Top rated History movies with a shocking twist
Check out today’s highest ranked History movies with a shocking twist! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best History movies with a shocking twist, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Hinterland (2021)
Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes home to is nothing like the place he once knew. The new Austrian Republic thrives on social and artistic freedom, but anti-democratic movements and unemployment loom overhead. A stranger in his hometown, his life takes a turn for the worse when one of his former comrades is murdered. Suddenly the mysterious killings of veterans are mounting. Personally connected to the victims, Perg decides to bring the killer to justice. He finds an ally in the cool-headed forensic doctor Theresa Körner, with whom he has a deeper, shared history. Their investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the city, as they confront a brutal and systematic killer and intrigues from within the police force. But when the killer’s net closes around Perg himself, he faces the moral dilemma of his life.
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- 2021-10-07 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries
Rating
6.341
2 Ophelia (2019)
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
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- 2019-06-28 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts
Rating
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7.12
3 Downton Abbey (2019)
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.
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- 2019-09-12 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael
Rating
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7.146
4 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
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- 2020-10-15 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- Judi Dench, James D'Arcy
Rating
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6.3
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5 Wasp Network (2020)
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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- 2020-01-29 | Drama / History
Cast
- Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez
Rating
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6.049
6 Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?
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- 2019-10-10 | Drama / History
Cast
- Maxine Peake, Charles Dance
Rating
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6.5
7 The Woman King (2022)
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
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- 2022-09-16 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu
Rating
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7.674
8 Coven (2020)
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
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- 2020-10-02 | Drama / History
Cast
- Alex Brendemühl, Amaia Aberasturi
Rating
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6.65
9 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
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5.859
10 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
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6.745
