Top rated for in-depth character study movies that are also like a history lesson
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1 Hammamet (2020)
The last years of Bettino Craxi, one of the most important and controversial italian leader of the 1980's.
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- 2020-01-09 | Drama / History
Cast
- Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudia Gerini
Rating
- 5.926
2 Radioactive (2020)
The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.
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- 2020-03-11 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley
Rating
- 6.608
3 Apollo 11 (2019)
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
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- 2019-03-01 | Documentary / History
Cast
- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
Rating
- 7.834
4 Mank (2020)
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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- 2020-11-13 | Drama / History
Cast
- Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried
Rating
- 6.703
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5 The Dig (2021)
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
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- 2021-01-14 | Drama / History
Cast
- Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes
Rating
- 6.869
6 The East (2021)
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.
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- 2021-08-13 | War / Drama
Cast
- Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari
Rating
- 6.037
7 The Keeper (2018)
The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
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- 2018-12-05 | Drama / War
Cast
- David Kross, Freya Mavor
Rating
- 7.51
8 The Two Popes (2019)
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
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- 2019-11-27 | Drama / History
Cast
- Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins
Rating
- 7.501
9 Bad Education (2019)
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
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- 2019-09-08 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney
Rating
- 6.745
10 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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- 2021-02-12 | Drama / History
Cast
- Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya
Rating
- 7.3