Best like a history lesson award winning movies from Release 2016
View today’s top 10 movies with like a history lesson from Release 2016 based on the crowd's interest from popular searches across the country. People have searched for the greatest movies of all time with like a history lesson from Release 2016.
1 Hidden Figures (2016)
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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- 2016-12-10 | Drama / History
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- Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer
Rating
8.1
2 Silence (2016)
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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- 2016-12-22 | Drama / History
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- Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver
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7.1
3 All the Way (2016)
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
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- 2016-05-23 | Drama / History
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- Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie
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6.65
4 Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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- 2016-10-07 | Drama / History
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- Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington
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8.199
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5 Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016)
Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.
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- 2016-02-17 | Drama / History
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- Kang Ha-neul, Park Jeong-min
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7.85
6 Sully (2016)
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
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- 2016-09-07 | Drama / History
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- Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart
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7.189
7 Confirmation (2016)
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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- 2016-04-16 | Drama / History
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- Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce
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6.8
8 Hatred (2016)
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
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- 2016-10-07 | War / Drama
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- Michalina Łabacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik
Rating
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7.329
9 Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
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- 2016-09-23 | History / Thriller
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- Jose Coronado, Marta Etura
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6.459
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10 The Last Princess (2016)
Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.
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- 2016-08-03 | Action / Drama
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- Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il
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6.766
