Top rated heroic movies with history buff

Check out today’s highest ranked heroic movies with history buff! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best heroic movies with history buff, 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 6.849
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with crowning moments
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fearless
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brave

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2 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 6.749
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like a history lesson
  2. Ranked #1 for
    history buff
  3. Ranked #2 for
    evil tyrant

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3 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 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    heroic acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gung-ho

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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 7.333
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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5 The Forgotten Battle (2021)

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.

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2021-06-05 | War / History

Cast

Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters

Rating

rating icon 7.097
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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6 Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47.

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2020-02-20 | War / History

Cast

Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil tyrant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fascinating insight
  3. Ranked #2 for
    hard-pressed

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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

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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8 Against the Ice (2022)

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

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2022-02-10 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole

Rating

rating icon 6.777
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glacial pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hostile
  3. Ranked #2 for
    worth checking out

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9 Ford v Ferrari (2019)

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

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2019-11-13 | Drama / Action

Cast

Christian Bale, Matt Damon

Rating

rating icon 8.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dynamite
  2. Ranked #1 for
    right on mark
  3. Ranked #1 for
    spot-on acting

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10 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 7.848
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    great cinematic achievement
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tremendous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    enormous

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