflix ID: 17236680
Mudbound
Two Mississippi families -- one black, one white -- confront the brutal realities of prejudice, farming and friendship in a divided World War II era.
Released: 2017-11-17
Runtime: 02:15:02
Netflix ID: 80175694
Manto
The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.
Released: 2018-11-30
Runtime: 01:53:54
Netflix ID: 81039383
Two English Girls
A relationship blossoms for a young Frenchman and a sculptress in Wales but when he returns to Paris, his affection starts to shift to another.
Released: 2020-04-24
Runtime: 02:09:41
Netflix ID: 1072815
Alexandria ... Why?
Living in Alexandria during World War II, an Egyptian teen enamored with American films dreams of making it in Hollywood.
Released: 2020-06-18
Runtime: 02:11:07
Netflix ID: 60001801
The Way Back
After escaping from a World War II labor camp, a band of soldiers undertake a journey to traverse Siberia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:13:10
Netflix ID: 70121494
Girl, Interrupted
Diagnosed with a disorder, Susanna Kaysen is sent to a mental institution, where she enters the skewed world of people who truly belong on the inside.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:07:37
Netflix ID: 60000428
Camille Claudel
The talent and ambition of French sculptor Camille Claudel catch the attention of legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin in this passionate drama.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:53:36
Netflix ID: 60003618
Jane Eyre
Driven from her post at Thornfield House, young governess Jane Eyre reflects on her youth and the events that led her to misty moors.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:55:10
Netflix ID: 70142825
Little Women
Four sisters and their mother battle life's vicissitudes in Civil War-era America after their father leaves to join the conflict.
Released: 2017-04-01
Runtime: 01:58:29
Netflix ID: 707114
Detroit
The deaths of three African American men at the hands of Detroit police in 1967 ignite civil unrest and deadly protests. Based on true events.
Released: 2019-03-31
Runtime: 02:23:14
Netflix ID: 80187062
Papusza
Romani writer Bronislawa Wajs struggles to succeed as a poet in 20th-century Poland -- while being rejected by the very people who inspired her art.
Released: 2019-06-01
Runtime: 02:05:57
Netflix ID: 81078812
First Man
Astronaut Neil Armstrong spends a decade training for the flight of a lifetime, as he prepares to be the first man to walk on the moon.
Released: 2019-08-18
Runtime: 02:20:59
Netflix ID: 80991403
The Patriot
A widower and past war hero just wants to live in peace and farm his land -- until a cruel British officer brings the American Revolution to his door.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:45:01
Netflix ID: 60001044
We Were Soldiers
This Vietnam War epic tells the story of the Battle of Ia Drang, which pitted 450 U.S. soldiers against thousands of well-armed Vietnamese troops.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:18:32
Netflix ID: 60022697
Out of Africa
A Denmark native shares a marriage of convenience with a womanizing baron. But when they move to Nairobi, she falls for a free-spirited hunter.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:40:54
Netflix ID: 60000019
Cold Mountain
This drama follows a wounded Civil War soldier making the long journey home, while his faraway love fights for survival on her deceased father's farm.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:34:25
Netflix ID: 60031289
Mongol
In 12th-century Asia, an orphaned slave escapes from his captors and becomes one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known: Genghis Khan.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:05:19
Netflix ID: 70075474
The Age of Innocence
A well-bred New Yorker engaged to an appropriate, cultured woman puts society's mores to the test when her alluring cousin comes along.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:18:26
Netflix ID: 60011002
The Great Gatsby
Fascinated by the mysterious and affluent Jay Gatsby, his neighbor Nick Carraway bears witness to the man's obsessive love and spiral into tragedy.
Released: 2015-04-19
Runtime: 02:22:01
Netflix ID: 70244437
The Founder
After a fateful encounter with the McDonald brothers, struggling salesman Ray Kroc becomes driven to change the way hamburgers are made and sold.
