New History Movies & TV Shows Streaming In May, 2024
If you are into history movies and series, look no further than this page. Here, we list all the newest history titles when they start streaming in May on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, Apple TV+, or Hulu. Download our Android app.
New History Movies
The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trishs life is destroyed by Americas legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.
Watch on Hulu 
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcyclea bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Watch on Peacock 
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcyclea bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Watch on Peacock 
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Watch on Netflix 
Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israels complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
Watch on Paramount+ 
An in-depth interview with Jos Antonio Urrutikoetxea, known as Josu Ternera, one of the most relevant leaders of the terrorist gang ETA.
Watch on Netflix 
Gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin helps Martin Luther King Jr. and others organize the 1963 March on Washington.
Watch on Netflix 
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Watch on Netflix 
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
Watch on Netflix 
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Watch on Peacock 
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
Watch on Netflix 
‘The Washington Post’ reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Watch on Prime Video 
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Watch on Prime Video 
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebelsarmed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talentstood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the worlds most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Watch on Peacock 
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Watch on Netflix 
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the students education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
Watch on Netflix 
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Watch on Hulu 
A lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth. In a move to bring resonance to a dry case, the lawyer digs up a complex web of race, power, and oppression that forces everyone to examine prejudices.
Watch on Prime Video 
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
Watch on Hulu New History Series & Episodes
Investigating a range of mysteries surrounding the Titanic D.B. Cooper Roswell and John Wilkes Booth.
Watch on Disney+ 
Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
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Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
Watch on Netflix 
H.H. Holmes was America’s first serial killer believed to have killed nearly 200 people in the late 19th century.
Watch on Hulu 
This is the story of ‘E’ Easy Company 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden. A fascinating tale of comradeship that is in the end a tale of ordinary men who did extraordinary things.
Watch on Netflix 
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
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An immersive action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of archaeologists during the excavation season in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
Watch on Hulu 