The great thing about movies? There are so many different genres and stories to tell. While we love to have our minds twisted by psychological thrillers, crack up at classic rom-coms or tear up during a heartfelt romance drama, it's also hard to resist an educational historical movie. Some may associate historical movies with high-school social studies class, but the truth is there are so many engaging and insightful movies out there inspired by historical events and real-life accounts. That's why we found the best of the best — whichever you cue up from this list, you'll be engaged and learn something new.
Watch stories about the lives of Harriet Tubman, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana or Marie Antoinette as well as inspirational and harrowing accounts about major players during events like the Apollo 13 mission, the search for Osama bin Laden, the Battle of Dunkirk and the Holocaust. Some of these movies are more serious than light-hearted
