Top rated heroic movies with a riveting finish

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

1 A Call to Spy (2020)

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

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2020-10-02 | History / Crime

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic

Rating

rating icon 6.845
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    valiant character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ballsy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    big scale

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A Call to Spy trailer
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2 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
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stellar
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dramatized

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Thirteen Lives trailer
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3 The Captain (2019)

Based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield became damaged mid-flight. The incident is regarded as one of the miracles in aviation history.

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2019-09-30 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stoic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    moving swiftly
  3. Ranked #2 for
    nailbiter

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4 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.819
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    honest portrayal
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gung-ho

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan trailer
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5 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    intense
  3. Ranked #1 for
    white-knuckled

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7500 trailer
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6 The Forgotten Battle (2021)

In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.

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2021-06-05 | Action / War

Cast

Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high-quality directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    epic battle sequence
  3. Ranked #1 for
    very well executed

Trailer

The Forgotten Battle trailer
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7 Greyhound (2020)

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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2020-07-09 | War / Action

Cast

Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.412
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lean

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Greyhound trailer
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8 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
    juicier

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Richard Jewell trailer
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9 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
    ultimate downfall
  3. Ranked #2 for
    biblical proportion

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Mr. Jones trailer
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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
    moderately entertaining

Trailer

Official Secrets trailer
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