Top rated 18 historical significance movies with Drama

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

1 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

rating icon 7.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    historical significance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    enormous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jaw-dropping

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2 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

rating icon 7.69
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fierce
  3. Ranked #2 for
    historically accurate

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3 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 7.332
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    characters existing in real life
  2. Ranked #2 for
    ingenuine directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like a history lesson

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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 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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5 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 7.709
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    dynamite
  3. Ranked #2 for
    excellent casting

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6 Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

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2021-02-26 | War / Drama

Cast

Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović

Rating

rating icon 7.639
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true representation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    leaving theater thinking
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cosmopolitan

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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 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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8 Mr. Jones (2019)

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

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2019-10-03 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

James Norton, Vanessa Kirby

Rating

rating icon 6.753
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like a history lesson
  2. Ranked #2 for
    biblical proportion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ultimate downfall

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Mr. Jones trailer
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9 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for historical research
  3. Ranked #1 for
    practically flawless

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10 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

rating icon 6.877
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slowly developing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fine
  3. Ranked #1 for
    various plots

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The Dig trailer
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