Ranked by IMDb rating — 19 English history films released in 2026.
Jon Erwin · 122 min · Angel Studios / 10 Ton Productions
A young George Washington faces war, betrayal, and impossible choices that will forge a leader.
Cast: William Franklyn-Miller, Ben Kingsley, Mary-Louise Parker
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (8.2/10 on TMDb (37 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Anthony Maras · 101 min · Working Title Films / StudioCanal UK
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
Cast: Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.7/10 on TMDb (381 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Paweł Pawlikowski · 82 min · Our Films / Extreme Emotions
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.3/10 on TMDb (29 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Sian Heder · 127 min · Permut Presentations / Gravity Squared Entertainment
Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The system is broken—not us.
Cast: Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O'Brien
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Václav Marhoul · 132 min · Bonfire Legend
A former student turns the tables on a man from his past in this gripping drama set against the backdrop of Soviet Russia in 1938. The story takes place in a Moscow prison, where the protagonist is subjected to intense questioning by his former academic. As the interrogation unfolds, the true nature of their relationship is revealed.
Cast: Rob Lowe, James Franco, Jennifer Jason Leigh
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Peter Farrelly · 128 min · Eden Rock Media / Baha Productions
The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.
Cast: Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephan James
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
David O. Russell · Escape Artists / SMAC Entertainment
A biographical drama follows John Madden as he becomes involved in the creation of a popular football video game franchise, transforming him into an iconic figure in gaming culture. The film explores Madden's journey from his early days to his success with the game. It is based on real events and people from Madden's life.
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, John Mulaney
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Peter Berg · Imagine Entertainment / Film 44
In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, four US college football stars enlist in the Marines, discovering the strength of brotherhood and the cost of war.
Cast: Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Nima Beheshtinia · 20 min
"DEQ" is a legacy in Kurdish Culture. A bridge between Human and Nature and a way to find meaning of life.
Cast: Nima Beheshtinia
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (10.0/10 on TMDb (1 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Jay Russell-Kent · 13 min
In 17th century England, two women persecuted for witchcraft find sanctuary and safety at the site of a five-hundred oak tree.
Cast: Annalise Bradshaw, Tasia Rhodes, Milo Waters
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Shane O'Sullivan · 105 min · E2 Films / The Watergate Caper LLC
The Watergate Caper is an archival documentary, narrated by Harry Shearer (This is Spinal Tap), tracing the rise and fall of Nixon from the presidential primaries of 1968 through the Watergate break-in of June 1972 to his resignation two years later, killing trust in the political process and the American presidency in the wake of the Vietnam War. The film draws on hundreds of hours of TV news taped off-air by the Nixon White House to tell the untold story of the Watergate burglars. How did tapping the wrong phone with a bug that didn't work lead to their arrests and Nixon's resignation? It also explores representations of the Nixon years in popular culture, using the music, commercials, and cinema of the era to evoke a fevered political landscape of culture wars, dirty tricks, paranoia and assassination.
Cast: Richard Nixon, Daniel Ellsberg, Richard Helms
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Kasia Adamik · 112 min · Iris Productions / Wild Mouse Production
Warsaw, December 13, 1981. Martial law shuts down the country. Overnight, a country turns into a prison. Taxis have been replaced by tanks. Citizens are treated like criminals. And visiting British Professor Joan Andrews finds herself trapped. After witnessing the murder of a young student by the secret police (the "Crows"), Joan herself becomes the target.
Cast: Lesley Manville, Zofia Wichłacz, Andrzej Konopka
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Julien Johan · 89 min · ARTE / Gedeon Programmes
This iconic statue was a gift from France to the new-born American Republic and was the first crowd-funded monument of all time. A symbol of emancipation and freedom, which took two decades to be completed. The film features original 3D virtual reconstitutions of Auguste Bartholdi’s Atelier in Paris and travels back in time to bring viewers at the heart of the Statue’s original construction, revealing the founding ideals of our democracies.
Cast: Léonie Simaga, Yann Lesvenan, Laurent Mothe
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Andrew Harker · 20 min · Second Cinema, LLC / Brigham Young University
As his crew's loyalty crumbles and darkness closes in, an obsessed anthropologist pushes to capture the photograph he's spent his life chasing — before an ancient force claims what's left of his mind.
Cast: Barrett Ogden, Garrett Hazen, Nelson Makechnie
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Frank Berry · 84 min · BBC Film / Element Pictures
When amateur historian Catherine Corless begins examining records from a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, she stumbles upon evidence pointing towards a deeply troubling past. Refusing to let the questions go, she embarks on a painstaking investigation, putting her in conflict with the Church, State, and local town. As official resistance mounts, and unsettling discoveries emerge, her determination challenges powerful institutions, exposing a hidden chapter of Ireland's past that many would rather keep hidden.
Cast: Monica Dolan, Andrew Bennett, Ian McElhinney
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Andrew Rakich · 155 min · Atun-Shei Films
The horrors of New Orleans history reverberate down to the present in this docudrama combining Southern Gothic terror with investigations into the city's real-life folklore.
Cast: Courtnee Carter, Andrew Rakich, Mekhai Lee
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Paul Greengrass · 127 min · Blumhouse Productions / Supernix
In plague-ravaged 14th century England, a peasant triggers a rebellion against King Richard II and unintentionally becomes a legend of resistance.
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Elegance Bratton · Hammerstone Studios / Thunder Road
A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Beharie
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Michael Russell Gunn · 117 min · 2521 Entertainment / SK Global Entertainment
President Ronald Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings the world closer to peace... or destruction.
Cast: Jared Harris, Jeff Daniels, Branka Katić
AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.
Our top-ranked English history movie of 2026 is Young Washington, based on its IMDb rating (TMDb as a fallback where OMDb hasn't rated it yet).
We've catalogued 19 English history movies released in 2026.
Young Washington is available to stream, rent, or buy on Angel Studios, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home.
