Top rated movies with excellent acting that have a national hero

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with excellent acting featuring a national hero! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with excellent acting featuring a national hero, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Richard Jewell (2019)

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

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2019-12-13 | Drama

Cast

Paul Walter Hauser, Jon Hamm

Rating

rating icon 7.427
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely first-rate
  2. Ranked #2 for
    reluctant hero
  3. Ranked #3 for
    playing to perfection

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2 Devotion (2022)

The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

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2022-11-23 | War / Drama

Cast

Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell

Rating

rating icon 7.13
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    aerial photography
  2. Ranked #2 for
    camaraderie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gallant

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3 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stellar
  2. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  3. Ranked #2 for
    real deal

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4 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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5 King Richard (2021)

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

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2021-11-18 | Drama / History

Cast

Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis

Rating

rating icon 7.66
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar bait
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stubborn character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hagiography

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6 The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2019)

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

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2019-02-08 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner

Rating

rating icon 5.431
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    with impressive taglines
  2. Ranked #2 for
    escapist fantasy
  3. Ranked #3 for
    interesting character

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7 Marighella (2021)

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.

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2021-01-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Seu Jorge, Bruno Gagliasso

Rating

rating icon 7.624
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    idealized
  2. Ranked #1 for
    reconstituting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    national hero

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8 The Outpost (2020)

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

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2020-06-24 | War / Drama

Cast

Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones

Rating

rating icon 6.897
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    authentic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    indefensible character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Aerial Combat

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9 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

rating icon 7.495
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    recreating
  2. Ranked #1 for
    real gem
  3. Ranked #2 for
    speechless

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10 Official Secrets (2019)

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

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2019-08-30 | Thriller / History

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matt Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    shaking head in disbelief
  2. Ranked #1 for
    moral
  3. Ranked #2 for
    intrepid

Trailer

Official Secrets trailer
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