Top rated gleaming movies with a historical point of view

Check out today’s highest ranked gleaming movies with a historical point of view! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best gleaming movies with a historical point of view, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Edge of the World (2021)

Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.

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2021-08-27 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Josie Ho

Rating

rating icon 5.493
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pleaser
  2. Ranked #1 for
    typical hollywood fare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    swashbuckler

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2 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

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2021-07-02 | Music / Documentary

Cast

Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rating

rating icon 7.659
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with memorable moments
  2. Ranked #1 for
    political context
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like a history lesson

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3 Tesla (2020)

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

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2020-08-14 | History / Drama

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson

Rating

rating icon 5.859
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    omniscient
  2. Ranked #1 for
    patented style directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    true genius

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4 The Eight Hundred (2020)

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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2020-08-14 | War / History

Cast

Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi

Rating

rating icon 6.952
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    patriotic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    herky-jerky camera work
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jingoistic

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5 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

rating icon 6.612
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    quick shot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scientific genius
  3. Ranked #2 for
    most profound

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6 The Automat (2021)

The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.

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2021-09-02 | Documentary / History

Cast

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mel Brooks

Rating

rating icon 7.063
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indelible
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of grandeur
  3. Ranked #1 for
    delicious

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7 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

rating icon 6.699
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for cinemagoers
  2. Ranked #2 for
    talented writer
  3. Ranked #2 for
    versed

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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

rating icon 7.499
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    splendid
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for Catholic contemplation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely magnificent

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9 Harriet (2019)

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.

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2019-11-01 | Drama / History

Cast

Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #2 for
    characters existing in real life
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ingenuine directing

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10 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating

rating icon 7.702
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    excellent casting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    slice of history

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