Released: 2017-07-11
Runtime: 01:55:19
Netflix ID: 80101899
Silence
Two Portuguese priests go to Japan to look for their missing mentor, but their search is hindered by a regime that's hostile to Western culture.
Released: 2017-09-01
Runtime: 02:41:07
Netflix ID: 80146803
The Post
When a rival newspaper lands a major scoop, detailing a decades-long cover-up about Vietnam involving the president, The Washington Post faces a choice.
Released: 2019-06-01
Runtime: 01:55:50
Netflix ID: 80192932
The Endless Trench
Fearing retribution, a Republican from the Spanish Civil War hides in his home for more than 30 years with the help of his wife. Based on true events.
Released: 2020-02-28
Runtime: 02:27:58
Netflix ID: 80242912
Seven Years in Tibet
During World War II, an escaped POW makes his way to Tibet, where he meets the Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:16:22
Netflix ID: 1179053
Becoming Jane
A passionate romance with roguish barrister Tom Lefroy serves as the inspiration for the works of budding novelist Jane Austen.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:05:34
Netflix ID: 70065107
Indochine
A wealthy plantation owner and her adopted daughter are living in French Indochina when civil war erupts, and both fall for the same French officer.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:32:26
Netflix ID: 626910
My All American
This true-life drama tells the story of football legend Freddie Steinmark, the Texas Longhorns safety who gave his all despite the odds against him.
Released: 2016-07-23
Runtime: 01:58:29
Netflix ID: 80058062
Flags of Our Fathers
This riveting World War II drama recounts the story of six U.S. soldiers who raised the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi.
Released: 2017-01-01
Runtime: 02:11:47
Netflix ID: 70044687
Le Colonel Chabert
Ten years after being declared dead in battle, a colonel returns home to find that his wife has claimed his vast fortune and married a count.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:46:21
Netflix ID: 80010612
My Week with Marilyn
While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:38:55
Netflix ID: 70202150
Big Eyes
This biopic tells the story of Margaret Keane, the American painter who was known for her pop art paintings of children with large doe eyes.
Released: 2016-01-06
Runtime: 01:45:42
Netflix ID: 70095129
Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert
Officials interrogate German worker Georg Elser when a bomb he plants detonates after Hitler has left a rally, thwarting his assassination attempt.
Released: 2016-03-01
Runtime: 01:49:14
Netflix ID: 80088000
The Zookeeper's Wife
When the Nazis invade Poland, Warsaw Zoo caretakers work with the underground resistance to save Jews from the horrors of the Third Reich.
Released: 2018-02-24
Runtime: 02:06:42
Netflix ID: 80146804
With Fire and Sword
Based on the 1884 epic novel by author Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish knight fights to reclaim his lover from a Cossack leader amid civil unrest.
Released: 2019-11-20
Runtime: 02:55:13
Netflix ID: 70308739
Cloclo
This vibrant biopic traces the tumultuous life of pop superstar Claude François, from his early years and meteoric rise to his tragic death.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:28:46
Netflix ID: 80004281
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
This biopic captures the colorful adventures of Pierre Beaumarchais, the 18th-century playwright who moonlighted as a spy and an arms dealer.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:36:32
Netflix ID: 80010610
Legend
Identical twins and notorious gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray elude the authorities in 1960s London while transfixing and terrifying the public.
Released: 2016-09-07
Runtime: 02:11:24
Netflix ID: 80057599
In the Heart of the Sea
In this true tale (which inspired 'Moby Dick'), a New England whaling crew wages a desperate battle to survive when a giant whale capsizes their ship.
Released: 2016-11-17
Runtime: 02:01:39
Netflix ID: 80017529
Sweet Country
In 1920s Australia, an Aboriginal farmhand kills a white man in self-defense, then flees into the Outback, where he is pursued by a determined lawman.
Released: 2018-06-15
Runtime: 01:53:04
Netflix ID: 80216706
At Eternity's Gate
Wild artistic inspiration and emotional turmoil fill painter Vincent van Gogh's last years as he struggles to bring his unique vision to the world.
Released: 2019-02-15
Runtime: 01:51:14
Netflix ID: 81020388
Dalida
Leading a tumultuous life, Egyptian-born French-Italian singer Dalida navigates love, success, suicide and the dark side of fame in this biopic.
Released: 2020-01-14
Runtime: 02:01:44
Netflix ID: 80210753
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Queen Elizabeth steels herself against invasion, treason and betrayal as she pines for the love of swashbuckling adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh.
Released: 2016-06-01
Runtime: 01:54:45
Netflix ID: 70045272
Sarajevo
Tasked with unraveling the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an honorable magistrate finds himself targeted by the shadowy perpetrators.
Released: 2017-01-15
Runtime: 01:38:10
Netflix ID: 80141338
Jutro idziemy do kina
Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever.
Released: 2021-08-04
Runtime: 01:40:58
Netflix ID: 81446625
The Other Boleyn Girl
Ambitious Boleyn sisters Anne and Mary compete for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII in this opulent historical drama.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:55:22
Netflix ID: 70083114
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank
The first German film adaptation of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' dramatizes her inner world and her life spent in hiding in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Released: 2018-04-18
Runtime: 02:09:25
Netflix ID: 80239504
Anna Karenina
Keira Knightley stars as the titular 19th-century Russian aristocrat who enters into a forbidden love affair with the well-heeled Count Vronsky.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:09:31
Netflix ID: 70243443
Robin Hood
In this big-budget adaptation, soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley and promises to return his sword to his family in Nottingham.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:20:21
Netflix ID: 70111323
The Ottoman Lieutenant
As World War I looms, an American nurse travels to the Ottoman Empire on a medical mission, where she clashes with a dashing lieutenant.
Released: 2017-12-28
Runtime: 01:50:34
Netflix ID: 80143796
Lost City of Z
In the early 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett becomes consumed with finding a mysterious ancient civilization in the Amazonian jungle.
Released: 2018-02-01
Runtime: 02:20:38
Netflix ID: 80022614
Stavisky...
In this fact-based drama, a prominent socialite and financier in 1930s France is exposed as a con man, whose fall ultimately takes down the government.
Released: 2020-11-28
Runtime: 01:57:14
Netflix ID: 81304219
Far and Away
Two 19th-century Irish immigrants journey to the United States for very different reasons, finding love amid the hardships they endure.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:19:56
Netflix ID: 492899
Los Ăltimos de Filipinas
While Spain relinquishes its last colonies, a battle-fatigued outpost engages in a long, brutal and sometimes bizarre clash with Filipino insurgents.
Released: 2017-06-02
Runtime: 02:09:43
Netflix ID: 80121844
Geronimo: An American Legend
Wes Studi has the title role in this sprawling Western recounting famed Apache warrior Geronimo's losing battle with the U.S. Army in the late 1800s.
Released: 2018-04-01
Runtime: 01:55:06
Netflix ID: 538871
Da 5 Bloods
Four African American veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war to find their squad leader's remains ââŹâ and a stash of buried gold. From Spike Lee.
Released: 2020-06-12
Runtime: 02:35:52
Netflix ID: 81045635
The Current War
Rivals Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse find themselves in a frenzied race to determine whose electrical system will power the modern world.
Released: 2020-09-03
Runtime: 01:47:52
Netflix ID: 80192838
Marie Antoinette
The film explores the effects of a luxurious yet terribly confining lifestyle on the young queen and ultimately led to her undoing.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:02:41
Netflix ID: 70044601
Live by Night
During Prohibition, the son of a cop bootlegs his way toward the top of the Florida underworld, but not before making a powerful enemy.
Released: 2017-11-10
Runtime: 02:08:46
Netflix ID: 80091140
The Land
A group of peasant farmers fights to protect their village against a corrupt landowner. Adapted from the popular novel by Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi.
Released: 2020-06-18
Runtime: 02:09:30
Netflix ID: 81252548